Laboratory of Disease Dynamics and Molecular Epidemiology, Amity Institute of Public Health, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Laboratory of Disease Dynamics and Molecular Epidemiology and Laboratory of Health Data Analytics and Visualization Environment, Amity Institute of Public Health, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
J Cancer Res Ther. 2021 Oct-Dec;17(6):1314-1321. doi: 10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_922_20.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in India causing increased mortality. Lack of awareness leads to detection of breast cancer in advanced stages and is difficult to cure then.
A systematic review was conducted to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and practice of breast cancer and its screening among women in India.
Literature search was done on electronic databases including PubMed and Google Scholar. Specific keywords related to breast cancer were used such as breast cancer or breast carcinoma AND awareness or knowledge or attitude or education or practice AND women or females AND India. Searches were limited to articles published in English language in the last 10 years.
Fifteen studies were selected with a total of 7545 women between the age of 14 and 75 years. Study population varied from health-care professionals, rural and urban women to general population. Majority of the women were married with illiteracy levels ranging from 5.6% to 42.8%. The knowledge of breast cancer was seen to be 62.99%. Knowledge and attitude toward breast cancer screening were 78.67% and 71.10%, respectively. Most reviewed studies showed a significant association of the knowledge of breast cancer with the education level, marital status, and age of study participants.
Majority of the population knew about breast cancer and had low percentage for practice of screening methods. Programs on information about breast cancer are required. Women from all populations need to be motivated for positive change toward proper screening, early detection, and treatment of breast cancer.
乳腺癌是印度女性中最常见的癌症，导致死亡率上升。缺乏意识导致乳腺癌在晚期被发现，那时治疗就很困难了。
系统评价旨在评估印度女性对乳腺癌的知识、态度和实践及其筛查情况。
在电子数据库（包括 PubMed 和 Google Scholar）上进行了文献检索。使用了与乳腺癌相关的特定关键词，如乳腺癌或乳腺癌 AND 意识或知识或态度或教育或实践 AND 女性或女性 AND 印度。搜索仅限于过去 10 年以英文发表的文章。
共选择了 15 项研究，总共有 7545 名年龄在 14 至 75 岁之间的女性。研究人群从医疗保健专业人员、农村和城市妇女到一般人群不等。大多数妇女已婚，文盲率从 5.6%到 42.8%不等。乳腺癌的知识被认为是 62.99%。对乳腺癌筛查的知识和态度分别为 78.67%和 71.10%。大多数综述研究表明，乳腺癌的知识与教育水平、婚姻状况和研究参与者的年龄之间存在显著关联。
大多数人都了解乳腺癌，但进行筛查的比例较低。需要开展有关乳腺癌信息的项目。需要激励所有人群的妇女朝着正确的筛查、早期发现和乳腺癌治疗方向做出积极的改变。
