Disease relevance of Breast Self-Examination

• US Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for breast cancer with breast self-examination. A critical review [1].
• Detecting breast disease. 2. Breast self-examination by NHS staff [2].

Psychiatry related information on Breast Self-Examination

• The results indicated that the African-American nurses had high percentages of adherence to the following health-promoting behaviors: minimal alcohol consumption, avoidance of smoking, cholesterol screening, assessment of blood sugar levels, monthly breast self-examination, pap smears, mammogram screening and regular measurement of blood pressure [3].

High impact information on Breast Self-Examination

• MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Mammogram and clinical breast examination during the past year and performance of monthly breast self examination, with the screening rates in wave 2 directly standardized to the income and education distribution of wave 1 in each area [4].
• We surveyed 80 physicians from four specialties (Family Medicine, General Medicine, General Surgery, Ob-Gyn) to investigate how they taught breast self-examination (BSE) [5].
• OBJECTIVE: The Ontario breast screening program (OBSP) is a provincial breast screening programme offering two view mammography, clinical breast examination, instruction in breast self examination, and systematic two year recall to Ontario women 50 years and older [6].
• Clinical breast examination and breast self-examination. Past and present effect on breast cancer survival [7].
• The personal and normative influences on breast self-examination (BSE) behavior in older women were examined using the Theory of Reasoned Action. The sample consists of 93 volunteers ranging in age from 52 to 90 years [8].

Gene context of Breast Self-Examination

• Breast self-examination in the adolescent population is controversial but is recommended for girls who carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene beginning at age 18 to 21 years [9].
• C R Bard Nursing Award. Breast self-examination: the personal touch [10].
• PURPOSE: Mujeres Felices por ser Saludables was randomized intervention study designed to assess the efficacy of an 8-month combined dietary and breast health intervention to reduce fat and increase fiber intake as well as to increase the frequency and proficiency of breast self-examination (BSE) and reduce anxiety related to BSE among Latinas [11].
• Outcome measures were age-specific adherence to ACS guidelines for both mammography and overall adherence (i.e., mammography, clinical breast examination and breast self-examination) [12].

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