Abstract
Introduction: Cervical cancer is one of the most prevalent cancer affecting women globally. It is the fourth most common cancer in women and the seventh overall. Cervical cancer can be cured and prevented by regular pelviccheck-up, screening test and vaccination against human papilloma virus. The objective of this study was to find out awareness regarding cervical cancer among women aged 18-49 years residing in Bharatpur MetropolitanCity-5, Chitwan.
 Methods: A community based descriptive cross-sectional research design was used, 186 women were selected using simple random sampling method. Structured interview schedule was used to collect the data within 2weeks. The collected data was entered in Epi data 3.1 and exported into IBM SPSS version 20. Data was analysed in terms of descriptive and inferential statistics.
 Results: The study revealed that 72.6% of the women were >30 years and 93% of women were literate, among them 35.2% had completed secondary level of education. It was found that only 28.0% of women had good level of awareness and 43.5% of them had poor level of awareness regarding cervical cancer. There was statistically significant relationship between level of awareness with age (p=0.029), ethnicity (p=0.013), marital status (p=0.018) and heard about organism that causes cervical cancer (p=<0.001).
 Conclusions: Based on the findings of the study, it is concluded that, almost half of the women have poor level of awareness regarding cervical cancer. Hence, there is need for community awareness program on cervical cancer, its screening and preventive measures through the medium of health personnel, friends and mass media.
Highlights
Cervical cancer is one of the most prevalent cancer affecting women globally
This study demonstrated a significant relationship between the level of awareness of cervical cancer and age of respondents (p=0.029) which is in accordance to the study conducted by Shrestha et al (2013) in Nepal (p=0.013).[19]
Based on the findings of the study, it is concluded that almost half of the women have a poor level of awareness regarding cervical cancer
Summary
Cervical cancer is one of the most prevalent cancer affecting women globally. It is the fourth most common cancer in women and the seventh overall. Conclusions: Based on the findings of the study, it is concluded that, almost half of the women have poor level of awareness regarding cervical cancer. Cervical cancer ranks as the fourth most frequently diagnosed cancer and the fourth leading cause of cancer death in women with an estimated 570,000 cases and 311,000 deaths in 2018 worldwide It ranks second in incidence and mortality behind breast cancer in lower Human Development Index (HDI) settings; it is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in 28 countries and the leading cause of cancer death in 42 countries, the vast majority of which are in SubSaharan Africa and. The rates are 7 to 10 times lower in North America, Australia/New Zealand, and Western Asia.[1] The neighboring country, Indian every year, approximately 120,000 women develop cervical cancer. That accounts for 15.2% of the total cervical cancer deaths in the world.[2]
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