title: [The organization of breast self-examination among women in the Estonian SSR].
abstract: Patients with breast cancer and healthy females (150 in each group) aged 40-64 years were examined to assess the extent of breast self-examination development in Estonia. Breast cancer was detected by self-examination in 82.0% of cases. The occurrence of stage I tumors detected by the physician was comparable to that in the self-examination group. Breast self-examination was practised by 69.3% of healthy females and 42.7% of patients. Most of them had read about the method in the literature. Early detection of breast cancer can be assured provided breast self-examination is performed regularly.
authors.forename: M Iu
authors.initials: MIu
authors.lastname: Tekkel
authors.forename: Kh A
authors.initials: KhA
authors.lastname: Kolle
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004957:Estonia; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010173:Palpation / Q000379:methods*; D014505:Urban Population
vernacular_title: Organizatsiia samoobsledovaniia molochnykh zhelez u zhenshchin v Estonskoĭ SSR.