Women in the UK are only invited for breast cancer screenings on the NHS when they reach 50, so it is crucial younger women are aware that they must self-check correctly.

One group of plucky students in Scotland is raising awareness to tackle late detection of breast cancer in young people by organising events on campus and driving home the message that teenagers and twenty-somethings must take mammary matters into their own hands – quite literally.

Robert Gordon University’s student body had launched a new group called the RGU Uni Boob Team, the Aberdeen Evening Express reports.

The Uni Boob Team is part of the Coppa Feel movement, which encourages young women to check their breasts regularly, giving advice for self-checking and identifying the early signs and symptoms of breast cancer.

The group also stresses the case to ask a doctor if symptoms persist, discouraging people from holding off because they do not consider the matter an emergency, or are embarrassed.

A spokesperson for the RGU Uni Boob Team said they will be “hollering out message loud and proud around campus and hosting events such as club nights, fashion shows and parties”.

Currently, women in the UK are invited for NHS screenings between their 50th and 53rd birthdays, with the scheme running until a woman’s 70th birthday, but the health service is rolling out a trial extension of the programme to those aged 47 to 73.

Women with a higher-than-average risk of developing breast cancer are eligible for breast cancer screenings before the age of 50.

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