The minimization to clients of screen-detected XXXX : a qualitative analysis.

@entity1 @entity5845 @entity0
Previous research has shown a low incidence of @entity5845 in @entity1 with screen-detected @entity0 when compared to @entity1 with symptomatic @entity0 . Farmer et al. suggested that this might be due to the way the diagnosis of @entity0 is given to @entity1 with screen-detected disease. In order to test this hypothesis a detailed, in-depth, qualitative study was undertaken. The sample consisted of @entity1 with symptomatic @entity0 (n=5), @entity1 with screen-detected invasive @entity0 (n=6) and @entity1 with screen-detected in-situ @entity0 (n=5). The 'bad news consultations' with the surgeons, and subsequent meetings with the breast care nurses (BCN), were tape recorded. The @entity1 were also interviewed in their own homes within 7 days. The results suggested that the @entity1 with screen-detected @entity0 received more reassurance than the @entity1 with symptomatic @entity0 and that the benefits of breast screening were emphasized by the surgeons and the BCNs. This led to minimization of the significance of screen-detected disease. @entity1 were found to draw on a new conceptual model of early curable @entity0 which appears to be associated with a low incidence of @entity5845 .
