OBJECTIVES Aims to gain knowledge about the rate of breast screening among Hungarian women. In addition are they familiar with the concept of self-examination, with procedure and if so, whether it is used and how often. Also would like to develop an educational program based on results, which would target risk groups and self-examination and process would receive priority in prevention activities of breast cancer. METHODS A descriptive, cross-sectional, prospective and quantitative study made with women living in and around Sárvár, Hungary. Inclusion criteria was considered the group of women over 45 years. A non-random, convenience sampling was applied with 100 women, between January and June, 2013. Data collected with a questionnaire of 31 questions. Descriptive statistics with frequency range, Chi2-test was performed with Microsoft Excel 2007. RESULTS There is a significant difference between the appearance of screening and the distance from medical centre (p <0.05). A higher proportion of women with higher education recognized therapeutic options for breast cancer than those with lower education (p < 0.05). For women where breast cancer was diagnosed in family history, 80% of them regularly attend screening. The women participate in less complex programs for the prevention, because they did not receive information about it (p <0,001). 95.74% of women to arouse the attention on breast cancer prevention advertisements. CONCLUSIONS Results show that higher graduates are less appear on screening contrary to lower. Rate of self-examination is higher if family history of breast cancer known. Based on results, it is important to reach women who have not yet participated in preventive performances. The reduced activity of people living in cities should be improved, used of advantages of city. Important to organize a training program, especially for the correct application of the method and breast self-examination with usage of questionnaire.