Lee Mun-Seng, 'Azmiyaty Amar Ma' Ruf Choiriyatul, Nadhirah Izhar Dayang Puteri, Nafisah Ishak Sayyida, Wan Jamaluddin Wan Syazana, Ya'acob Syafiqah Nadiah Mohd, Kamaluddin Muhammad Nazrullah
Quest International University Perak Ipoh, Perak Malaysia.
Biomedicine (Taipei). 2019 Sep;9(3):18. doi: 10.1051/bmdcn/2019090318. Epub 2019 Aug 27.
The increasing rate of breast cancer (BC) incidence in Malaysia hints a lack of awareness among Malaysians. One (1) woman out of nineteen (19) is at risk with BC and almost up to fifty percent (50%) of women diagnosed with BC were reported to be under the age of fifty (50). Our main concern is to study the level of awareness among the women on risk factors, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, preventions and treatments.
A cross-sectional study was conducted exclusively among women in the public with total sample of three hundred and forty six (346), questionnaires were distributed using a simple random technique. Data was collected and analyzed by student T test in SPPS version 20.
Our study reveals insufficient awareness on BC. Overall, awareness on risk factors is inadequate, but good knowledge on the importance of family history and diet as risk factors are discovered. Awareness on the cause and clinical manifestations of BC is required for improvement. As for treatment, alternatives especially surgery and chemotherapy are unclear to public, public is remotely unwitting on cessation of smoking to prevent BC at the early stage.
Malaysian has spaces for improvement on awareness of BC in terms of risk factors, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment and prevention. Early detection can be achieved with good awareness because it leads to better prognosis and lower mortality.
马来西亚乳腺癌（BC）发病率的上升表明马来西亚人对此缺乏认识。19名女性中就有1名面临患乳腺癌的风险，据报道，几乎高达50%被诊断出患有乳腺癌的女性年龄在50岁以下。我们主要关注的是研究女性对风险因素、临床表现、诊断、预防和治疗的认识水平。
专门对公众中的女性进行了一项横断面研究，总样本为346人，采用简单随机技术发放问卷。在SPSS 20版本中通过学生T检验收集和分析数据。
我们的研究表明对乳腺癌的认识不足。总体而言，对风险因素的认识不够，但发现对家族史和饮食作为风险因素的重要性有较好的了解。需要提高对乳腺癌病因和临床表现的认识。至于治疗，公众对替代方案尤其是手术和化疗并不清楚，公众对早期通过戒烟预防乳腺癌也知之甚少。
马来西亚人在乳腺癌的风险因素、临床表现、诊断、治疗和预防等方面的认识有待提高。良好的认识可以实现早期发现，因为这会带来更好的预后和更低的死亡率。
