Breast Cancer

Screening efforts in Egypt yield higher detection rates

Published in Cancer Weekly, April 6th, 2004

In Egypt, the Cairo Breast Screening Trial (CBST) has shown that when hard-to-reach women are personally invited for clinical breast screening conducted by female doctors, a high rate of breast cancers can be detected.

Salwa Boulos, consultant radiologist and vice director of the Radiology Department at the Italian Hospital in Cairo, said that the women attended local clinics after trained social workers had conducted door-to-door visits in an identified area of Cairo close to the hospital. Female doctors carried out a physical breast examination and women with abnormalities were investigated further at the Italian Hospital, where mammography, ultrasound, and biopsies...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2004-04-06)

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