Dangers and Unreliability of Mammography: Breast Examination is a Safe, Effective, and Practical Alternative

Autor:	Barbara Seaman, Rosalie Bertell, Samuel S. Epstein
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	Adult medicine.medical_specialty education Breast Neoplasms 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Breast examination Humans Mass Screening Medicine Mammography False Positive Reactions Medical physics 030212 general & internal medicine False Negative Reactions health care economics and organizations Aged American Cancer Society Gynecology Palpation Health professionals medicine.diagnostic_test Conflict of Interest business.industry 030503 health policy & services Health Policy Breast Self-Examination Reproducibility of Results Clinical breast examination Middle Aged United States National Institutes of Health (U.S.) Female Mammography screening Safety 0305 other medical science business
Zdroj:	International Journal of Health Services. 31:605-615
ISSN:	1541-4469 0020-7314
Popis:	Mammography screening is a profit-driven technology posing risks compounded by unreliability. In striking contrast, annual clinical breast examination (CBE) by a trained health professional, together with monthly breast self-examination (BSE), is safe, at least as effective, and low in cost. International programs for training nurses how to perform CBE and teach BSE are critical and overdue.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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