A knowledge deficit was identified by one of the daughters concerning the importance of knowing how to perform self-breast examination. She commented that her mother did not talk about breast cancer before she got it and she was not taught to do breast self-examinations; therefore, she did not worry about getting breast cancer. It was only when she got breast cancer that she learned how to do a breast self-examina tion. Camilla stated, “Back then, they did not teach us all that nor did they talk to us about self-breast exams.” She contin ued to say, “Those were some tools that I did not even worry about. I knew to do breast self-exams on them after the cancer started being focused on; they weren’t being talked about much [before getting breast cancer].” This notion correlates with how significant breast self-examination is to early detection and treatment of breast cancer. The earlier the symptoms are discovered, the more quickly the intervention can begin.