Evaluation of the Efficacy of Clinical Breast Examination Gloves in the Diagnosis of Breast Lumps
Introduction: Recent studies have questioned the efficacy of mammo-graphy in reducing breast cancer-related mortality. Additionally, the efficacies of commercially available gloves marketed as aiding the detection of breast lumps have not been independently verified. Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unifesp.br:11600/53691 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://dx.doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/25504.9987 https://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/53691 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Breast neoplasms Mammography Physical examination Self-examination |
| Sumario: | Introduction: Recent studies have questioned the efficacy of mammo-graphy in reducing breast cancer-related mortality. Additionally, the efficacies of commercially available gloves marketed as aiding the detection of breast lumps have not been independently verified. Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of clinical breast examination gloves in the detection of breast lumps. Materials and Methods: During the period from October 2011 to June 2012, patients were submitted to clinical examination with and without gloves. This prospective study involved 202 patients who underwent conventional clinical breast examination (test 1) or clinical breast examination with Sensifemme r gloves (test 2). All patients underwent subsequent bilateral ultrasonography (test 3) to confirm the findings of the physical examinations. The Chi-square test was used to compare values, while the kappa concordance index was used to determine the concordance between the diagnostic tests. Results: The mean age of the patients was 43 years |
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