• Dr. Aditi Das

Awareness about Breast Cancer and its Screening: A Cross Sectional Study the Among the Female College Students of Assam Dr. Aditi Das Asst. Professor, Dept. of Mathematics- Statistics, Gauhati Commerce College Assam, India. ABSTRACT: Breast cancer is the most common female cancer worldwide representing nearly a quarter (23%) of all cancers in women. the trend of breast cancer is rising in younger Indian women. This paper studies the socio demographic characteristics of the young female students of Assam above 18 years of age to assess their level of awareness of Breast Cancer and assess their level of knowledge of Breast Cancer Risk Factors, Early Symptoms and Common Screening Methods. This study reveals that the study population is aware of breast cancer. However, their knowledge regarding risk factors is inadequate. Though they have some knowledge about a few risk factors, yet their awareness level is not exhaustive. As far as BSE is concerned, the young female students are unaware of its importance. The study revealed that only a meagre 35% (106 out of 300) of the female students under study were aware of BSE and out these only 14 of them (13.2%) practised BSE to some extent. Majority of the female students (86.8%) never practised BSE despite their knowledge about it, either due to insufficient knowledge about how to conduct BSE or due to lack of awareness of the importance of BSE as far as early detection and reduction of mortality due to breast cancer is concerned. KEYWORDS: Breast Cancer, Risk factors, Breast Self- Examination (BSE)

Breast Cancer, Risk factors, Breast Self- Examination (BSE)

" Awareness about Breast Cancer and its Screening A Cross Sectional Study the Among the Female College Students of Assam ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no.h219-h225, April-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404727.pdf

" Awareness about Breast Cancer and its Screening A Cross Sectional Study the Among the Female College Students of Assam ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no. pph219-h225, April-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404727.pdf