Information about breast cancer
Mammoquiz
The Mammoquiz calculates your risk of late detection of breast cancer. Scientific research shows that some people are at higher risk of late detection of breast cancer.
If you catch it early when you have breast cancer, treatment is usually less invasive and the chance of cure is higher. After taking this quiz, you will find out for yourself how likely you are to discover breast cancer early.
The lower your risk score that you get, the lower your risk of late detection of breast cancer. Since early detection increases your chances of survival, it is important to read your result and take the tips to heart.
To be clear, you will not find out here how high your risk is of getting breast cancer. That depends on many factors such as your lifestyle or genetics.
Would you notice breast cancer quickly if you had it?
Take the Mammoquiz and find out what type you are.
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Trans women also at greater risk of breast cancer
On average, women are 100 times more at risk of breast cancer than men. Trans women, born male, are also at higher risk of breast cancer after their transition because they have to administer female hormones to themselves for life. How high is that risk and is screening by mammography useful for them as well?
Reflections on first 'self-screener' for breast cancer
In the course of 2022, a device will come on the market that will allow you to quickly and painlessly screen your breasts at home for breast cancer. The system is based on existing technology, which has proven useful in Third World countries, but has not been successful in the Western world because modern imaging techniques are much more accurate.
Stay alert for alarm signs
"It's not in our family" is one of the biggest misconceptions about breast cancer. In reality, more than half of women with breast cancer are the only ones affected in the family. That's why we all need to be alert for the warning signs. Every year, Pink Ribbon highlights them anew, with the support of the National Lottery.
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