Breast Self-Examination: Awareness, Compliance, and Confidence of Lyceum of the Philippines University - Laguna Students

Breast Self-Examination (BSE) is always thought to be done by most women only. However, men are also susceptible to breast cancer and as such, also needs to perform Breast Self-Examination (BSE). In this study, the awareness, compliance; and confidence of the participants on BSE was done among 496 students, between male and female participants, of different year levels and from different colleges. The findings of the study showed that most of the participants are female, and from the College of International Tourism and Hospitality Management and from different year levels. It was also revealed that the student-participants are aware and confident in performing BSE but 71.92% of them are not performing the BSE. The study recommends a wellness program that can be done to encourage all students of different Colleges to perform BSE and to become more health-conscious.