title: [Breast self-examination as main technique for breast cancer prevention].
abstract: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women. Breast self-examination stands out as the main preventive measure, since almost 95% of breast tumours are detected by the woman herself through this technique. Nursing is the group most closely related to health education appropriate guidelines to perform the technique correctly: monthly technical realization, recognition of abnormalities in the breast, go to the doctor for possible doubt about changes in them, etc.
authors.affiliation: Universitarias en Enfermería, Enfermeras de Atención Primaria, Cadiz. rocio.guerrero@hotmail.es
authors.forename: Rocío
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Guerrero Mercedes
authors.forename: M Carmen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Llamas Muñoz
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016504:Breast Self-Examination / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans