 Breast Self-Examination
"Breast Self-Examination" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The inspection of one's breasts, usually for signs of disease, especially neoplastic disease.
| Descriptor ID |
D016504
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.750.100 F01.145.488.700.100
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| Concept/Terms |
Breast Self-Examination- Breast Self-Examination
- Breast Self Examination
- Self-Examination, Breast
- Breast Self-Examinations
- Self Examination, Breast
- Self-Examinations, Breast
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| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Breast Self-Examination" by people in Profiles.
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Obajimi MO, Ajayi IO, Oluwasola AO, Adedokun BO, Adeniji-Sofoluwe AT, Mosuro OA, Akingbola TS, Bassey OS, Umeh E, Soyemi TO, Adegoke F, Ogungbade I, Ukaigwe C, Olopade OI. Level of awareness of mammography among women attending outpatient clinics in a teaching hospital in Ibadan, South-West Nigeria. BMC Public Health. 2013 Jan 16; 13:40.
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Peek ME, Sayad JV, Markwardt R. Fear, fatalism and breast cancer screening in low-income African-American women: the role of clinicians and the health care system. J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Nov; 23(11):1847-53.
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Sloan DA, Donnelly MB, Plymale MA, Schwartz RW, Edwards MJ, Singletary SE, Evans DB, Souba WW, Gadd M, Bland KI. Improving residents' clinical skills with the structured clinical instruction module for breast cancer: results of a multiinstitutional study. Breast Cancer Education Working Group. Surgery. 1997 Aug; 122(2):324-33; discussion 333-4.
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