About

MammaCare’s mission is to provide breast examination proficiency for every clinician who examines women and for every woman who performs a self-exam.

MammaCare, the recognized quality-standard for physical examination of the breast, was developed with the support of the National Cancer Institute, the National Science Foundation and medical scientists worldwide.

The contributions of MammaCare scientists and colleagues have been noted in landmark reports on early detection…

Does This Patient Have Breast Cancer? The Screening Clinical Breast Examination: Should It Be Done? How?  Journal of the American Medical Association, 1999 Oct, 6: 283(13), 1687-9.  Barton, M.B., Harris, R. & Fletcher, S.W.

“…MammaCare’s standards for teaching and practicing effective CBE emerged from an extensive series of laboratory studies measuring lump detection and breast examination skills using tactually accurate breast models embedded with small, simulated lesions.”

How best to teach women breast self-examination. A randomized controlled trial.  Annals Intern Med. 1990 May 15;112(10):772-9. Fletcher SW, O’Malley MS, Earp JL, Morgan TM, Lin S, Degnan D.  

“Mammacare instruction resulted in more long-term improved lump detection and examination technique use than did traditional instruction or physician encouragement. Breast self-examination instruction should emphasize lump detection skills. “