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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"breast examination"”.
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Sensor technology for the Breast Examination Training Instrument
… percentage of American women, diagnosed with breast cancer. If detected in its early stage, cancer can be treated successfully. Breast examination might be obtained through three procedures: breast self-examination (BSE), clinical breast examination (CBE) and mammography. Project BETI was …
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Patterns of Use Among Mammography, Breast Self-examination and Clinical Breast Examination
… a group of women who already practice early breast cancer detection as evidenced by them already receiving mammograms. This study described frequency patterns of routine clinical breast examination (CBE) and performance of breast self-examination (BSE). Description was given to motivators and …
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Effects of an educational intervention on nurse practitioners' clinical breast examination techniques and ability to detect lumps in silicone breast models
Breast cancer continues to strike one in eight women during her lifetime in the United States. Until a cure is found, early detection offers the best treatment options and reduces mortality. The clinical breast examination has been found to be an effective screening tool for early detection. …
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Breast self examination practices among rural (Solwezi) and urban (Lusaka) women
Breast cancer is a significant health threat for women and is currently the second- leading cause of cancer related deaths in women. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer of women in Zambia. Breast cancer screening has been shown to reduce mortality. Thus early detection is crucial. World …
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Breast self examination practices among rural (Solwezi) and urban (Lusaka) women
Breast cancer is a significant health threat for women and is currently the second- leading cause of cancer related deaths in women. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer of women in Zambia. Breast cancer screening has been shown to reduce mortality. Thus early detection is crucial. World …
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An exploratory descriptive study of the sexual and reproductive health knowledge of postgraduate students at the University of Cape Town.
… (AIDS). Female respondents were more aware of breast examination, and the role of Papanicolaou smear (Pap smear) in SRH. Almost half of the respondents in this study (49%) stated that they had no need for more information about contraceptives. Lecturers were identified as one of the top five …
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Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Screening Mammography Program
<p>Breast cancer is a major public health concern in the United States and remains a priority for national women’s health centers, primary care practices and cancer control organizations such as the American Cancer Society (ACS). The cancer care continuum includes the spectrum of prevention/risk …
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Feasibility, acceptability, and cost-effectiveness of breast cancer screening in Vietnam
Breast cancer (BC) has the highest incidence and mortality rate of all cancers in Vietnamese women. Although nearly two thirds of the new BC cases were diagnosed at late stages (stage III/IV), the country does not have a national screening programme. While mammography is not feasible due to …
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The prevalence of breast cancer in Africa and establishment of The Libyan Breast Cancer Registry
Breast cancer is well-known globally and remains one of the principal health concerns affecting women, and a rare malignancy in men. Although, there has been significant progress made in prevention strategies such as early detection and better treatment in most developed countries, incidence and …
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Spatially varying threshold models for the automated segmentation of radiodense tissue in digitized mammograms
… has been correlated to an increased risk of breast cancer. This thesis presents an automated method to quantify the amount of radiodense tissue found in a digitized mammogram. The algorithm employs a radial basis function neural network in order to segment the breast tissue region from the …
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Perceptions about Benefits of and Barriers to Breast Self-examination
… 1. To determine the relationship between breast self-examination and the perceived barriers associated with this practice.<br> 2. To determine the relationship between breast self-examination and the perceived benefits associated with this practice.<br> 3. To determine the relationship …
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An evaluation of comparative strategies for teaching breast self-examination
This study addresses the issue of breast self-examination (BSE) in female nurses, as nurses who perform BSE are more likely to promote BSE to their clients. The purpose of the study is twofold: first, to assess the effects of three alternative methods of BSE instruction on nurses’ BSE practice; and …
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A Study of the Factors That Impact Female Military Beneficiaries Obtaining Preventive Health Services
… Pap smears, mammograms, and clinical breast examinations. Based on the findings of the study, it is suggested that it may be important for the Department of Defense to broaden their scope of interest to include those areas that are most prominent in affecting female military retirees …
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Breast Self-Examination Performance Proficiency Among Rural Women
The primary aim of this study was the evaluation of performance proficiency of BSE among rural women that lived along the southeastern boarder of South Dakota. Insight gained from this study also provided two secondary benefits. Secondary benefits were: (1) the identification of educational …