# Cancer warning ⚠️ signs to check in a 10 -minute breast self-exam

- Author: Splegend001 (https://wurk.fun/user/Splegend001)
- Published: 2026-10-09
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For Black women, that awareness carries extra weight. Black women are about 40% more likely to die from breast cancer than white women, are more often diagnosed before 40 and face higher rates of triple-negative breast cancer, an aggressive type that grows quickly. Pick the same time each month. If you still get a period, check a few days after it ends, when breasts are least swollen and tender. If you no longer have periods, choose an easy date to remember, like the first of the month.

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