Saad Asad, Mahrukh Tanveer, Amna Asif.
Anti-Cancer Effects of Vegetables: a Questionnaire Based Study.
J Pak Dent Assoc Jan ;24(4):204-9.

BACKGROUND: One of the major causes of death throughout the world remains the cancer. Though research have shown the importance of diet and physical activity in preventing cancers and awareness programs have been introduced and reported but still studies available on awareness programs regarding anti-cancer impact of vegetables are limited. Aim of this study is thus to assess the base line knowledge of Dental Graduates about the anti-cancer vegetables with the aim that their knowledge will have an impact on the awareness of the community. METHODOLOGY: The study was conducted through a 10 instrument questionnaire on a sample consisted of Sixty Four Dental Graduates (24 males and 40 females) from University College of Dentistry, The University of Lahore. RESULTS: Awareness regarding different vegetables that can have anticancer effect was assessed through the questionnaire. Baseline knowledge of Dental graduates about anticancer effect of vegetables was limited and only 7-11% of the Dental Graduates were actually aware of the antitumorigenic effect of different vegetables. CONCLUSION: This study concludes that base line knowledge of dental graduates about anti-cancer effects of vegetables was poor. KEYWORDS:Anti-cancer vegetables, cancer, cancer awareness program.

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