MammaCare began
in 1974 as a research project supported by the National Cancer Institute. The
original research goal was to develop a program to teach efficient manual breast
examination.
The
researchers created a breast model that had a lumpy texture identical to the nodularity
found in a woman's breast. They then developed simulated lesions that felt very
similar to the type of lumps that surgeons considered suspicious, and they imbedded them
into the breast models.
Finally,
a training program was developed and validated. This training program teaches the
most thorough, systematic, and efficient method of examining breast tissue. This
includes using the pads of the middle three fingers,
various levels of pressure and an
organized search pattern. MammaCare techniques have been extensively studied and
reported in
medical and
scientific journals.
The
consistent findings are that these techniques produce significantly more thorough and
sensitive manual breast examinations. The clinical data confirm that MammaCare
techniques assist in finding the smallest meaningful change in breast tissue.
MammaCare can help each woman become familiar with her own tissue and help each clinician
become familiar with the various subtle changes that naturally occur in women's
breast tissue.
