Contribution Of Clinical Breast Examination To Breast Cancer Screening
 

Breast cancer detection rates and sensitivity were higher, but so were false-positive rates, among mammography centers that offered clinical breast examination in addition to mammography, according to new study published online August 31 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. There is controversy about whether adding clinical breast examination to mammography improves the accuracy of breast screening. To address this, Anna M. Chiarelli, Ph.D.

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