Awareness about breast cancer in first-year junior residents at a tertiary care institute in India: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary physicians have a very important role in identifying early breast cancer, as well as promotion of awareness about breast cancer to general public. However, there is insufficient data about the knowledge of doctors, who have just finished their basic medical training, on breast cancer.

Methods

All the postgraduate residents who had joined within the last 3 months, irrespective of the department, were invited to take part in the study. After explaining the aims of the study telephonically, consent was taken through online signatures and the participants were asked to fill online proformas. Descriptive statistics were used, and chi-square test was used to compare groups. P value of less than 0.05 was considered as significant.

Results

A total of

SUBMITTER: Bajaj K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7873697 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature