Awareness Levels about Breast Cancer Risk Factors, Early Warning Signs, and Screening and Therapeutic Approaches among Iranian Adult Women: A large Population Based Study Using Latent Class Analysis
Table 5
Class-specific level of correct awareness (%) about breast cancer’s early warning signs and the size of classes.
Warning signs
Class 1 (High awareness)
Class 2 (poor awareness)
Yes
No
Yes
No
Breast asymmetry
75.56
24.44
13.76
86.24
Breast or nipple pain
73.67
26.33
24.05
75.95
Nipple retraction
75.65
24.35
7.95
92.05
Redness, scaliness, or thickening of the nipple or breast skin
73.05
26.95
1.28
98.72
Lump or swelling under the armpit
90.8
9.2
24.66
75.34
Bleeding or discharge other than breast milk in nipple
