A RESEARCH ARTICLE ON BREAST CARCINOMA AWARNESS, BREAST SELFEXAMINATION AND ADVANCEMENT IN ONCOLOGY

Saba Irshad

A RESEARCH ARTICLE ON BREAST CARCINOMA AWARNESS, BREAST SELFEXAMINATION AND ADVANCEMENT IN ONCOLOGY

S Saba Irshad

Received 01.11.2022

Revised 23.01.2023

Published 28.02.2023

Abstract

Breast cancer is a leading cause of mortality among women. Many young women in the Kyrgyzstan have poor knowledge about breast cancer screening, including risk factors and warning signs/symptoms. We investigated awareness about breast cancer and breast self-examination (BSE) as a screening tool among female students at international school of medicine. This article contains the result of Survey fact and figures regarding breast carcinoma Although most participants were aware of breast cancer, knowledge about risk factors and warning signs/symptoms was relatively poor. Knowledge about performing BSE was particularly low. This highlights the importance of increasing awareness about breast cancer and BSE among young women in Kyrgyzstan

Keywords

Breast cancer awareness breast cancer screening breast selfexamination students international school of medicine ISM IUK mammography death rate

Suggested citation

Irshad, S. (2023). A RESEARCH ARTICLE ON BREAST CARCINOMA AWARNESS, BREAST SELFEXAMINATION AND ADVANCEMENT IN ONCOLOGY. Bulletin of the Kyrgyz National Agrarian University, 21(1), 108-113.

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