Breast self-exam

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-001242",
  "term": "Breast self-exam",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A way a person can check their own breasts by feeling for lumps or other changes. Breast self-exams can help a person learn how their breasts normally look and feel and notice when changes occur. Research has shown that doing breast self-exams does not lower the risk of dying from breast cancer and may lead to extra tests and procedures. Also called BSE.",
  "synonyms": [
    "BSE"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/breast-self-exam/"
}