The international surgical journal with global reach

This is the Scientific Surgery Archive, which contains all randomized clinical trials in surgery that have been identified by searching the top 50 English language medical journal issues since January 1998. Compiled by Jonothan J. Earnshaw, former Editor-in-Chief, BJS

Randomized trial of breast self-examination in Shanghai: final results J Nat Cancer Inst 2002; 94: 1445-57

Published: 1st January 2002

Authors: Thomas DB, Gao DL, Ray RM, Wang WW, Allison CJ, Chen FL et al. et al.

Conclusion

In this study that included a quarter of a million women, the cumulative relative risk ratio of dying from breast cancer in the intervention group after 10 years was not significantly better than in the control group (1.04, 95 per cent confidence interval 0.82 to 1.33, p=0.72).

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