Detection of breast cancer.
Routine screening has been shown to reduce the mortality from breast cancer in asymptomatic women. All women should be instructed in breast self-examination, and should begin a program of screening mammography and breast physical examination on an annual basis beginning at the age of 40. Most early breast cancers can be adequately treated without ablative surgery.
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Department of Surgery, Sinai Hospital of Detroit, Michigan.
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D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D016353:Self-Examination