Much progress was made over the past five decades, resulting in significant reductions in
cancer mortality in general, and breast cancer mortality in particular. 1 It is an enormous …

A variety of statistics are used to quantify the burden (occurrence and outcome) of cancer
generally and of breast cancer specifically. When undertaking any cancer control program …

Cancer is an increasingly important public health problem in developing countries, including
Africa [1]. As public and professional awareness of the cancer problem has grown, so has …

Breast cancer is the most commonly occurring female cancer in the world with an age-
standardized incidence rate (ASR) of 39.0 per 100,000, which is more than double that of …

Breast cancer used to be perceived as a stigmatized disease and rates of early diagnosis
were poor because women were often reluctant to present to their physician. Once a …

Breast cancer, the second commonest cancer worldwide in 2008 (1.4 million new cases:
11% of all global cancers and 360,000 deaths), is the commonest potentially fatal cancer of …

As the largest cancer killer of women around the globe, breast cancer adversely impacts
countries at all levels of economic development. Despite major advances in the early …

There is global disparity in the incidence of breast cancer, as well as overall and breast
cancer-specific mortality. Generally, there is a greater incidence of breast cancer in the …

Breast cancer treatment guidelines are not uniformly followed in clinical practice, with
evidence for substantial variations in treatment patterns, quality of care, and patient …