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Presenter and campaigner Julia Bradbury explains how you can check for breast cancer

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Scots are constantly encouraged to be aware of any changes in their bodies in case it is an indicator of a serious health issue.

An incurable disease we are, sadly, all too familiar with in the country is cancer, especially breast cancer.Around 4,800 people are diagnosed with breast cancer in Scotland each year, according to Social Security Scotland.

This makes breast cancer the most common cancer in Scottish women, and it does not discriminate.Former BBC Countryfile presenter Julia Bradbury was diagnosed with breast cancer during lockdown and had a single mastectomy in 2021 to remove a tumour.

The 54-year-old is now a campaigner and recently appeared on Good Morning Britain to explain how you can check for breast cancer - a potentially life-saving practice. "You're looking for lumps, you're looking for rashes, you're looking for discharge," Julia advised viewers. "There's lots of stuff online so check out 'how do I look for breast cancer?'"Most importantly, check under your armpits and not with your arms up, there are ways to do it so, again, look online, but [look around] these areas under the armpits and all around the collarbone."People think it's just the breast area and that's that but it's not - it's the whole region that you need to be looking and feeling in."A list of signs and symptoms of breast cancer were shared by ITV, prompting Julia to clarify that women would not have all these symptoms, just maybe one or two.

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