A program to instruct women in breast self-examination

The study was concerned with analysis of the second stage of evaluation of a breast self-examination training program aimed at early detection of cancer. A total of 60,079 of women were recruited into the WHO/USSR Project in Moscow in 1985-1988: study group--30,465 and controls--29,614. At 6 months,...

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Published inVoprosy onkologij Vol. 36; no. 9; p. 1095
Main Authors Mikhaĭlov, E A, Sagaĭdak, V N, Golubeva, E A, Remennik, L V
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published Russia (Federation) 1990
Subjects
Breast
Breast Neoplasms - prevention & control
Female
Humans
Moscow
Patient Education as Topic - methods
Patient Education as Topic - statistics & numerical data
Program Evaluation
Self-Examination - methods
Time Factors
Urban Population - statistics & numerical data
World Health Organization
Moscow
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Summary:The study was concerned with analysis of the second stage of evaluation of a breast self-examination training program aimed at early detection of cancer. A total of 60,079 of women were recruited into the WHO/USSR Project in Moscow in 1985-1988: study group--30,465 and controls--29,614. At 6 months, 52.5% of women performed breast self-examination on a regular basis whereas at 12 months the percentage decreased to 42.0. Breast cancer was diagnosed in 6 out of 11,548 females of the study group (stage I--1 case, stage II--3 and stage III--2 cases) and in 10 out of 23,083 controls (stage I--2, stage II--5, stage III--2 and stage IV--1 patient). In the study group, medical advice was sought 4.5 times more frequently than in controls.
ISSN:0507-3758