Practical Applications for Clinical Breast Examination (CBE) and Breast Self-Examination (BSE) in Screening and Early Detection of Breast Cancer
Author(s) -
Anthony B. Miller
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
breast care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1661-3805
pISSN - 1661-3791
DOI - 10.1159/000113934
Subject(s) - medicine , breast cancer , breast self examination , breast examination , stage (stratigraphy) , physical examination , gynecology , oncology , family medicine , cancer , mammography , paleontology , biology
The background and preliminary results in terms of stage distribution are given for a trial of Clinical Breast Examination and the teaching of Breast Self-Examination in Cairo, Egypt. A stage shift towards early diagnosis appears to have been achieved. This has encouraged the development of similar projects in other middle income developing countries.
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