Is Screening for Cancer Worth While? Results from a Well-woman Clinic for Cancer Detection
| Autor: | J. A. McKinna, W. P. Greening, J. B. Davey |
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| Rok vydání: | 1970 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms Breast Neoplasms Physical examination Breast cancer London medicine Humans Mass Screening Mammography Cervix Mass screening General Environmental Science Vaginal Smears Gynecology Cervical cancer medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Obstetrics Carcinoma in situ Carcinoma Middle Articles General Engineering Cancer General Medicine medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Thermography General Earth and Planetary Sciences Female business |
| Zdroj: | BMJ. 3:696-699 |
| ISSN: | 1468-5833 0959-8138 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmj.3.5724.696 |
| Popis: | 1,768 women were screened for breast and cervical cancer in the year May 1968 to April 1969. Clinical examination followed the completion of a simple questionary. Investigations included thermography and mammography of the breast and cytology of the cervical and vaginal smears. Breast cancer was detected in 15 patients (0·85% or 8·5 per 1,000) and none was aware of any abnormality though 13 of the tumours were clinically palpable. Carcinoma in situ of the cervix was found in a further eight (0·45% or 4·5 per 1,000). |
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