breast screening
1breast screening — noun Mammography, as a diagnostic tool for breast cancer • • • Main Entry: ↑breast …
2breast screening — /ˈbrɛst skrinɪŋ/ (say brest skreening) noun a public medical screening program to detect breast cancer in women …
3Breast cancer screening — refers to the medical screening of asymptomatic, apparently healthy women for breast cancer in an attempt to achieve an earlier diagnosis. The assumption is that early detection will improve outcomes. A number of screening test have been employed …
4screening */ — UK [ˈskriːnɪŋ] / US [ˈskrɪnɪŋ] noun Word forms screening : singular screening plural screenings 1) [countable/uncountable] tests done to check someone for a particular disease The lump was discovered during routine breast screening. screening of …
5screening — screen|ing [ skrinıŋ ] noun * 1. ) count or uncount tests done to check someone for a particular disease: The lump was discovered during routine breast screening. screening of: the mass screening of people in susceptible groups 2. ) count or… …
6screening test — a test carried out on a large number of apparently healthy people to separate those who may have a specified disease and would benefit from further testing from those who probably do not. Examples include newborn bloodspot screening, cervical… …
7Breast cancer — Classification and external resources Mammograms showing a normal breast (left) and a cancerous breast (right). ICD 10 C …
8Screening (medicine) — Screening, in medicine, is a strategy used in a population to detect a disease in individuals without signs or symptoms of that disease. Unlike what generally happens in medicine, screening tests are performed on persons without any clinical sign …
9Breast self-examination — (BSE) is an easy but unreliable method for finding possible breast cancer.If performed appropriately and regularly BSE may help in early detection of some types of breast cancers, although it should not substitute for screening methods (such as… …
10Breast implant — A breast implant is a prosthesis used to enlarge the size of a woman s breasts (known as breast augmentation, breast enlargement, mammoplasty enlargement, augmentation mammoplasty or the common slang term boob job) for cosmetic reasons; to… …
