[Search for effective means in the early detection of breast cancer]

The results of mass screening survey conducted at the Institute are presented. Three examinations (clinical examination, thermography, mammography, biopsy) of 5,006 females, aged 35 years and older, revealed breast tumors in 43 cases (8.5 per 1,000). X-ray - mammography and clinical examination established tumor in 44.0%; mammography-34.8%, and clinical examination-in 21.1% of cases. Tumors less than 2 cm in diameter were detected in 32 out of 43 cases of breast cancer (74.4%).