Table 3 Distribution of respondents according to practice of breast self examination (BSE) and clinical breast examination (CBE)

   Yes

   No

Frequency of practice of breast self examination

   Once a month

   Once in two months

   Three to five times a year

   Once or twice a year

Source of knowledge of breast self examination

   From a doctor

   Publications

   Television

   Churches/religious groups

   Women organizations

   Nigerian Cancer Society programs

Reasons for not practicing breast self examination

   I don't have breast problem

   I don't think I should

   I just don't feel like doing it

   I don't think I will find anything

   I leave it for doctors and nurses to do

   Carelessness

   I am not pregnant

   Laziness

   I don't know

Practice of clinical breast examination

   Yes

   No

Reasons for not practicing clinical breast examination

   I don't have breast problem

   I didn't know that I should

   I don't know