Breast self examination

Broader Terms

procedure where the individual examines their own breasts for lumps; used for the early detection of breast cancer.

CONCLUSION: The evidence on breast self-examination is clear, there is no benefit to breast cancer mortality and results suggest that breast self-examination may do more harm than good.
Why It Is Done A breast self-examination is done to detect breast problems, such as a lump or change in appearance, that may indicate breast cancer or other breast conditions that may require medical attention (such as mastitis or a fibroadenoma).
The most important part of breast self-examination is becoming familiar with the normal findings of your own breasts.
12 In the meantime, those of us who have battled against the breast self examination lobby since 1991can at last say, in the words of the editorial accompanying the publication of the Shanghai trial, that routinely teaching and doing breast self examination is dead.
The Fact Sheet sensibly continues "some women feel that regular breast self examination is worthwhile.

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