Breast health

Breast self-examination (BSE) — References & further reading

¹ Phillips, R. 2008. Breast self-exam. URL: http://www.webmd.com/menopause/guide/breast-self-exam (accessed 08.17. 2009).

² K�sters, J, & G�tzsche, P. 2003. Regular self-examination or clinical examination for early detection of breast cancer. Cochrane Database Syst. Rev. (2), CD003373. Review. URL (includes podcast): http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab003373.html (accessed 09.18.2009).

  Thomas, D., et al. 2002. Randomized trial of breast self-examination in Shanghai: Final results. J. Natl. Cancer Inst., 94 (19), 1445�1447. URL: http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/94/19/1445?view=long&pmid=12359854 (accessed 08.31.2010).

Conclusions: Intensive instruction in BSE did not reduce mortality from breast cancer. Programs to encourage BSE in the absence of mammography would be unlikely to reduce mortality from breast cancer. Women who choose to practice BSE should be informed that its efficacy is unproven and that it may increase their chances of having a benign breast biopsy.

  Koibuchi, Y., et al. 1998. The effect of mass screening by physical examination combined with regular breast self-examination on clinical stage and course of Japanese women with breast cancer. Oncol. Rep., 5 (1), 151�155. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9458312 (accessed 08.31.2010).

  McPherson, C., et al. 1997. Survival of women ages 40�49 years with breast carcinoma according to method of detection. Cancer, 79 (10), 1923�1932. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9149019 (accessed 08.31.2010).

  Auvinen, A., et al. 1996. Breast self-examination and survival from breast cancer: A prospective follow-up study. Breast Cancer Res. Treat., 38 (2), 161�168. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8861834 (accessed 08.31.2010).

  Kuroishi, T., et al. 1992. The effect of breast self-examination on early detection and survival. Jpn. J. Cancer Res., 83 (4), 344�350. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1506268 (accessed 08.31.2010).

  Smith, E., & Burns, T. 1985. The effects of breast self-examination in a population-based cancer registry. Cancer, 55 (2), 432�437. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3965097 (accessed 08.31.2010).

  Philip, J., et al. 1984. Breast self-examination: Clinical results from a population-based prospective study. Br. J. Cancer, 50, 7�12. URL (abstract): (accessed 08.31.2010).

  Feldman, J., et al. 1981. Breast self-examination, relationship to stage of breast cancer at diagnosis. Cancer, 47 (11), 2740�2745. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7260866 (accessed 08.31.2010).

  Greenwald, P., et al. 1978. Estimated effect of breast self-examination and routine physician examinations on breast-cancer mortality. NEJM, 299 (6), 271�273. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/661925 (accessed 08.31.2010).

³ K�sters, J., & G�tzsche, P. 2003.

  Semiglazov, V., et al. 2003. [Results of a prospective randomized investigation (Russia (St.Petersburg)/WHO) to evaluate the significance of self-examination for the early detection of breast cancer]. Vopr. Onkol., 49 (4), 434�441. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14569932 (accessed 08.31.2010).

⁴ K�sters, J., & G�tzsche, P. 2003.

⁵ K�sters, J., & G�tzsche, P. 2003.

⁶ Santen, R., & Mansel, R. 2005. Benign breast disorders. NEJM, 353 (3), 275�285. http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra035692 (accessed 08.31.2010).

 

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