Pink Ribbon 's mammo quiz exposes distress

The body of knowledge and beliefs about breasts and breast cancer, helps determine how alert you are for breast cancer and that affects your chances of being there in time when things go wrong.

A representative survey of 1,000 Belgian women conducted by Pink Ribbon in the summer of 2022 showed that 25% are at high risk of late detection of breast cancer. Often, these women do not know or do not know enough about the warning signs, they rarely or never check their breasts or they believe that breast cancer cannot happen to them because it does not run in the family, for example.

In October 2022, Pink Ribbon developed the Mammoquiz, an online self-test that allows a woman to check how alert she herself is to breast cancer. The self-test links the result to personalized advice on how to improve your vigilance. After 10 months, Mammoquiz has already been opened 30,000 times, of which 15,000 were fully completed. Pink Ribbon analyzed the results and compared them with the results of its survey of 1,000 Belgian women.

Three-quarters of women who completed the Mammoquiz are alert and well-informed about breast cancer. Only 3% stick their heads in the sand, rarely check their breasts and know little about the warning signs of breast cancer. In the survey of the general population, the figure was a quarter. Another notable difference: fear of breast cancer affects only 1% of self-testers, compared to 10% of the average population. The group that pays little attention to her breasts is also much smaller among those who completed the Mammoquiz: 3% versus 8%.

Being well-informed about breast cancer starts with yourself: learn how alert you are for breast cancer and get tips to increase your vigilance when needed.

Self-tests like the Mammoquiz are still too infrequently completed by individuals who really benefit from them. This is why Pink Ribbon is putting its Mammoquiz back in the spotlight.

Take the mammo quiz