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It is well known that in more than 90% of all breast cancer cases, the women have - as a first step - discovered symptoms or signs of breast cancer themselves, and then sooner or later referred themselves to a physician. Such quite accidental touching or looking at one’s breasts is sometimes referred to as some sort of breast self-examination (BSE). Under these circumstances the answer to the question in the title must be: “No,” BSE is not effective.
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Gästrin, G. (1987). Self-Examination in Early Detection of Breast Cancer: Is It Effective?. In: Brünner, S., Langfeldt, B. (eds) Breast Cancer. Recent Results in Cancer Research, vol 105. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82964-2_17
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