A new breast cancer app, FYI: Breast Cancer, has been launched by Cork University Hospital (CUH) in response to the startling figure that one third of women attending breast cancer clinics in Ireland have limited health literacy.

The app, which has been funded entirely by the CUH Charity, answers the top 50 most searched for questions about breast cancer on the internet in straightforward, plain English. It explains what breast cancer is, the different types of breast cancer, what a breast cancer diagnosis means and what treatments are available.

The app was developed in conjunction with the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) following the results of research conducted by CUH, which found that health literacy rates are low in Ireland, and that lower literacy means that people are more likely to miscalculate their risk of breast cancer.

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