Table 2.

Knowledge of Breast Cancer in Subjects, Delhi, 2016

Knowledge of aspects of Breast Cancer	Correct Response
	n (%) (N = 222)
I. Breast Cancer etiology and prognosis
i. It is the most common cancer in women	184 (82.9)
ii. It occurs more in old age	63 (28.6)
iii. It can be inherited	104 (46.8)
iv. It can present as painless breast lump	134 (60.4)
v. Early diagnosis improves treatment outcome	168 (75.7)
vi. It may be curable with early detection	151 (68)
II. Risk Factors of Breast Cancer
i. Positive family history	132 (59.5)
ii. Unmarried or without children	98 (44.1)
iii. Old age	125 (56.3)
iv. Early menarche	77 (34.7)
v. Late menopause	83 (37.4)
vi. Non-lactating women (during lifetime)	103 (48.4)
vii. Consumption of fatty food	76 (34.2)
viii. Hormone replacement therapy	84 (37.8)
ix. Lack of physical exercise	93 (51.9)
x. Smoking	128 (57.7)
III. Signs of breast cancer
i. Inverted nipples	93 (41.9)
ii. Puckering or dimpling of breast size	124 (55.9)
iii. Lump or thickening under armpit	130 (58.6)
iv. Change in size of breast or nipple	145 (65.3)
v. Dissimilarity in size of breast or nipple	137 (61.7)
vi. Pain in the breast or nipple	147 (66.2)
vii. Discharge from the breast or nipple	148 (66.7)
viii. Lump in the breast	127 (57.2)
IV. Aspects of Breast Self-Examination (BSE)
i. It helps in early diagnosis	170 (76.6)
ii. It is recommended to be done monthly	122 (55)
iii. Suitable time to do BSE is 7 days after the start of menstruation	97 (43.7)
iv. It is done in front of mirror	129 (58.1)
v. Palm of the hand should be used while doing BSE	108 (48.6)
V. Screening Methods of Breast Cancer
i. Mammography is a method of early detection	108 (48.6)
ii. Clinical Breast Examination is a method of early detection	69 (31.1)
iii. Mammography could discover a lump earlier than CBE	75 (33.8)
iv. Mammography recommended to start at the age of 50	45 (20.3)