We want to share with you some of the feedback we have received from our series of reports "Touch of Life." We hope the reports have educated thousands of women on how to properly examine their breasts for breast cancer.

Since our series first began Thursday at 5 p.m. the response has been overwhelming. The majority of the responses were positive, but there were some critics.

We hope the information we shared save lives and judging by what we've heard, it may just do that. Within minutes of our special report on breast self-exams viewers from across the country took time to write.

A breast cancer survivor wrote, "It was not sexy or provocative, and let's face it: there is nothing sexy or provocative about breast cancer."

A person from Frederick wrote: "I applaud you for taking a stand and presenting this necessary information the way you have: professionally, comprehensively and appropriately."

A woman from northwest Washington wrote, 'I bet women who are too nervous to even talk to their doctors are open to learning in their own living rooms."

After the second day of our reports, a team of doctors from the INOVA Breast Care Institute answered more than one 100 phone calls in 90 minutes.

"The things that you've told me have me a little bit worried," said one caller.

Women and a few men asked about changes in their breasts that had them concerned. Some people called simply to thank us.

"I had one patient who had actually been doing her breast exams wrong and based upon the information she's received tonight, she's now doing a proper breast examination," stated breast cancer specialist Dr. Amy Irwin.

Once this hit national television, including ABC's 'Good Morning America', our viewer calls and emails skyrocketed.

Sally Hanger of Herndon, Virginia, contacted us, saying as a Christian she can't condone nudity on TV. But she added had she seen a report like ours 18 years ago, she might have detected a lump before she was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer.

"It's gonna save lives so I can't see it negatively!" stated Hanger.

A Kentucky man whose wife said our reports helped her learn how to do a self-exam properly wrote: "From a grateful husband, thank you for maybe helping me keep my wife as long as possible!"

That kind of response is exactly what the women in our series had hoped for.

Many who felt negatively about our reports said we did it just to boost ratings. But for every complaint there were many more accolades, including a 70-year-old woman who told us after seeing our report, she'd done a self-exam for the first time in her life.

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