Awareness about Breast Cancer among Youth of Gujrat- City of Pakistan

Abstract

The purpose of present study is to investigate the rate of breast cancer awareness among youth of city Gujrat, Pakistan. Breast cancer is a cancer of earliest age among females. A cross sectional survey was conducted where 828 respondents participated. The respondents split into 2 categories having sciences and non-sciences backgrounds. The survey consists of agreed respondents including 362 females and 12 males from sciences background and 410 females and 44 males from non-sciences. The samples for the survey were selected from different departments of an educational institute in Gujrat Pakistan. Different characteristics like gender, marital status, area, cost on doctors and hospital were recorded. The obtained results from this inductively analyzed qualitative data indicated the terrifyingly low level of breast cancer awareness among the young generation of city Gujrat, Pakistan.