Impact of Education on Breast Cancer Precocious Detection and Prevention: Perception of Breast Self- Examination Trainees in Al- Qurrayat, KSA
Abstract
: Breast cancer is the furthermost typically identified life-threatening most cancers in female and the
foremost motive of most cancers loss of life among women. Aims and Objectives: Due to the absence of information
involving breast cancer in Jouf region, KSA. Our study was directed to discover out the level of their knowledge about
breast cancer and practice of breast self-examination amid the study population. Material and Methods: Descriptive
study including 755 Saudi volunteers living in Al- Qurrayat, Northern Saudi Arabia. Only for women agreeing to take
part in the breast self-examination workshop had been blanketed and completed items of a scale assessing the knowledge
level, attitudes regarding breast self-examination
Keywords
Breast Cancer, Breast self- examination, Education, Knowledge.