Self-examination of the breast; BSE
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Screening by Breast Self-Examination National Cancer Institute Breast cancer screening PDQ . Last Modified: 01/28/2011
Review Date: 04/12/2011
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Previously reviewed by Debra G. Wechter, MD, FACS, General surgery
practice specializing in breast cancer, Virginia Mason Medical
Center, Seattle, Washington (1/24/2011).
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