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Wednesday, October 02, 2002The study followed more than 266,000 female factory workers in Shanghai for more than a decade. Half were taught to do monthly self-exams. The other half received no information on screening. The researchers studied the population in China because mammography and ultrasound are not widely available there. ...After 10 to 11 years, researchers found almost no difference between the two groups in the rate of death from breast cancer. Among those in the instruction group, 135 women died of breast cancer. Among women in the other group, 131 died. It's always been conventional wisdom that self breast exam alone isn't adequate for detecting breast cancer. The question, however, is if doing it in conjunction with mammography has any merit. Judging from the recent controversies over the value of mammography, it may not. posted by Sydney on 10/02/2002 07:09:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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