A Step-By-Step Comprehensive Breast Self-Check Guide
Animated illustrations designed by French artist Eloïse Heinzer bring bold colors and beautiful representation to your self-check moment. From start to finish, the KAB App guides you through each of the steps to completing a comprehensive breast self-exam.
Why Self-Checks?
We advocate for the self-check because so often, we hear from young women who have found their own lumps (both benign and malignant), or noticed other symptoms “by accident.” With 40% of diagnosed breast cancers being self-detected (according to the Johns Hopkins Medical Center), establishing what is “normal” for you is crucial to knowing your body and creating awareness of when something is wrong. That’s why we have our taglines of “know your normal” and “check yourself.”
Early Detection
The rate of breast cancer death is decreasing. It has declined by 44% over the past few decades. The reason? Early detection. While mammography and other such medical testing are also important, doing a routine self-check can be just as life-saving. Self-checks are especially important for young people, as generally, women don’t start getting mammograms until the age of 40, creating the faulty belief that breast cancer only affects women 40 and older.
Early detection saves lives.
Self-Check Scheduling
The app supports habit-forming with monthly notifications reminding you to complete your self-checks, and empowers you to be your best health advocate by supplying tips and resources to help you learn about breast health and potential symptoms requiring follow-up.
Our app makes it easy to “set and never forget!” We’ll send a monthly notification that reminds you to do your self-check. Because consistency is key! We’ve got you. 🫶🏻
Connect Directly With Telehealth Professionals
The Keep A Breast app focuses on information, support, and, most importantly, access. Our self-check health technology tool is the first of its kind to have an integrated telehealth component, thanks to our partnership with Carbon Health.
Carbon Health is a modern health chain that is just as dedicated to accessibility, transparency and personal care as we are. Carbon Health provides urgent and primary care for easier everyday health, and combines advanced technology with expert care.
Through our partnership, KAB App users are supported with direct, instantaneous connection with healthcare professionals in the event you find something irregular for your body during your breast self-check.
We’ve firsthand experienced care through Carbon Health’s dedicated healthcare providers and were impressed with the way we felt heard, cared for and supported. We’re delighted to be able to provide this same level of care to our KAB App users through this incredible partnership!
