Itching is not typically considered a common symptom of breast cancer. However, in rare cases, breast cancer can cause itching, particularly in the area around the breast or nipple. In our bio you can find links to download the free Know Your Lemons app to keep track of more changes like this AND learn more about itching being a symptom of breast cancer in our blog post, reviewed by our good friend, Dr. Tan Yia Swam.

Know Your Lemons Recognizes Women’s History Month. Rose Kushner, one of the leaders in breast health education.

“My initial impression of the 12 signs of breast cancer image was that everything was simple. Simple and understandable. My patients need it.”

Natalya Alekseeva is our wonderful volunteer educator from Nizhegorodskaya, Russia. She is an oncologist who loves to show our materials to her patients because it is better to show them what to look out for rather than telling them. Natalya says that it is so necessary for this information to be translated into more languages so that it can educate more people.

“I was impressed from day 1 with the KYL materials. They are super clear, and make an often difficult topic as approachable and dare I say fun, as it could be.”

Karin Del Maestro, a breast cancer thriver from the United States has been a Know Your Lemons educator for a little over 2 years. She first discovered the Know Your Lemons foundation from Google! It was after her breast cancer diagnosis and double mastectomy that she started asking the questions, “should I still be getting checked? And, what kind of exams or screenings should I be doing now?” Even without breasts Karin still does a monthly exam and encourages everyone in the cancer community who has gone through a double mastectomy to continue doing their chest exams! This is because while doing one of her monthly chest exams after her surgery, she discovered 3 lumps that needed further testing. Our app has recently become more inclusive of the “chest” population through the addition of Napoleon Bonaparte as a chest self exam audio guide coach. If you or a loved one has a chest, encourage them to download the app for reminders to do a monthly chest exam.