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Sunday, October 13, 2002

Breast Self-Examination Does Not Improve Cancer Survival in China $BlogItemSubject"; $newslink[$countera]="http://www.medjournal.com/blog/archives/2002_10_01_cancerarchive.php#85558298"; ?>
A large, 10-year study from China found that breast self-examination did not improve survival from breast cancer. A total of 266,064 women participated in the study. The authors hypothesize that in countries where mammography is readily available, breast self-examination may be of benefit, but in developing countries it does not increase breast cancer survival. [ BMJ 2002;325:793 ( 12 October ) ] posted at 6:58 PM by Tom Heston, MD

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