Ginger R Fisher, Jeffrey T Olimpo, Thomas M McCabe, Ryan S Pevey
The Tigriopus CURE - A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience with Concomitant Supplemental Instruction
Journal of microbiology & biology education
introduction breast cancer leading type cancer women globally contributing significantly cancerrelated deaths saudi arabia ranks second common cancer among women studies highlighted lack awareness breast cancer negatively impacting breast selfexamination practices eastern province particularly high incidence rates knowledge risk protective factors aid prevention early detection studies show good awareness research aims assess womens knowledge attitudes breast cancer risk factors warning signs eastern province methodology crosssectional study conducted saudi arabias eastern province june october 2023 assess breast cancer awareness among adult females data collected via online survey data cleaned ms excel microsoft corporation redmond washington analyzed ibm spss statistics windows version 23 released 2015 ibm corp armonk new york results study assessed breast cancer awareness 697 participants saudi arabias eastern province aged 2024 years 303 married 492 saudi nationals 976 higher education 594 significantly 692 received education breast cancer risk factorssigns personal breast cancer diagnoses 50 317 affected family members participants showed good awareness various risk factors warning signs significant associations found nationality personal breast cancer diagnosis knowledge attitudes risk factors age marital status occupation education breast cancer personal breast cancer diagnosis influenced knowledge attitudes warning signs conclusion study findings indicate generally good awareness breast cancer risk factors warning signs among participants age marital status occupation education breast cancer personal breast cancer diagnosis influenced knowledge attitudes risk factors warning signs educational efforts target lesserknown risk factors enhance prevention early detection