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breast cancer common cancer leading cause cancerrelated death women worldwide breast selfexamination bse essential lowcost simple tool detecting breast cancer early employing idea charity begins home involving student nurses teaching bse relatives improve early detection assess nursing students practice willingness teach bse relatives college nursing midwifery one state northcentral nigeria crosssectional descriptive design employed incidental sampling technique 197 respondents selected first third year data collected using structured questionnaire descriptive inferential analyses pvalue 005 conducted respondents indicated learned bse 985 respondents heard bse 898 good practice bse however quarter teach bse relatives statistically significant associations noted nursing students aware bse knew perform although quarter teach bse relatives therefore may necessary sensitise nurses cultivate habit teaching bse relatives women community crucial provide nurses skills knowledge required carry bse effectively well teach women perform improve breast cancer detection rates nigeria