The awareness campaign for breast cancer screening takes place throughout the month of October in order to inform women about the disease and mobilize them on the different means of prevention. Mammography is part of the arsenal but it is being expanded with new digital tools whose objective is to learn to detect certain anomalies yourself during self-palpation. Here are three mobile applications providing a wealth of information on breast cancer and its screening.
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Do you know how to practice self-palpationself-palpation breast? Where and when to get tested? What signs should alert you? So many questions that will find answers in the many appsapps mobilemobile offered to the public to promote the screening of many cancers. On the occasion of Pink October, breast cancer screening awareness month, here are three to have on hand to find out about screening methods and learn about self-examination.
The month of October marks the launch of the campaign annualannual awareness campaign for breast cancer screening, with the aim of reminding women of the importance of having their breasts monitored. Self-palpation from the age of 25, then mammography biennialbiennial from the age of 50, are strongly recommended. But the national participation rate in the organized screening program remains low, among the lowest in Europe, demonstrating the importance of informing, reassuring and supporting women to facilitate and promote early detection, necessary for increase the chances of recovery. This is why organizations and associations have launched applications intended to inform the public and improve preventionpreventionfor breast cancer as for other cancers.
Learn self-palpation on an app
As Pink October approaches, the Belle & Bien and Teach on Earth associations are launching the digital training module “I take charge of my screening!” » aimed at making screening a daily reflex. Tests, questionnaires, advice, and documentary resources provide information on screening for five cancers, including cervical, skin, and breast. A practical guide allows you to learn how to perform a breast self-palpation, to know how often it is necessary to do it, and to learn how to detect potential anomalies intended to alert the patient. All punctuated by information on the need to benefit from medical monitoring.
“ Self-palpation does not replace the clinical examination carried out every year by your doctor, your gynecologistgynecologist or your midwifemidwife and even less mammographymammography for women aged 50 to 74 because it helps detect abnormalities that are not visible or palpable “, we can read. This digital training module is accessible online, on the Teach on Earth platform, or on the dedicated mobile application, in the “partnership” category. Note that this is not the only application intended to encourage breast cancer screening. Keep A Breast (Check Yourself!) And My Risk Breast Cancer also provide access to a wealth of information on breast cancer and its screening.
My screening: cancer
Available for free on the App StoreStore And GoogleGoogle Play Store, the My Screening: Cancer application not only allows you to obtain information and access news on different cancers, but also to assess the risk of developing cancer based on age, sex, family history, or lifestyle. All based on a questionnaire designed by medical experts. All enhanced with numerous features, such as the reminder of screening appointments, or the possibility of requesting one for free, and a host of advice. Enough to find out about screening, although the application in no way replaces, like the previous one, regular medical monitoring.
In the same vein, the National Cancer Institute (INCa) launched “Your screening advice” to identify potential cancer at an early stage. All you need to do is enter your gender and age, and access all the recommended screenings as well as the frequency with which they must be carried out. The platform also provides information according to each profile to detect symptomssymptomsand offers tips for reducing the risk of cancer.
For example, a woman aged 50 is recommended to have colorectal cancer screening every 2 years until age 74, breast cancer screening by mammography every 2 years until age 74 as well as a breast exam every year, and cervical cancer screening up to age 65. She also receives advice on how to detect a skin cancerskin cancer.
