Practice and Barriers toward Breast Self-Examination among Palestinian Women in Gaza City, Palestine

Table 2

Awareness of breast cancer and knowledge of BSE.

Variables	Categories	Frequency (%)
Have ever heard about breast cancer	Yes	352 (90.3%)
	No	38 (9.7%)
Have ever heard about breast self-examination	Yes	299 (76.7%)
	No	91 (23.3%)
Knows how to do breast self-examination	Yes	179 (45.9%)
	No	211 (54.1%)
Breast self-examination is important	Yes	359 (92.1%)
	No	31 (7.9%)
Source of information (n = 299)
TV	Yes	58 (19.4)
	No	241 (80.6%)
Radio	Yes	30 (9.7%)
	No	269 (90.3%)
Internet	Yes	67 (22.5%)
	No	232 (77.5%)
Friend	Yes	64 (21.5%)
	No	235 (78.5%)
Health care provider	Yes	138 (46.2%)
	No	161 (53.8%)