Open AccessAwareness and impact of education on breast self examination among college going girls
Author(s) -
. Shalini,
Divya Varghese,
Malathi G Nayak
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of palliative care/indian journal of palliative care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1998-3735
pISSN - 0973-1075
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1075.84538
Subject(s) - medicine , breast self examination , breast cancer , cluster sampling , test (biology) , breast cancer awareness , family medicine , stage (stratigraphy) , demography , cancer , environmental health , population , paleontology , sociology , biology
Breast cancer accounts for 19-34% of all cancer cases among women in India. There is high mortality due to late stage diagnosis as patients usually present at an advanced stage because of lack of awareness and nonexistent breast cancer screening programs. Early detection and prompt treatment offer the greatest chance of long-term survival and breast self-examination (BSE) seems to be a important viable optional substitute for early detection of cancer.