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Bad medicine: clinical breast examination
BMJ, 2012To question clinical examination is to open a rich vein of debate. Clinical examinations are unquestioned, given disproportionate weight, and considered “must do.” Not doing a full examination implies you are a bad doctor. But much of examination is mere ritualistic dogma passed down through the ages.
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Controversies Regarding Mammography, Breast Self-Examination, and Clinical Breast Examination
Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of North America, 2013The number of women diagnosed with breast cancer continues to increase, but mortality rates have substantially declined. Much of the credit for this decline has been attributed to early detection from mammographic screening. However, there are significant controversies about the effectiveness of all screening tools for breast cancer, concerns about the
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Self-examination and clinical examination of the breast
Cancer, 1980The techniques of self breast examination and the clinical examination of the breasts are described briefly. The potential value and the limitations of these tests in screening for breast cancer are reviewed. In a Cancer Society Monograph in 1958, Haagensen said, "It is probable that, from the point of view of the greatest possible gain in early ...
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Clinical Breast Examination and Breast Self-Examination
2009Historically, clinical breast examination (CBE) was a used as a diagnostic tool both to recognize and to diagnose breast cancer. CBE is no longer used to diagnose breast cancer, but rather is currently used as a screening test that can identify areas that might be breast cancer.
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Cancer, 1992
Increasing attention to self-detection of breast masses and clinical breast examination during this century have contributed to a progressive reduction in the size of breast cancers at detection and a progressive improvement in survival. Mammography is more sensitive than breast palpation for the detection of breast cancer, however, mammography does ...
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Increasing attention to self-detection of breast masses and clinical breast examination during this century have contributed to a progressive reduction in the size of breast cancers at detection and a progressive improvement in survival. Mammography is more sensitive than breast palpation for the detection of breast cancer, however, mammography does ...
R S, Foster +3 more
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Clinical Examination of the Breast
2015• Clinical examination of the breast is the weakest test of the “triple diagnostic assessment”, but may be decisive to solve many common symptoms as breast pain, inflammatory changes, acute enlargement of cysts, and many more. • The basic goal of clinical breast examination is to identify a palpable dominant mass, which by definition is a three ...
Giorgio Macellari +1 more
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Whatever happened to clinical breast examinations?
American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2003The purpose of this study was to examine trends in the use of clinical breast examinations (CBE), mammography, and both tests between the years 1990 and 2000.Receipt of breast cancer screening tests (CBE, mammography, and both tests combined) for white, black, and Hispanic women in 1990, 1994, 1998, and 2000 were examined by sociodemographic, access ...
Helen I, Meissner +2 more
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Predictors of Sensitivity of Clinical Breast Examination (CBE)
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 2002Clinical breast examination (CBE) is one of the most common breast cancer screening modalities, but factors that affect its sensitivity are not well understood. We examined the association between CBE sensitivity and tumor, breast and personal characteristics among members of a managed care organization's Breast Cancer Screening Program (BCSP).
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[Clinical breast examination].
The Canadian nurse, 1999This article provides information on breast cancer in women and emphasizes nurses' key role in clinical breast examination. Since women must be shown how to perform proper breast self-examination as a precautionary measure for early cancer detection, it is essential that nurses themselves be able to conduct a quality examination.
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Clinical Breast Examination After Treatment of Breast Cancer
2010Clinical breast examination (CBE) is a screening, not a diagnostic test. Under the best of circumstances in healthy patients, it provides only an approximation of what histology might be found in the tissue that is palpated. After breast conservation therapy, the breast exam becomes even more challenging with subtle changes, at a minimum, found in ...
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