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Employing a two-stage methodology, we initially conducted a preliminary survey with 201 women aged 40 to 50, evaluating their perceptions of various phrasings of breast cancer risk information, including \u20181 in x\u2019, \u2018x% of\u2019, and \u2018x-y% probability\u2019. Subsequently, an online experiment involving 1052 women in the same age group explored the influence of temporal framing on perceived risk and intentions for breast self-checks. We selected the most understandable, imaginable, and motivational phrasing from the preliminary survey for the experiment. The participants were divided into two groups: near-future framing (N\u2009=\u2009526) and distant-future framing of developing breast cancer (N\u2009=\u2009526). Study 1 revealed that women found the \u20181 in x\u2019 framing to be the easiest to understand, imagine, and most motivational. However, the subsequent experiment (Study 2) did not find any significant effects of temporal framing on women\u2019s perceived risk of developing breast cancer, perceived importance of self-checks, intention to conduct self-checks, or interest in learning more about self-checks. Nonetheless, it was noteworthy that individuals exposed to near-future framing perceived their risk as closer in time compared to those presented with distant-future framing (OR\u2009=\u20091.42, 95% CI: 1.15-1.77 p\u2009=\u20090.001; aOR\u2009=\u20091.42, 95% CI: 1.14-1.76; p\u2009=\u20090.002). 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