[Evaluation of the effectiveness of prophylactic examination for the early detection of breast cancer].
The report deals with an experience in taking a complex of measures aimed at early diagnosis of breast cancer. The study group included 5,000 healthy females examined at a large out-patient hospital. A group at risk was found to amount to 12%. Breast cancer was detected in 17 (2.8%) members of the risk group, stage I tumor being identified in 9 cases (52.9%). Self-examination procedures as part of a complex of measures of active identification of breast tumors are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D001940:Breast; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010173:Palpation; D012306:Risk; D013997:Time Factors
Otsenka éffektivnosti profilakticheskikh osmotrov v vyiavlenii rannikh form raka molochnoĭ zhelezy.