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Message: <br /><br /> If you are having trouble reading this email, you may view this article online at: http://www.jweekly.com/41000/full/41000/doctors-say-self-exams-still-important-piece/ <br /><br /> <b>Doctors say self-exams still important piece</b> <br /> Thursday, January 7, 2010 | by stacey palevsky <br /><br /><p>One of the recommendations in the U.S. Preventive Task Force report published last month is that doctors should not teach their patients breast self-examination because there is no “net benefit” or evidence it reduces breast cancer death rates.</p> <p>Breast cancer survivors and medical professionals aren’t swallowing that pill easily.</p> <p>“To say don’t do it is foolish, because it’s so simple to do,” said San Francisco oncologist Dr. Richard Cohen.</p> <p>Dr. Laura Esserman, a San Francisco breast surgeon and UCSF professor, said that whether or not women conduct breast self-exams, they should at least get to know their breasts.</p> <p>“Half of women find their own cancers, and most bad cancers show up between screenings,” Esserman said. “Women need to be familiar with their bodies so that if there is a change they can notice it; and physicians need to take them seriously.”</p> <p><em>— stacey palevsky</em></p>

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