Level of Awareness of Cervical and Breast Cancer Risk Factors and Safe Practices among College Teachers in India
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Cancer is a major public health problem both in our country and worldwide due to its disease burden, fatality and tendency for increased incidence (Akgun Sahin et al., 2013). Globally, cervical cancer is the second most prevalent cancer and third most common type of cancer after breast and lung cancers among women (Sogukpinar et al., 2013). The global burden of cervical cancer is disproportionately high among the developing countries
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