Active screening for breast cancer in women from a Family Medical Office
Abstract
Introduction: Breast cancer is currently a public health problem both in Latin America and worldwide, due to its frequency and progressive increase in the number of women who suffer from it.
Objective: To identify hidden morbidity due to breast cancer and its risk factors in the female population aged 30 years and over in medical office No. 6, of the Camilo Torres Restrepo Polyclinic.
Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out to identify some risk factors for breast cancer in the female population belonging to the Family Medical Office No. 6, of the Camilo Torres Restrepo Teaching Polyclinic, from January to December 2022. The population of the study was comprised of 131 women aged 30 and over, who were screened through an interview and physical examination of the breasts. For data analysis, absolutes numbers and percentages were used as summary measures.
Results: Sedentary lifestyle, obesity/overweight and smoking, were the most frequent risk factors with 41.2% and 29.8% respectively. 53.4% of women stated that they did not perform breast self-examination. 94.7% of the women had a negative physical examination and 5.3% were doubtful.
Conclusions: Risk factors related to lifestyles such as a sedentary lifestyle, obesity/overweight and smoking were the most representative risk factors. Despite the fact that most women present a negative physical examination, not performing a breast self-examination could contribute to an increase in morbidity from this disease in the study population.
DeCS: BREAST NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; BREAST SELF-EXAMINATION.
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