Breast self examination and survival from breast cancer.

The survival of 616 women aged 15-59 with breast cancer, 226 of whom had been taught and practised breast self examination (BSE) prior to diagnosis and 390 of whom had not, is reported. Six year survival rates were 73.1% in the BSE taught group and 66.1% in other women (P = 0.07).

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Main Authors: Le Geyte, M., Mant, D., Vessey, M. P., Jones, L., Yudkin, P.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 1992
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1977961/
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spelling pubmed-19779612009-09-10 Breast self examination and survival from breast cancer. Le Geyte, M. Mant, D. Vessey, M. P. Jones, L. Yudkin, P. Research Article The survival of 616 women aged 15-59 with breast cancer, 226 of whom had been taught and practised breast self examination (BSE) prior to diagnosis and 390 of whom had not, is reported. Six year survival rates were 73.1% in the BSE taught group and 66.1% in other women (P = 0.07). 1992-11 /pmc/articles/PMC1977961/ /pubmed/1419636 Text en
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Mant, D.
Vessey, M. P.
Jones, L.
Yudkin, P.
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Mant, D.
Vessey, M. P.
Jones, L.
Yudkin, P.
Breast self examination and survival from breast cancer.
author_facet Le Geyte, M.
Mant, D.
Vessey, M. P.
Jones, L.
Yudkin, P.
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title Breast self examination and survival from breast cancer.
title_short Breast self examination and survival from breast cancer.
title_full Breast self examination and survival from breast cancer.
title_fullStr Breast self examination and survival from breast cancer.
title_full_unstemmed Breast self examination and survival from breast cancer.
title_sort breast self examination and survival from breast cancer.
description The survival of 616 women aged 15-59 with breast cancer, 226 of whom had been taught and practised breast self examination (BSE) prior to diagnosis and 390 of whom had not, is reported. Six year survival rates were 73.1% in the BSE taught group and 66.1% in other women (P = 0.07).
publishDate 1992
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1977961/
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