Publications by authors named "H Tsunoda"
Article Synopsis
- The study assessed hospital staff's awareness and understanding of breast awareness (BA), which focuses on early detection, and compared it with traditional breast self-examination (BSE).
- An anonymous survey at St. Luke's International Hospital in Japan showed that 78% of participants were previously unfamiliar with BA, but a large majority (89.1%) expressed interest in early detection practices.
- After exposure to an informational leaflet, 98.4% understood BA concepts, and 93.2% were able to differentiate it from BSE, highlighting the leaflet's effectiveness and the need for increased BA awareness among medical professionals.
Background: Visual assessment of mammographic breast composition remains the most common worldwide, although subjective variability limits its reproducibility. This study aimed to investigate the inter- and intra-observer variability in qualitative visual assessment of mammographic breast composition through a multi-institutional observer performance study for the first time in Japan.
Methods: This study enrolled 10 Japanese physicians from five different institutions.