6 Men Dream Ready to Help Young Women's Breast Check

Breast cancer often diagnosed too late because the women are forgotten or rarely perform routine checks. To help recall the examination schedule, busy women who can ask the six men dream.

As the name implies, sixth man this dream never existed in the real world. His figure can only be found in smart phones or smartphones, because the men are just part of Your Man Reminder application that was released by the organization care about breast cancer, Rethink Breast Cancer.

Once the application is aimed at young women is installed, the men will appear at the phone screen according to the schedule can be arranged. Its appearance is just to remind once motivate owners to do the breast exam.

"Young women are sometimes too busy and sometimes need a reminder to not forget to frequently check their breasts," said MJ DeCoteau, executive director of Rethink Breast Cancer as quoted by MarketWatch, Friday (09/23/2011).

The launch of this application is deliberately made ​​to coincide with the month of breast cancer care, which is commemorated this month across the United States. Not just this year, Rethink Breast Cancer has also been campaigning for breast examination of routinely since 2006.

Breast cancer screening does not necessarily done with the mammogram at the hospital, but it can be done alone at home. You do this by feel, then look at any lumps and abnormalities both in form and texture of breast skin.

Examination procedures are abbreviated by TLC (Touch, Look, and Check) This is one form of early detection of breast cancer. If found any lumps or abnormalities in the breast, then further testing can be done with a mammogram.