After four years of annual screening 10,566 women, physical examination (PE) by nurse clinicians is as effective in detecting suspect cases as is the examination of surgeons and the general medical community of Cincinnati. Carefully performed physical examination has found 45% of the extant cancers
The examination of the breasts
โ Scribed by C. D. Haagensen
- Book ID
- 115067208
- Publisher
- American Cancer Society
- Year
- 1952
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 254 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0007-9235
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