Open AccessEvaluation of the Efficacy of Clinical Breast Examination Gloves in the Diagnosis of Breast Lumps
Author(s) -
Vanessa Monteiro Sanvido,
Andréa Watanabe,
Joaquim Teodoro de Araújo Neto,
Simone Elias,
Gil Facina,
Afonso Celso Pinto Nazário
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/25504.9987
Subject(s) - medicine , breast lumps , concordance , physical examination , mammography , breast cancer , breast examination , kappa , radiology , cancer , linguistics , philosophy
Recent studies have questioned the efficacy of mammography in reducing breast cancer-related mortality. Additionally, the efficacies of commercially available gloves marketed as aiding the detection of breast lumps have not been independently verified.