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Letters |1 May 1993

The Breast Cancer Screening Controversy Continues

Joseph J. Gilberti, MD

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TO THE EDITOR:
Your recent editorial [1] is most timely and important. As a medical oncologist whose first love was primary care and now as a full-time teacher, I am particularly concerned. Our second-year students are taught breast examination as part of the physical diagnosis course. Soon thereafter until graduation, they are involved in ambulatory care at community health centers [2]. In supervising students, I have been dismayed that they often omit routine breast examination. The usual explanation is that the patient was having a routine check-up or was in to have prescriptions refilled. Although some patients refuse breast examinations, especially at the hands of student doctors, this may establish a bad practice habit.
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Gilberti JJ. The Breast Cancer Screening Controversy Continues. Ann Intern Med. 1993;118:746–749. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-118-9-199305010-00022

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 1993;118(9):746-749.

DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-118-9-199305010-00022

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