Knowledge regarding breast cancer among women in Dhaka slum area

Author: 
Ashok Kumar Biswas, Laboni Roy Barman and Anupama Roy Barman

Breast cancer in woman is a major health burden of world wide. It is the most common cause of cancer death among women in high recourse and low recourse countries. Recent global cancer statistics indicate that breast cancer incidence is rising faster in populations of developing countries. The incidence of breast cancer in Bangladesh seems to be very high. As we do not have any cancer registry with relevant data about age, sex, marital status, different types of cancers, diagnostic & treatment status and survival & mortality rate of cancer patients. So it is challenging to say the exact situation in Bangladesh. A cross-sectional study was conducted among the nurses of Dhaka City Corporation (mohammadpur Slum) of Bangladesh. Knowledge plays an important role in the improvement of health-seeking behavior. Not only that Knowledge might dramatically improve the attitude, disbelieve conception and consequently enhance screening practice. That’s why, to reduce the number of deaths from breast cancer, there was a shift in emphasis from breast self- Examination to breast awareness, several studies also shows that knowledge woman are more likely to adhere to recommended breast cancer screening in Bangladesh, still Communicable and chronic diseases are the major health issues and all the efforts and chronic and recourses are engaged into it.

Paper No: 
3537