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Clinical examination of the breasts by nonphysicians. A viable screening option?
Author(s) -
Moskowitz Myron
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(197907)44:1<311::aid-cncr2820440153>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - medicine , physical examination , extant taxon , health examination , suspect , medical screening , general surgery , surgery , gynecology , evolutionary biology , political science , law , biology
Abstract 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 detected. Twenty‐eight percent of the cancers detected by PE were minimal lesions. One‐third of all the minimal cancers currently detectable were discovered by PE.