Evaluation of the Efficacy of Clinical Breast Examination Gloves in the Diagnosis of Breast Lumps

• Autor(a) principal: Sanvido, Vanessa Monteiro [UNIFESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Watanabe, Andrea Yumi [UNIFESP], de Araujo Neto, Joaquim Teodoro [UNIFESP], Elias, Simone [UNIFESP], Facina, Gil [UNIFESP], Pinto Nazario, Afonso Celso [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• dARK ID: ark:/48912/0013000016cv7
• DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2017/25504.9987
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/25504.9987; https://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/53691
• topic: Breast neoplasms; Mammography; Physical examination; Self-examination

Introduction: Recent studies have questioned the efficacy of mammo-graphy in reducing breast cancer-related mortality. Additionally, the efficacies of commercially available gloves marketed as aiding the detection of breast lumps have not been independently verified. Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of clinical breast examination gloves in the detection of breast lumps. Materials and Methods: During the period from October 2011 to June 2012, patients were submitted to clinical examination with and without gloves. This prospective study involved 202 patients who underwent conventional clinical breast examination (test 1) or clinical breast examination with Sensifemme r gloves (test 2). All patients underwent subsequent bilateral ultrasonography (test 3) to confirm the findings of the physical examinations. The Chi-square test was used to compare values, while the kappa concordance index was used to determine the concordance between the diagnostic tests. Results: The mean age of the patients was 43 years