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Article: Breast self examination no longer recommended: breast self examination is no longer recommended as an option for early detection of breast cancer. Rather, women are being encouraged to be 'breast aware.'.(EDUCATION)
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- Kai Tiaki: Nursing New Zealand
- Article date:
- March 1, 2009
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More than two thousand women each year are faced with a diagnosis of breast cancer and the impact this will have on their lives and the lives of their families. (1) As a way of trying to reduce the impact of this disease, the Cancer Society, the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation and the National Screening Unit have been working together to clarify/issues around breast self examination (BSE).
Late last year the three organisations released a joint position statement on breast awareness, no longer recommending regular BSE. (2) Rather, each now recommends that all women, especially those over the age of 40 years, be "breast aware" ...