Clinical breast examination and breast self-examination. Past and present effect on breast cancer survival
โ Scribed by Roger S. Foster Jr; John K. Worden; Michael C. Costanza; Laura J. Solomon
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 770 KB
- Volume
- 69
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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The practice of breast self-examination (BSE) was explored by personal interview in a sample of women with diagnosed breast cancer. Despite physician recommendations to practice BSE, only 43% of those interviewed were examining themselves regularly, a figure that is little different from that of the
Data from 9% newly diagnosed breast cancer patients indicated a highly significant association (P < 0.001) between periodic breast self-examination (BSE) and pathologic stage of disease. Among women reporting periodic BSE, only small differences were noted between those who practiced monthly and tho