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Cancer
Research from Kaiser Permanente yields new data on cancer
June 15th, 2009
In this recent report published in the American Journal of Health Promotion, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To assess the efficacy of an intervention designed to increase appropriate use of breast self-examination (BSE) Methods. Two-armed randomized clinical trial of cancer-control interventions in women that compared a BSE intervention program to a dietary intervention, which served as the control group." "The study was conducted at a large health maintenance organization in Portland, Oregon. Participants were 616 female members of the health maintenance organization who were aged 40 to 70 years. The intervention. consisted of a 30- to...
Source: Managed Care Weekly Digest (2009-06-15)
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