A Quasi Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Informative Booklet on Knowledge Regarding Risk Factors and Prevention of Breast Cancer Among Girls of Selected Under Graduate College

Payal Sahebrao Turankar, Vaishali Paswan, Vrishabh R. Wakade

Abstract: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in Indian women which ranks as second only to cancer cervix. The average age now considered is 43 to 46 years. Unfortunately, 50% of cases are 21-24 years which is detected very late and responsible for increasing the mortality. Patients diagnosed with localized breast cancer with no axillary node involvement have a 5-year survival rate of 98%. Conversely, only 6% of patients diagnosed with advanced-stage breast cancer and with metastasis to distant sites have the chances that will survive 5 years or more. [1] A study titled ?A quasi experimental study to assess the effectiveness of informative booklet on knowledge regarding risk factors and prevention of breast cancer among girls of selected under graduate college.? has been carried out as a partial fulfilment required for being awarded the degree of the Master of Science in Nursing under Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik Maharashtra. Background of the study: Oncology is the study of cancer or tumors. Since the dawn of time, humanity has been aware of cancer. Hippocrates used the words carcinos and carcinoma to refer to tumors that do not cause ulcers and those that do. This signifies a crab in Greek. The description was given the term "crab" because the cancer's spreading projections, which resembled fingers, reminded people of crabs. The Greek name for crab was translated into the Latin word cancer by the later Roman physician Celsus (28?50 BC). Galen, a Roman physician who practiced from 130 to 200 AD, was the first to use the Greek word for swelling, oncos, to characterize tumors. Oncology, or the study of cancers, has the root term oncos. [2] Both the left and right breasts contain mostly fatty tissue, ducts, and organs. To feed newborns and children, women's breasts produce and secrete milk. The lobules and the milk-producing organs. Sarcomas and lymphomas are the names of these cancers, which are not typically thought of as breast tumors. When cancer cells enter the blood or lymphatic system and are then transported to other areas of the body, breast cancer can spread. [3] A quantitative study was conducted in 2016 with an aim to investigate the incidence and mortality of breast cancer in the world using age-specific incidence rate and mortality rates for the year 2012. It is acquired from the Global Cancer Observatory Project (GLOBOCAN 2012) as well as data about the incidence and mortality of cancer-based on national reports. The study aimed was to investigate the incidence and mortality of breast cancer. In 2012, it was predicted that 1,671,149 new cases of breast cancer were discovered and 521,907 people worldwide lost their lives to the disease. It accounts for 25.1% of all cancers and is the most prevalent malignancy in women, according to GLOBOCAN. It was determined that while relative mortality is highest in less developed countries, breast cancer incidence is greater in developed countries. For early detection and treatment, schooling for women is advised in every nation. [4] India's 2022 breast cancer data tragically, breast cancer claims the lives of 90,000 people annually, one woman per minute in the nation. For every two women who are identified with the disease, one passes away. [5] The age range of 25 to 50 accounts for nearly 50% of instances. Additionally, low survival and high mortality were found in more than 70% of the cases that were in the advanced stage. [6]

Keywords: Informative booklet, Breast cancer, risk factors and prevention of breast cancer, under graduate college

How to Cite?: Payal Sahebrao Turankar, Vaishali Paswan, Vrishabh R. Wakade, "A Quasi Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Informative Booklet on Knowledge Regarding Risk Factors and Prevention of Breast Cancer Among Girls of Selected Under Graduate College", Volume 14 Issue 7, July 2025, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 1427-1433, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR25723182745, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SR25723182745