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View Post: BREAST SELF EXAMINATION AND BAYESIAN STATISTICS.
2 Dec 2009 by Philip  
BREAST SELF EXAMINATION AND BAYESIAN STATISTICS. I posted here on the major split between two schools of statisticians and wrote: “In conducting a statistical test, one grouping ('Bayesians') wants to include independent knowledge and ...
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View Post: Screening for Breast Cancer
4 Dec 2009 by shashislk  
Recent reviews have questioned the value of traditional breast cancer screening methods. Breast self-examination has been shown not to improve cancer-specific or all-cause mortality in large studies, but it is commonly advocated as a ...
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View Post: MJ's Human Biology Blog: Breast Self Examination
25 Nov 2009 by Michael Johnson  
Breast Self Examination. Women; have you been feeling guilty because you haven't been doing regular breast self-examinations for lumps that might be breast cancer? Well, here's good news for you. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force ...
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View Post: On Breasts - Bruce's Blog - brucemaples.com
1 hour ago by Bruce  
Statistically, some studies show that breast self-exam (BSE) does not help: it does not lower the mortality rate, and it does not lead to earlier detection. These same studies also seem to show that women who practice BSE suffer through ...
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View Post: Breast Self-Examinations: What's Wrong With Them? - Health Blog - WSJ
16 Nov 2009 by Shirley S. Wang  
Two huge studies, one conducted in Russia and the other in China, find no difference in mortality rates between those women assigned to perform breast self-examination and those who aren't. However, in the Russian study, the breast ...
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View Post: The Matthias Chronicles: Study Shows Breast Self-exam is Unproven
18 Nov 2009
"In spite of the fact that we spend all of this time and effort in teaching breast self-exam, the women were not able to detect lumps early enough to make a difference," said Dr. David Thomas, lead author of a study appearing Wednesday ...
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View Post: Our Bodies, Our Breast Exams - Well Blog - NYTimes.com
18 Nov 2009 by By RONI CARYN RABIN  
One, a large study of more than 123000 women in St. Petersburg, Russia, randomly assigned women either to a program that taught breast self examination or to a control group. Women who did self-exams found more tumors, ...
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View Post: Breast Self Examination
25 Nov 2009 by admin  
... which makes recommendations about preventive care services for people who do not yet have any signs or symptoms of disease, is now recommending against clinicians teaching women how to perform breast self-examination (BSE). ...
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