College students' knowledge of risk and screening recommendations for breast, cervical, and testicular cancers.
BACKGROUND
There is a gap in the literature regarding the knowledge of college students about breast, cervical, and testicular cancers.


METHODS
I surveyed 3362 college students were surveyed about their knowledge of risk factors and screening recommendations for these 3 cancers during the 2002-2003 school year at a large public university in the Northeast.


RESULTS
Students knew approximately 50% of the information about risk factors and screening recommendations for these 3 cancers. CONCLUSIONS. Based on these results, college students appear to have limited knowledge about breast, cervical, and testicular cancers and need education about them.
Daley
Christine Makosky
CM
University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA. cdaley@knmc.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D009511:New England; D012307:Risk Factors; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*