Medical Assistant Prep / Unit 18 MAS 438 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Breast Self-Exams
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The idea
A breast self-exam is a way for a person to check their own breasts by feeling for lumps or other changes.
In practice
It helps a person learn how their breasts normally look and feel, so they notice changes; alone it is not adequate screening, and research shows it does not lower the risk of death.
Where people slip
Reinforce the provider's teaching and screening plan.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
- Nothing yet depends on this.
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