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Abstract
Background & Objectives: Breast cancer is the second leading reason for cancer death in women. Incidence rates of male breast cancer have increased by 0.2- 1% per year. The lack of knowledge and awareness of male breast cancer leads to its detection at a late stage in men. This study is to assess the knowledge and attitude of south Indian adults towards male and female breast cancer.
Methods: To assess the knowledge and attitude of adults on breast cancer, a questionnaire regarding basic knowledge and attitudes was formulated using Google forms. Numbers and percentages were formed to review categorical and nominal data. Chi-square (χ2) test was used for the comparison between the awareness of
female breast cancer and male breast cancer. P
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Conflict of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Ethical Approval
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Data Availability
The datasets used in this study are openly available at [repository link] and the source code is available on GitHub at [GitHub link].
Funding
This work did not receive any external funding.