The project was aimed at urban young women (18-25 yrs) from higher socio-economic group in the metropolis Kolkata since They are most likely to be at a higher risk of developing breast cancer. The project envisaged educating College and University – going (graduate & post graduate) adult women on Breast Self Examination (BSE) and other the early symptoms of breast cancer. This would  allow them to report changes in the breast for appropriate intervention at an early stage of disease.

Such an exercise is expected to translate into down – staging breast cancer at the time of clinical presentation.