Breast Cancer

Study: Self exam increases women's concerns, has no effect on mortality

Published in Cancer Weekly, March 30th, 2004

Breast self-examination (BSE) should not be seen as a cheaper alternative to mammography, and people who still advocate it as an effective way of reducing breast cancer mortality are doing women a disservice, according to a presentation on March 16, 2004, at the 4th European Breast Cancer Conference.

Vladimir Semiglazov conducted and analyzed a randomized, controlled trial of BSE in nearly 100,000 Russian women between 1985 and 2003. The women had been taught how to examine their breasts correctly, but even so there was no reduction in deaths from breast cancer in the BSE group.

And not only did self-examination not affect mortality, it also meant...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2004-03-30)

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