Breast Cancer Screening

New breast cancer screening study findings recently were published by I. Carelli and co-researchers

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 24th, 2008

Investigators publish new data in the report 'Knowledge, attitude and practice of breast self-examination in a female population of metropolitan São Paulo.' According to a study from Santo Andre, Brazil, "Evaluation of the knowledge, attitude and practice of breast self-examination in different groups of women in São Paulo. Application of a questionnaire to 392 women divided in four groups."

"Group one: 101 patients of the National Health Service, Group two: 95 female physicians; Group three: 95 female medical students; and Group four: 101 wives of gynecologists. Self-examination was performed by 90.3% of women, Group 1 having the lowest rate, 69.3%. However, proper...

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