The paper deals with the topic of awareness of the general population about the importance of breast self-examination in the prevention of breast cancer. Breast cancer is a major public health problem. The number of women suffering from breast cancer is increasing, and among the women who have fallen ill, there is a large number of middle-aged and younger patients. Out of 185 countries in the world, in 157 countries breast cancer was the most common form of cancer that women fell ill with. Today, around 2.3 million women suffer from breast cancer in the world, and in 2022, the last year for which evidence from world health organizations is available, 670,000 women died of breast cancer in the world. Although the therapy is more and more effective, and the spectrum of drugs is getting wider, in the advanced stage of the disease, the prognosis is very poor. For this reason, early detection of abnormalities is very important. Despite the fact that numerous risk factors have been identified, the fact is that in the world, breast cancer occurs non-specifically in more than 50% of cases - in women who did not belong to any risk group. This survey tested the general population's awareness of the importance of self-examination. The target group was the general population. A general population was selected to check general awareness of the magnitude and complexity of the problem. The issues were collected through structured research in the form of a survey. The survey was shared via the online platform Google Forms. The link to the survey was shared on social networks. The results showed that the vast majority of respondents (82%) regularly perform self-examination, but almost half are not sure if it is done correctly. The respondents were mostly able to identify all the risk factors and everything that needs to be paid attention to during the self-examination. What the respondents do not pay attention to is the periodicity of the self-examination and the way in which the self-examination is carried out.