Research Article
Awareness of Breast Cancer Screening among the Medical and General Population of the North Region of Cameroon
Table 2
Breast cancer awareness and known risk factors and symptoms reported.
| Variables | | | % |
| Awareness | Heard about breast cancer | 434 | 91.3 |
| Information source | Media | 221 | 46.5 | Friends | 308 | 64.8 | Health professionals | 203 | 42.7 | School | 71 | 15.7 |
| Risk factors | None | 233 | 49.0 | Hereditary | 61 | 12.8 | Prolonged use of pills | 29 | 6.1 | Alcohol and tobacco | 59 | 12.4 | Age | 13 | 2.7 | Obesity | 9 | 1.8 | Prolonged exposure to the sun | 16 | 3.3 | Low breastfeeding | 23 | 4.8 | Low deliveries | 7 | 1.4 | Traditional breast massage | 48 | 10.1 | Extended wearing of tight bra | 63 | 13.2 |
| Symptoms | None | 170 | 35.7 | Lump in the breast | 208 | 43.7 | Pain in the breast | 172 | 36.2 | Wound on the breast | 116 | 24.4 | Changes in breast shape and appearance | 108 | 22.7 | Nipple discharge | 61 | 12.8 |
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