Relationship of Knowledge in Women Age 25-50 Years in RW 05 Cibubur, East Jakarta on BSE Knowledge as Early Detection of Breast Cancer

In Indonesia, based on Indonesia’s Health Profile 2008, the top 10 major malignant neoplasm disease or cancer inpatients at the hospital since 2004-2008 has not changed much. The first rating is breast malignant neoplasm or breast cancer. Society rarely knows that it is important to perform BSE (breast self-examination) early, which can help reduce the incidence of morbidity or mortality of breast cancer patients. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between knowledge in women aged 25-50 years at RW 05 Cibubur, East Jakarta, on BSE as early detection of breast cancer. This research employed an analytic survey with the cross-sectional approach. The employed technique in sampling was simple random sampling. It was done with the lottery technique to population members. The results of the 207 respondents showed that respondents with bad BSE knowledge were 100 people (48.3%) and respondents with good knowledge were 107 (51.7%). The respondents who practiced the BSE were 95 (45.9%), and the respondents who did not were 112 people (54.1%). The statistical test results had a very strong correlation with the value of 0.832 and correlated with the statistical value of 0.000. Keywords: Breast Cancer, Knowledge, BSE (Breast Self-Examination), Women Aged 25-50 Years at RW 05 Cibubur East Jakarta.