scholarly journals Knowledge and Practice of Breast Cancer Screening and Awareness of Its Risk Factors Among Reproductive Women of Jammu and Kashmir

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. OR5-OR11
Author(s):  
Mehak Javaid ◽  
Swaminathan J.
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Breast Cancer Risk ◽  
Breast Cancer Screening ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Cancer Risk Factors ◽  
Breast Cancer Risk Factors ◽  
Cancer Literacy

INTRODUCTION: Breast cancer is the most common type of malignancy among women worldwide, therefore, it becomes necessary to understand the breast cancer literacy among women. Breast cancer literacy includes knowledge of breast cancer screening, practice of breast cancer screening and awareness of breast cancer risk factors. OBJECTIVES: To determine level of awareness and practice of breast cancer screening, to assess level of awareness of breast cancer risk factors and to establish role of demographics in uptake and knowledge of breast cancer screening. MATERIALS AND METHOD: In this study, reproductive women were taken and questionnaires given were filled by 381 respondents. Relevant questions were asked keeping in view the objectives. Role of age and maximum education of women was also established. RESULTS: It was found that majority of women who were aware of breast cancer screening belonged to age-group 21-30 having mean of 56.19% and also showed higher practice of the same as compared to others (mean=50.1%) followed by women belonging to age-group 31-40 whose knowledge mean came out to be 25.5% and mean of practice was found to be 35.26%. The other two age groups of 15-20 and 41-45 showed low knowledge and less practice of breast cancer screening. Similar results were found out for other parameter. CONCLUSION: Women whose maximum education was graduate and above showed higher level of awareness of breast cancer screening and risk factors and also higher practice of breast cancer screening as compared to women who had lower educational background.

scholarly journals Growth hormone-binding protein is directly and IGFBP-3 is inversely associated with risk of female breast cancer

2007 ◽  
Vol 156 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kalliopi Pazaitou-Panayiotou ◽  
Theodore Kelesidis ◽  
Iosif Kelesidis ◽  
Athina Kaprara ◽  
Jennifer Blakeman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Breast Cancer Risk ◽  
Female Breast Cancer ◽  
Cancer Risk Factors ◽  
Female Breast ◽  
Igf I ◽  
Breast Cancer Risk Factors ◽  
Igfbp 3

Objective: Several components of the GH and IGF systems have been implicated in the development of malignancies. All components of these hormonal systems have never been jointly evaluated in female breast cancer, and previous studies have not examined the role of IGF-binding proteins (IGFBP-4, IGFBP-6) or GH-binding protein (GHBP). Design: Hospital-based case–control study. Methods: In this sample of primarily postmenopausal women, we obtained serum measures of IGF-I, IGF-II, and binding proteins IGFBP-1, IGFBP-3, IGFBP-4, IGFBP-6, as well as GHBP, insulin, and leptin from 74 breast cancer cases and 76 control subjects. Results: In crude analyses, we found lower age-standardized mean IGF-I, IGFBP-3, IGFBP-4, IGFBP-6, and higher IGFBP-1 and GHBP in breast cancer cases when compared with controls. Multivariate models mutually adjusted for other GH–IGF system components and classical breast cancer risk factors demonstrated an inverse association between IGFBP-3 and risk of breast cancer (odds ratio (OR) = 0.2, P < 0.01) and a direct association between GHBP and disease risk (OR = 3.3, P < 0.01). No significant associations were detected in multivariate analyses among IGF-I, IGF-II or IGFBP-1, IGFBP-4, IGFBP-6 with risk of breast cancer, indicating that these factors may not have effects independent of and/or comparable with IGFBP-3 and GHBP. Conclusions: These results support a protective role of IGFBP-3 and demonstrate for the first time an increased risk of breast cancer with higher GHBP, after accounting for variation in IGFs, IGFBPs, and classical breast cancer risk factors.

Posttraumatic stress disorder and breast cancer: Risk factors and the role of inflammation and endocrine function

Cancer ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 126 (14) ◽  
pp. 3181-3191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren C. Brown ◽  
Amy R. Murphy ◽  
Chloe S. Lalonde ◽  
Preeti D. Subhedar ◽  
Andrew H. Miller ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Breast Cancer Risk ◽  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Endocrine Function ◽  
Cancer Risk Factors ◽  
Breast Cancer Risk Factors

scholarly journals Knowledge and Attitude to Breast Cancer Screening and Risk Factors Among Women in Southwest Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement 2) ◽  
pp. 53s-53s ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Falowo ◽  
O. Salako ◽  
W. Alabi ◽  
G. Olukiran
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cancer Screening ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Breast Cancer Risk ◽  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Screening Methods ◽  
Cancer Risk Factors ◽  
Screening Practices ◽  
Breast Cancer Risk Factors

Background: Breast cancer is the commonest cancer among women in Nigeria. There are several reasons why over 60% of breast cancer patients present with advanced disease. Some of which are lack of awareness and poor uptake of cancer screening methods. Aim: This study aims to assess the knowledge of breast cancer risk factors and practice of screening modalities among a cross-section of women in 5 different local government areas in Lagos. Methods: This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study conducted among women during a breast cancer awareness and screening program in 5 local government areas of Lagos. A self-administered questionnaire was administered to assess the knowledge of breast cancer risk factors and practice of screening methods. Results were analyzed with SPSS version 21. Results: A total of 1113 respondents were surveyed across various communities. Distributions among semi-urban communities include: 29.7% from Mushin, 22.4% from Somolu, 18.2% from Ikeja, 15.8% from Kosofe and 13.8% from Idi-Araba. Mean age ± SD of respondents was 43.6 ± 12.6 years. Even though 78.5% have heard about breast cancer and screening only 29.3% had been screened. Breast screening modalities used were clinical breast examination (19.9%), mammogram (5.8%) and breast ultrasound (3.6%). Conclusion: This study shows that there is a low uptake of breast cancer screening practices and the high knowledge of screening methods did not translate to higher screening practices among the studied population. There is a need to create more awareness on the risk factors identification and emphasize the importance of regular screening for breast cancer as essentials for early diagnosis and survival.

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