Open AccessKnowledge, attitude, and practice of breast self-examination amongst female IT professionals in Silicon Valley of India
Author(s) -
Samarth Kalliguddi,
Sahithi Sharma,
Chaitali Ashutosh Gore
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_315_18
Subject(s) - medicine , breast self examination , rank correlation , breast cancer , spearman's rank correlation coefficient , family medicine , descriptive statistics , intervention (counseling) , modalities , cancer , nursing , social science , statistics , mathematics , sociology , machine learning , computer science
Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer deaths among women in India today. Overall outcome of this disease is largely dependent on early detection and medical intervention. Breast self-examination (BSE) is an easy, cost effective, and safe method of screening for the same.