title: Examination of the breasts for surgical short cases.
abstract: For patients, examination of the breasts is a sensitive and sometimes anxious situation. Candidates should therefore display a thorough and confident technique aimed at reassuring both the patient and the examiner.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Headington, Oxford.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Chitnavis
mesh_terms: D001940:Breast / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans