The MammaCare Foundation

The Standard

for Clinical

Breast Exam

The first global training network for clinical breast examination

The Breast Exam Training and Practice Network, created and supported by the MammaCare Foundation, measurably improves and validates essential clinical breast exam skills worldwide.

MammaCare has trained more than 9,000 providers in 11 countries on 5 continents with our first-in-class training technology powered by the cloud.

The Breast Exam Training and Practice Network, created and supported by the MammaCare Foundation, measurably improves and validates essential clinical breast exam skills worldwide.

MammaCare has trained more than 9,000 providers in 11 countries on 5 continents with our first-in-class training technology powered by the cloud.

120,000+

45,000+

800+

Breast lumps detected

simulated breast exams

clinical certifications

120,000+

Lifelike breast cancers detected

45,000+

Breast exams performed

1,200+

Certifications

Advancing Breast Exam Standards Since 1974

52 Internal Medicine Residents learn on Breast Exam Trainer

“A total 41 of 52 interns (79%) completed the curriculum. Their average MammaCare scores improved from 63% to 91%.”

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Corbelli, J., Bonnema, R., Rubio, D., Comer, D., & McNeil, M. (2014). An Effective Multimodal Curriculum to Teach Internal Medicine Residents Evidence-Based Breast Health. Journal of graduate medical education, 6(4), 721–725. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-14-00257.1

Is clinical breast examination important for breast cancer detection?

"A significant number of cancers would have been missed if cbe had not been performed. Compared with cancers detected by mammography alone, those detected by cbe had more aggressive features."

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Provencher, L., Hogue, J. C., Desbiens, C., Poirier, B., Poirier, E., Boudreau, D., Joyal, M., Diorio, C., Duchesne, N., & Chiquette, J. (2016). Is clinical breast examination important for breast cancer detection?. Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 23(4), e332–e339. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.23.2881

Measuring CBE Skills of 985 Primary Care Providers

“The proficiency of lump detection improved from 24% (precourse) to 83% (postcourse). These results are reproducible and have remained consistent from year to year.”

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Smith, R. L., Hanchak, N. A., & Leibreid, D. (1996). The effectiveness of postgraduate education on the clinical breast examination skills of primary care physicians. Am J. Man. Care, 2, 989-995. https://www.ajmc.com/view/sep96-1515p0989-0995

Women Veterans Health Program: 10 Year Review

“Comparison of pre-post responses indicated significant gains in comfort managing all 19 content areas”

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Baier Manwell, L., McNeil, M., Gerber, M. R., Iqbal, S., Schrager, S., Staropoli, C., Brown, R., Veet, L., Haskell, S., Hayes, P., & Carnes, M. (2022). Mini-Residencies to Improve Care for Women Veterans: A Decade of Re-Educating Veterans Health Administration Primary Care Providers. Journal of women's health (2002), 31(7), 991–1002. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2021.0033

52 Internal Medicine Residents learn on Breast Exam Trainer

“A total 41 of 52 interns (79%) completed the curriculum. Their average MammaCare scores improved from 63% to 91%.”

View Citation

Corbelli, J., Bonnema, R., Rubio, D., Comer, D., & McNeil, M. (2014). An Effective Multimodal Curriculum to Teach Internal Medicine Residents Evidence-Based Breast Health. Journal of graduate medical education, 6(4), 721–725. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-14-00257.1

Is clinical breast examination important for breast cancer detection?

"A significant number of cancers would have been missed if cbe had not been performed. Compared with cancers detected by mammography alone, those detected by cbe had more aggressive features."

View Citation

Provencher, L., Hogue, J. C., Desbiens, C., Poirier, B., Poirier, E., Boudreau, D., Joyal, M., Diorio, C., Duchesne, N., & Chiquette, J. (2016). Is clinical breast examination important for breast cancer detection?. Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.), 23(4), e332–e339. https://doi.org/10.3747/co.23.2881

Measuring CBE Skills of 985 Primary Care Providers

“The proficiency of lump detection improved from 24% (precourse) to 83% (postcourse). These results are reproducible and have remained consistent from year to year.”

View Citation

Smith, R. L., Hanchak, N. A., & Leibreid, D. (1996). The effectiveness of postgraduate education on the clinical breast examination skills of primary care physicians. Am J. Man. Care, 2, 989-995. https://www.ajmc.com/view/sep96-1515p0989-0995

Women Veterans Health Program: 10 Year Review

“Comparison of pre-post responses indicated significant gains in comfort managing all 19 content areas”

View Citation

Baier Manwell, L., McNeil, M., Gerber, M. R., Iqbal, S., Schrager, S., Staropoli, C., Brown, R., Veet, L., Haskell, S., Hayes, P., & Carnes, M. (2022). Mini-Residencies to Improve Care for Women Veterans: A Decade of Re-Educating Veterans Health Administration Primary Care Providers. Journal of women's health (2002), 31(7), 991–1002. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2021.0033

52 Internal Medicine Residents learn on Breast Exam Trainer

“A total 41 of 52 interns (79%) completed the curriculum. Their average MammaCare scores improved from 63% to 91%.”

View Citation

Corbelli, J., Bonnema, R., Rubio, D., Comer, D., & McNeil, M. (2014). An Effective Multimodal Curriculum to Teach Internal Medicine Residents Evidence-Based Breast Health. Journal of graduate medical education, 6(4), 721–725. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-14-00257.1