Table 3.

Multivariate analysis of biopsy necessary for cancer diagnosis and tumour spread after biopsy

	Biopsy necessary for Cancer diagnosis p value	Tumour spread after biopsy p value
Variables	95% Confidence Interval (CI)	95% Confidence Interval (CI)
Gender
Male	0.65	0.35
Female	(0.28-1.5)	(0.58-1.21)
Location ( different centers)
AKUH	0.34	0.12
KIRAN	(0.15-1.9)	(0.27-1.17)
Prior involvement in work up of cancer patients
Yes	0.003	0.81
No	(0.12-0.64)	(0.71-1.56)
Education
None	0.32	0.03
Primary to matric	(0.28-1.51)	(0.29-0.95)
Inter- to Graduation
Professional
Who believed cancer is contagious
Yes	0.001	0.04
No	(1.77-7.29)	(0.31-0.96)