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For years people believed that it was possible to learn the skill of breast examination by reading pamphlets or watching videos. Because breast examination is a tactile skill, learning to do it well also requires special training involving the sense of touch.

Just how effective is MammaCare?  The chart below shows comparative sizes of lumps found by people with various levels of training.  These findings are derived directly from a number of published medical studies and are referenced on the reverse side of the MammaCare Lump Charts.  

The average size lump found by accident by women untrained in BSE is 3.6 cm (about the size of a ping pong ball).
The average size lump found by women occasionally practicing conventional BSE is 2.5 cm.
The average size lump found by women regularly practicing conventional BSE is 2.0 cm.
The suggested standard for clinical breast examination is 1.0 cm.
The size routinely found by clinicians or women practicing MammaCare is 0.5 cm.
The probable lower limit of lump size detectable by clinicians or women practicing MammaCare expertly is 0.3 cm.

In order to achieve these levels of sensitivity, our fingers must learn the feel of normal, nodular breast texture and of any changes such as lumps or tissue thickening that might require attention.  MammaCare accomplishes this with the aid of a model that is so lifelike it has been used to calibrate mammography machines!   

After receiving MammaCare training and practicing your tactile skills on the MammaCare breast model, you will be able to perform a thorough and proficient breast examination.  Unless you have been trained with this model and had the opportunity to practice on it, you have not learned MammaCare and you will not be as skilled as you could be.