Open AccessAssessment of knowledge of breast self-examination techniques by women
Author(s) -
Т.И. Кузнецова,
И В Кузнецов
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj101480
Subject(s) - breast cancer , breast self examination , medicine , incidence (geometry) , oncology , gynecology , cancer , medical physics , mathematics , geometry
Incidence of malignant neoplasms of breast for the last 15 years has increased more than twice and has a tendency for further growth. The efficiency of breast cancer treatment depends first of all on the timely diagnostics because the results of its therapy are mainly determined by the degree of spread of tumor process. Among the methods of active detection of the breast cancer the method of self-examination proved to be the most effective, which is given the highest priority in the WHO oncological program.