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• Breast cancer screening — refers to the medical screening of asymptomatic, apparently healthy women for breast cancer in an attempt to achieve an earlier diagnosis. The assumption is that early detection will improve outcomes. A number of screening test have been employed …   Wikipedia

• Breast cancer — Classification and external resources Mammograms showing a normal breast (left) and a cancerous breast (right). ICD 10 C …   Wikipedia

• examination — noun 1 (formal) formal test ⇨ See also ↑exam ADJECTIVE ▪ certification (AmE), entrance ▪ final ▪ He has just completed his final examinations at São Paulo University. ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• Breast — The milk engorged breast of a pregnant woman …   Wikipedia

• Breast self-examination — (BSE) is an easy but unreliable method for finding possible breast cancer.If performed appropriately and regularly BSE may help in early detection of some types of breast cancers, although it should not substitute for screening methods (such as… …   Wikipedia

• Breast disease — Classification and external resources ICD 10 N60 N64 ICD 9 …   Wikipedia

• Breast (disambiguation) — Breast may refer too:Human breast*Breast, a mammary gland*Breast milk, nourishment for a baby or infant *Breast pump, a mechanical device to extract milk from a lactating breast *Breast engorgement, too much milk in a breast, has several… …   Wikipedia

• self breast examination — checking one s breasts for early signs of cancer …   English contemporary dictionary

• breast cancer — Malignant tumour in a breast, usually in women after menopause. Risk factors include family history of breast cancer, prolonged menstruation, late first pregnancy (after age 30), obesity, alcohol use, and some benign tumours. Most breast cancers… …   Universalium

• Breast, infiltrating ductal carcinoma of — Infiltrating ductal carcinoma is one of several recognized specific patterns of cancer of the breast. It is so named because it begins in the cells forming the ducts of the breast. It is the most common form of breast cancer, comprising 65 85% of …   Medical dictionary

• Breast cyst — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|610.0 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D047688 A breast cyst appears as a lump the breast, is often painful and may be worrisome but… …   Wikipedia