Estimation of the benefit and harms of including clinical breast examination in an organized breast screening program

Estimation of the benefit and harms of including clinical breast examination in an organized breast screening program

 by Huan Jiang, Stephen D. Walter, Patrick Brown, Parminder Raina, Anna M. Chiarelli

The Breast: February 2019, Volume 43, Pages 105-112

There is controversy about the value of clinical breast examination (CBE) in addition to mammography for breast screening. The study investigates the associations between risk factors such as mammographic density, hormone therapy use and family history and the effectiveness of screening mammography with or without CBE.