Self-breast examination for breast cancer screening: The Indian story

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¹ Medical Oncology, Barts Cancer Centre, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust; Medical Oncology, The Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, London; Research and Innovation, Medical Oncology, Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Kent, United Kingdom; Division of Research, Academics and Cancer Control, Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre and Research Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
² Preventive and Social Medicine, KPC Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
³ Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.

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Aruni Ghose et al. Indian J Cancer. 2022 Jan-Mar.

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. 2022 Jan-Mar;59(1):1-3.

doi: 10.4103/ijc.ijc_447_22.

¹ Medical Oncology, Barts Cancer Centre, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust; Medical Oncology, The Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, London; Research and Innovation, Medical Oncology, Medway NHS Foundation Trust, Kent, United Kingdom; Division of Research, Academics and Cancer Control, Saroj Gupta Cancer Centre and Research Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
² Preventive and Social Medicine, KPC Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.
³ Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.

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