Half of women don’t check their breasts for cancer
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in Scotland with around 4,000 women diagnosed each year.
Despite this, nearly half (42%) of women in Scotland do not check their breasts simply because they forget to do so, according to a survey by Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
More than half of women (53%) did not know that drinking alcohol could increase their risk; almost the same number (50%) did not realise that putting on weight or being obese could make them vulnerable too.
Furthermore, 41% did not know that getting older increases the risk, despite increasing age being the biggest risk factor.
A similar proportion (39%) did not know that regular exercise could help to reduce their risk.
"These results showed that more work is needed to make sure that women are breast aware," the Daily Express quoted Dr Sarah Rawlings, the charity's head of policy, as saying.
Despite this, nearly half (42%) of women in Scotland do not check their breasts simply because they forget to do so, according to a survey by Breakthrough Breast Cancer.
More than half of women (53%) did not know that drinking alcohol could increase their risk; almost the same number (50%) did not realise that putting on weight or being obese could make them vulnerable too.
Furthermore, 41% did not know that getting older increases the risk, despite increasing age being the biggest risk factor.
A similar proportion (39%) did not know that regular exercise could help to reduce their risk.
"These results showed that more work is needed to make sure that women are breast aware," the Daily Express quoted Dr Sarah Rawlings, the charity's head of policy, as saying.
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