In 2003, the revised American Cancer Society guidelines recommended that breast self-examination (BSE) be optional. Of 822 women diagnosed with breast cancer in our hospital from 1994 to 2004, sixty four (7.7%) were 40 years of age or younger. Forty four (68.7%) of these young women discovered their breast cancers on BSE, 17 (18%) by mammography, and 3 (4.7%) by clinical breast examination by m...

A review of publications on breast self-examination (BSE) up to the middle of 1991 showed that evidence supporting BSE has strengthened since 1989. BSE is associated with a smaller size of tumor at diagnosis and has the potential to reduce breast cancer mortality. Mortality reduction is likely to be achieved only if BSE is competently performed and if appropriate diagnostic follow-up is accessi...

Background & aim: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, which its early diagnosis is of paramount importance for the prevention of its associated mortality and morbidity. Breast self-examination (BSE) is one of the methods for the early detection of breast cancer. Education plays an important role in increasing BSE practice. Regarding this, the present study was conducted to measure...

BACKGROUND Breast cancer is the most common cancer and the second principal cause of cancer deaths in women worldwide as well as in Malaysia. Breast self-examination (BSE) has a role in raising breast cancer awareness among women and educational programs play an important role in breast cancer preventive behavior. The aim of this study is to develop, implement and evaluate the effectiveness of ...

Breast cancer is that forms in breast tissue. One of the many cancers cause death throughout world. Delay early detection one causes late treatment patients with cancer. So far, self-examination or (BSE) a fairly effective way BSE easy to do and can be applied all ages, both teenagers adult women. The aim community service as first step preventing by increasing knowledge women childbearing age ...

As part of the evaluation of a class teaching breast self examination (BSE), a sample of women were interviewed shortly before they were invited to attend the class and again one year later. A comparable sample in a different "control" district were interviewed twice in the same way. The interviewers inquired about the practice of breast self examination (BSE) and about beliefs about breast can...

OBJECTIVE To estimate associations among peer education, social support and self-esteem and their influences on performance of breast self-examination (BSE). METHOD Seven volunteer peer educators were given the BSE training programme and in turn educated 65 women students in the university. BSE knowledge evaluation forms developed by Maurer were applied for evaluation. Other data were collect...

abstract background: breast cancer as a most common organ cancer in women is the first cause of death among women with 40-45 years old. the only way to control this disease is early detection that it can be treated in about 90% of women with breast cancer. the best way for early detection of breast cancer is screening, and the best accessible way is breast self examination (bse). considering th...