Awareness regarding breast cancer among urban women in South India

Introduction and Aim: Breast cancer is associated with increased morbidity and mortality and recent trends have shown increased incidence among younger women. There is, therefore, an imminent need to raise the level of awareness among the women in the entire population. The present study was carried out to evaluate the level of awareness among urban women in South India. Methodology: This hospital based cross sectional study was carried out among 1000 adult women who visited the outpatient clinics of our tertiary care hospital for various illness. The level of awareness regarding breast cancer was elicited based on the risk factors of breast cancer, symptoms, and role of family history. Awareness regarding the tools for early detection, management and preventive measures was also elicited. Results: The study observed that 78.9% of the participants who were illiterates had no awareness of the symptoms, while 57.9% of the participants with high school level education were unaware of the symptoms. Regarding the role of genetics in breast cancer occurrence, 47% of the illiterate participants reported that breast cancer is not hereditary. It was observed that lack of awareness regarding the early detection was prevalent among 81%, 87% and 93% of the participants who were illiterate, primary, and middle school level educated respectively. Conclusion: The present study has also elucidated the lack of adequate knowledge on important facts regarding the breast cancer is alarming and this needs to be addressed with due focus on providing health education by health care providers at various levels of health system.

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The role of primary care centers in Saudi Arabia in the early detection of breast cancer

International Journal of Medicine in Developing Countries ◽

10.24911/ijmdc.51-1547634537 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 620-624

Author(s):

Saad Alhumaidi ◽

Abdullah Alshehri ◽

Abdullah Altowairqi ◽

Ahmad Alharthy ◽

Bader Malki

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Primary Care ◽

Saudi Arabia ◽

Early Detection

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The role of the clinical pharmacist in guiding adjuvant hormonal therapy in patients with breast cancer

Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice ◽

10.1177/10781552211029361 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 107815522110293

Author(s):

Amanda V Pirolli ◽

Tatiana Brusamarello ◽

Stella S Everton ◽

Vânia M S Andrzejevski

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Hormone Therapy ◽

Hormonal Therapy ◽

Clinical Pharmacist ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Structured Interview ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Adjuvant Hormonal Therapy ◽

Breast Cancers

Breast cancer is the most prevalent type of cancer among women, affecting about 2.1 million worldwide and is responsible for the highest number of cancer-related deaths among women. Approximately 80% of breast cancers express on the surface of hormone receptor cells, such as progesterone and estrogen. In these cases, Adjuvant Hormonal Therapy (AHT) is indicated for a period of five to ten years and consists of taking a daily oral pill. The two most used drugs in AHT are tamoxifen and Aromatase Inhibitors. One of the issues most faced by individuals who are subjected to long periods of treatment is the lack of medication adherence and, consequently, therapeutic inefficiency. It is believed that the monitoring by the pharmacist can contribute to the reduction of errors inherent to the medication, making the treatment more effective and improving the patient's quality of life. The present study aimed to know the perception of patients who live with breast cancer and who do AHT in relation to the educational performance of the clinical pharmacist. This is a qualitative, descriptive and exploratory study, carried out from March to October 2020, with 15 women undergoing treatment at the oncology unit of a tertiary-care hospital in south of Brazil. The data were obtained through a semi-structured interview using an instrument composed of two parts, one referring to the characterization of the participants and the other with the guiding question of the research: "How do you perceive the role of the pharmacist in relation to the guidelines for the use of adjuvant hormonal therapy?". The method of theoretical saturation was used to perform the sample closure and the thematic analysis was used to analyze the data. The participants were between 32 and 74 years old, seven were on tamoxifen therapy and eight on anastrozole, ten were on the first year of treatment, two on the second and three on the third year. The themes that emerged were: pharmacist-patient interaction as a safety factor in hormone therapy; role of the pharmacist in the development of strategies for self-management of the patients during hormone therapy; and, challenges for the pharmacist in relation to hormone therapy through continued guidance. It was evident that the pharmacist's educational action encouraged the participants to carry out the treatment in a more confident and assertive manner according to their particularities and beliefs.

