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May 8, 2026Medical Journal of BabylonOpen Access

Students’ Knowledge about Breast Cancer: A Cross-Sectional Study

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HAHusham Hussain Abdul-Ra’aoofUniversity of BasrahAKAbdulkareem Salman KhudhairUniversity of BasrahSDSundus Baqer DawoodUniversity of Basrah

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Implication

Cross-sectional study evaluates university students' knowledge of breast cancer, indicating significant gaps in understanding.

Key Points

  • To evaluate university students' knowledge of breast cancer and the effects of sociodemographic features.
  • Cross-sectional descriptive study design
  • Sample size of 200 students from Bab Al-Zubair Colleges Campus
  • Assessment of questionnaire reliability using Cronbach’s α and content validity by five experts.
  • 86% of participants had inadequate knowledge about breast cancer
  • 13% had intermediate knowledge
  • Only 1% demonstrated excellent knowledge.

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Abdul-Ra’aoof et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69fd7e23bfa21ec5bbf064d5https://doi.org/10.4103/mjbl.mjbl_1334_23
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