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
The role of breast self-examination in breast cancer screening
โ Scribed by Victoria Champion
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 736 KB
- Volume
- 69
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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The techniques of self breast examination and the clinical examination of the breasts are described briefly. The potential value and the limitations of these tests in screening for breast cancer are reviewed. In a Cancer Society Monograph in 1958, Haagensen said, "It is probable that, from the point
Periodic screening for cancer of the breast using mammography as well as clinical examination is being conducted by the Health Insurance Plan in a large random sample of women aged 40 to 64 years. A similar group of women has been assigned as controls. The long term objective is to determine whether