OBJECTIVES Thyroid Cancer is one of the rarest cancers but its prevalence has been increasing worldwide for the last couple of decades. METHODS The data collection tool was designed to assess knowledge, awareness, perception, and attitude towards preventive practices of thyroid cancer in Pakistani university students. The data were collected over a duration of six months and a total number of 3722 students participated. RESULTS The knowledge of risk factors of thyroid cancer was an important parameter of this study. The students who knew all the early signs of thyroid cancer were 28.7%. In this study, the independent variables such as age, gender, demographic location, and financial status were found to be highly significant with knowledge, attitude towards warning signs of cancer, and the perception of students about developing thyroid cancer. CONCLUSIONS The participants were found to have poor knowledge about early signs of thyroid cancer. The study participants perception, behavior, and attitude towards preventive practices of thyroid cancer were found inadequate and appropriate measures on a National level should be taken to enhance the knowledge about preventive practices of thyroid cancer. Increasing knowledge and awareness shall help decrease the overall morbidity and mortality linked with thyroid carcinomas and thyroid diseases.

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甲状腺癌的危险因素和巴基斯坦大学生对其预防措施的认识。

目的甲状腺癌是最罕见的癌症之一，但在过去的几十年里，它的流行在全世界范围内一直在增加。方法该数据收集工具旨在评估巴基斯坦大学生对甲状腺癌预防实践的知识，认识，感知和态度。这些数据是在六个月的时间内收集的，共有3722名学生参加。结果了解甲状腺癌的危险因素是这项研究的重要参数。知道所有甲状腺癌早期迹象的学生为28.7％。在这项研究中，发现独立变量（例如年龄，性别，人口位置和财务状况）在知识，对癌症预警信号的态度以及学生对甲状腺癌的认知方面具有很高的意义。结论发现参与者对甲状腺癌的早期征象了解不足。研究参与者发现对甲状腺癌预防措施的看法，行为和态度不充分，应在国家一级采取适当措施以增强有关甲状腺癌预防措施的知识。增加知识和认识将有助于降低与甲状腺癌和甲状腺疾病有关的总体发病率和死亡率。发现对甲状腺癌的预防措施的态度和态度不足，应在国家一级采取适当措施，以增强对甲状腺癌预防措施的认识。增加知识和认识将有助于降低与甲状腺癌和甲状腺疾病有关的总体发病率和死亡率。发现对甲状腺癌的预防措施的态度和态度不足，应在国家一级采取适当措施，以增强对甲状腺癌预防措施的认识。增加知识和认识将有助于降低与甲状腺癌和甲状腺疾病有关的总体发病率和死亡率。