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661924

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-9-1
pubmed:abstractText
To determine the relation between breast self-examination performance and the clinical and pathological stage of breast cancer at first diagnosis, we studied 335 patients with breast cancer. Approximately one fourth of the patients reported that they had been practicing monthly breast self-examination, and half that they had never practiced breast self-examination. More frequent performance of breast self-examination was associated with more favorable clinical stage and fewer axillary-lymph-node metastases on histologic examination. On pathological examination, the age-adjusted maximum tumor diameter of patients practicing monthly breast self-examination was 1.97 +/- 0.22 cm (mean +/- S.E.M.) as compared to 2.47 +/- 0.20 for those performing self-examination less often than monthly and 3.59 +/- 0.15 for patients never performing breast self-examination. These data associating more favorable clinical and pathological stages of breast cancer with more frequent breast self-examination need to be extended by determination of the survival rates of the various self-examination groups.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0028-4793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
299
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
265-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1978
pubmed:articleTitle
Breast self-examination practices and breast-cancer stage.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.