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Abstract

Background: Breast cancer (BC) is the most commonly occurring cancer in women. It has second-highest mortality rate in developing countries. Screening helps in early diagnosis and timely treatment of breast cancer lead to a better prognosis.
Objective: The aim of this study was access the knowledge, attitude, and practice of breast cancer risk factors, diagnostic methods, and screening among females and female Physicians.
Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted from May 2022 to August 2022 in tertiary care hospital by using structured questionnaire. Questionnaire was based on three parts; knowledge, attitude and practice. Data was entered and analyzed on SPSS (Statistical Package of the Social Sciences) version 25. Descriptive analysis was done for categorical variables and Chi Square test was used for inferential analysis. The level of significance was 5%.
Results: Out of 220, 114(51.8%) were married, 157(71.4%) belonged to the 20-25years of age group, 146(67.7%) were graduated (house officers). Most of the respondents, 119(54.1%) were regular employee and the earning of 156(70.9%) respondents was above 150,000PKR. 203(92.3%) respondents had good knowledge of breast cancer.  Overall, 180(81.8%), 79(35.9%), and 175(79.5%) respondents had undergone breast self-examination, clinical breast examination and mammography, respectively. 101(45.9%) indicated their discomfort in discussing about breast cancer. The significant correlation was found between KAP and risk factors of breast cancer with the p-value= 0.01, 0.00, 0.03 respectively.
Conclusion: Breast cancer screening still needs to be promoted to improve the attitude and practice among females and among young female physicians.