A study reported in the news this month had the potential to confuse many women about the benefits of checking their breasts for unusual changes.
Researchers from Denmark reported in a Cochrane Library Review that there is no evidence that breast cancer death rates are lower amongst women who regularly check their breasts. But we know from several studies that it is mostly women themselves who first report symptoms that may later be diagnosed as breast cancer.
Although this may seem contradictory, it isn’t. The review does not actually tell us anything new – the UK stopped advising a strict routine of breast self-examination back in 1991, and there’s lots of evidence supporting this decision.
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