| study of the role of breast self-examination in the reduction of mortality from breast cancer. the russian federation/world health organization study. | the protocol of a study, sponsored by the world health organization, of the role of breast self-examination (bse) in reduction of mortality from breast cancer is presented. the major objective of the study is to determine the effect of a bse programme on mortality from breast cancer. a population of of over 193,000 women aged 40 to 64 has been defined in moscow and st petersburg and randomised to study and control groups. in moscow the education programme is based on a two-way communication prin ... | 1993 | 8280499 |
| the role of breast self-examination in early breast cancer detection (results of the 5-years ussr/who randomized study in leningrad). | a randomized population-based study has been carried out since 1985 in leningrad in order to evaluate the efficacy of breast self-examination (bse) in early breast cancer detection. the population under study covers 120,310 women aged 40-64 years with no history of breast cancer. about half of these women were exposed to bse training (60,221) and 60,098 women constituted the control group. bse teaching was carried out on a person-to-person basis and each patient received the bse calendar. bse ed ... | 1992 | 1397215 |