Abstract
After years of study, breast cancer continues to be one of the deadliest, as a result of which, the study was carried out with the general objective of establishing the risk factors and knowledge about preventive measures for cancer in the urbanization April 21 – Chimbote, period September – November 2017. Methodology, descriptive study, quantitative level, the variables were described as they actually occurred, cross-sectional cohort of a single cell. The population was made up of women of childbearing age who live in the urbanization April 21, between the ages of 15-49, with a sample of 131 women according to non-probabilistic sampling; In order to collect information, the Sucacahua questionnaire was used. Results, the white race reached 38.9% (51), according to family history 12.2% (16) had a history from the grandmother, 7.6% (10) had a maternal history, 84% (110) had early menarche, a 57.3% (75) were observed to be overweight and 19% (25) obese. In addition, 92.4% (121) reported sometimes perceiving stress. And 22.1% (29) reported alcohol consumption. Conclusion that women of childbearing age in the urbanization 21 Abril zone A, have predisposing factors to suffer in the future, breast cancer according to statistics, however, they have a regular percentage of knowledge. Emphasizing, a poor nutritional status was evidenced according to percentages, which not only leads to breast cancer but also other conditions in the body.
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