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Early detection of breast cancer. Role of sonography for mass-screening. International stand of technique and organisation

Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology ◽

10.1007/bf02579781 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 111 (S1) ◽

pp. S3-S3

Author(s):

H. G. Hillemanns ◽

H. Madjar

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Early Detection ◽

Mass Screening

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Practice of antenatal clinical breast examination as a method of early detection of breast cancer by health care providers in a low resource setting

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics ◽

10.1007/s00404-007-0533-z ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 278 (2) ◽

pp. 115-117 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Stephen Onwere ◽

O. Okoro ◽

B. Chigbu ◽

A. Onwere

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Health Care ◽

Early Detection ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Clinical Breast Examination ◽

Care Providers ◽

Resource Setting ◽

Low Resource Setting ◽

Breast Examination ◽

Clinical Breast

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Early detection of breast cancer: the role of risk perception and family history

Psicooncología ◽

10.5209/psic.55813 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Carolina Ribeiro Seabra ◽

Ana Carolina Peuker ◽

Maria Júlia Armiliato ◽

Miguel Luis Alves de Souza ◽

Elisa Kern de Castro

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Risk Perception ◽

Family History ◽

Early Detection

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Role of Screening Mammography in Early Detection/Outcome of Breast Cancer

Ductal Carcinoma In Situ and Microinvasive/Borderline Breast Cancer ◽

10.1007/978-1-4939-2035-8_2 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 13-26 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Renee W. Pinsky ◽

Mark A. Helvie

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Early Detection ◽

Screening Mammography

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Role of risk factors and socio-economic status in pulmonary tuberculosis: a search for the root cause in patients in a tertiary care hospital, South India

Tropical Medicine & International Health ◽

10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02676.x ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 74-78 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Soham Gupta ◽

Vishnu Prasad Shenoy ◽

Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay ◽

Indira Bairy ◽

Sethumadhavan Muralidharan

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Pulmonary Tuberculosis ◽

South India ◽

Tertiary Care Hospital ◽

Economic Status ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Care Hospital ◽

Root Cause ◽

Socio Economic Status

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KNOWLEDGE OF BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION AMONG WOMEN WITH TEENAGE DAUGHTERS

Journal of Maternity Care and Reproductive Health ◽

10.36780/jmcrh.v2i1.68 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Dewi Andriani ◽

Restuning Widiasih ◽

Citra Windani Mambang S

Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Early Detection ◽

Health Knowledge ◽

Health Workers ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Breast Self Examination ◽

Self Examination ◽

Women's Knowledge ◽

Women’S Knowledge

Background, the incidence of breast cancer in women increases every year worldwide including Indonesia. Breast Self-Examination (BSE) is an early detection method for detecting breast cancer that can be done by all women. However, research in Indonesia that examines women's knowledge about BSE, especially in women who have teenage daughters is limited. The purpose of this study was to identify women's knowledge about BSE, especially women with teenage daughters. Method, This study was quantitative descriptive research. The samples were selected using the total sampling technique. The number of samples was 138 women who have teenage daughters. This study was conducted in Sarijadi Village, Bandung. The research instrument was a knowledge questionnaire about BSE. Data were analyzed using frequency distribution. The results of the study, women had a moderate level of knowledge about BSE (51.4%) Women's knowledge was good in the component of purposes and benefits of the BSE (79.7%), and they had poor understanding related to identifying sources to conduct BSE to their daughters (73.2%), Conclusions and recommendation, women have good knowledge about the purposes and benefits of BSE, however they had lack of knowledge about the role of women in supporting girls to conduct BSE. Women need information from health workers relates to their roles in conducting BSE to their daughters. Further research is needed to examine the knowledge and role of fathers in women’s health especially daughters including early detection of cancer as supporting and maintaining daughters' health in the family are parents’ responsibilities including father. Keywords: BSE, breast cancer, health knowledge, mothers, teenage women.

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