[Results of a prospective randomized investigation [Russia (St.Petersburg)/WHO] to evaluate the significance of self-examination for the early detection of breast cancer].

Indications for puncture or excision biopsy were significantly higher in the study group (7.5%) as compared with control (3.5%) (p < 0.

[Adjuvant chemotherapy with anthracyclines in comparison with the standard combination of CMF in breast cancer with high risk of relapse].

The effectiveness of adjuvant therapy with adriablastin and doxorubicin for breast cancer has been compared to that of standard CMF. During 1985-1990, the study included 349 patients with T1-2N2M0 and T3N0-2M0 tumors; mean age--46 yrs; mean follow-up--96.7 months.

[Interim results of a prospective randomized study of self-examination for early detection of breast cancer (Russia/St.Petersburg/WHO)].

Training in breast self-examination (BSE) technique involved 57,712 women, aged 40-64, at 14 out of randomly selected out-patient hospitals in St. Petersburg (1985-1989). Another 64,759 women selected at another 14 out-patient hospitals were in control.

[The effectiveness of adjuvant chemotherapy with anthracyclines (adriablastin, doxorubicin) for stage-IIb-IIIa breast cancer].

The effectiveness of adjuvant treatment with anthracyclins (adriablastin, doxorubicin) and standard CMF regimens for breast tumors has been compared. The study included 349 patients with stage IIB-IIIA tumors (T1-2N2M0, T3N0-2M0) (mean age-46 years) during 1985-1990 follow-up-60.38 months.