Mamoona Noreen|Sheeba Murad|Muhammad Furqan|Aneesa Sultan|Peter Bloodsworth
Knowledge and Awareness about Breast Cancer and its Early Symptoms among Medical and Non-Medical Students of Southern Punjab, Pakistan
National University of Sciences and Technology
breast cancer leading cause morbidity mortality globally even significant impact developing countries pakistan highest prevalence among asian countries general lack public awareness regarding disease often results late diagnosis poor treatment outcomes literacy rate southern punjab pakistan low compared northern part therefore vital university students especially medical students develop sound knowledge disease spread awareness others may less educated study therefore considers current knowledge understanding early signs breast cancer amongst study group medical nonmedical university students southern punjab pakistan crosssectional descriptive analysis university students carried using selfadministered questionnaire assess awareness breast cancer march may 2014 total 566 students participated study 326 nonmedical 240 medical discipline statistical analysis carried using graph pad prism version 5 significance level set p005 mean age non medical medical participants 23 sd 21 22 sd 13 years respectively less 35 students aware early warning signs breast cancer development knowledge medical students risk factors significantly better non medical ones whole insufficient study indicated knowledge regarding breast cancer generally insufficient amongst majority university students 75 nonmedical 55 medical southern punjab pakistan study highlights need formulate awareness campaign organize conferences promote breast cancer awareness among students region