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Table 2 Knowledge about prevention, treatment and screening modalities of cervical cancer of female under graduate students of Aksum University, College of Health Science, Aksum, Tigray, Ethiopia (N = 344)

From: Correlates of cervical cancer screening uptake among female under graduate students of Aksum University, College of Health Sciences, Tigray, Ethiopia

Knowledge variable

Category

Frequency (%)

Prevention methods

Avoiding multiple sexual partners prevent cervical

140 (40.7)

Avoiding early sexual intercourse

88 (25.6)

Quitting smoking prevent cervical cancer

24 (7.0)

Vaccination HPV prevent cervical cancer

56 (16.3)

Don’t know

36 (10.5)

Know cancer of cervix can be treated

Yes

273 (79.4)

No

71 (20.6)

Treatment type

Herbal remedies

44 (12.8)

Specific drug given by hospital

98 (28.5)

Surgery

126 (36.6)

Radiotherapy

62 (18)

Don’t know

14 (4.1)

How expensive do you think is treatment cervical cancer

Free of charge

130 (37.8)

Reasonable price

25 (7.3)

Moderately expensive

23 (6.7)

Very expensive

49 (14.2)

Do not know

117 (34)

Frequency of screening

Once a year

123 (35.8)

Every three year

105 (30.5)

Do not know

116 (33.7)

Who should be screened

Women of > 25 years

188 (54.7)

Prostitutes

91 (26.5)

Elderly women

65 (18.9)

Procedures used in cervical cancer screening

VIA

182 (52.8)

Pap smear

44 (13.7)

Biopsy

67 (19.5)

Do not know

48 (14)