What’s the Deal with Breast Self Exam’s
Health organizations drop recommendations for Breast Self-Exams and instead promote Breast Self Awareness.
For over 70 years health care professionals have been advising women to perform regular breast self-exams as a critical screening tool for breast cancer detection. Recently however, there have been conflicting recommendations, leaving patients confused about the whole matter.
According to Circuelle Foundation, a Florida-based breast health education group, breast self-exams were first introduced to women in the U.S. in 1930. The American Cancer Society (ACS) launched an awareness campaign in 1947, “Look for a Lump or Thickening in the Breast.”
In 1960 the ACS and National Cancer Institute were behind a major push to increase early detection, releasing a […]