Knowledge of the patients | Number (N = 105) | Percentage |
Definition of breast cancer |
|
|
No | 38 | 36.19 |
Yes | 67 | 63.81 |
Risk factors of breast cancer |
|
|
Natural | 57 | 33.33 |
Mystical or spiritual | 6 | 5.71 |
Mixed | 35 | 54.29 |
Symptoms of breast cancer |
|
|
No symptom | 39 | 37.14 |
Axillary mass | 1 | 0.95 |
Abnormality of the nipple | 1 | 0.95 |
Breast pain | 2 | 1.90 |
Nipple discharge | 2 | 1.90 |
Breast tumefaction | 3 | 2.86 |
Breast nodule | 57 | 54.29 |
Sex with high risk of breast cancer |
|
|
Female | 76 | 72.38 |
Both sexes | 29 | 27.62 |
Age with high risk for breast cancer |
|
|
Don’t know | 7 | 6.67 |
Old persons | 21 | 20.00 |
All ages | 77 | 73.33 |
Know of a screening method |
|
|
No | 37 | 35.24 |
Yes | 68 | 64.76 |
Curability of breast cancer |
|
|
Unknown | 41 | 39.05 |
No | 10 | 9.52 |
Yes | 54 | 51.43 |
Know of treatment available |
|
|
No | 21 | 20.00 |
Yes | 84 | 80.00 |