Abstract
It is well known that in more than 90% of all breast cancer cases, the women have - as a first step - discovered symptoms or signs of breast cancer themselves, and then sooner or later referred themselves to a physician. Such quite accidental touching or looking at one’s breasts is sometimes referred to as some sort of breast self-examination (BSE). Under these circumstances the answer to the question in the title must be: “No,” BSE is not effective.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Gästrin G (1981) Breast cancer control - an early detection programme. Almqvist and Wiksell International, Uppsala Sweden
Gästrin G (1986) Självundersökning av brösten - Mamametoden. Teaching kit including manual, over-head pictures, wall chart and calendars. Folkhàlsan-Kansanterveys, Helsingfors Finland
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1987 Springer-Verlag Berlin · Heidelberg
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Gästrin, G. (1987). Self-Examination in Early Detection of Breast Cancer: Is It Effective?. In: Brünner, S., Langfeldt, B. (eds) Breast Cancer. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 105. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82964-2_17
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82964-2_17
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-82966-6
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-82964-2
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive