Practical considerations for expediting breast cancer treatment in Brazil

Abstract

Summary: Patients in Brazil continue to present with late-stage breast cancer. Notwithstanding these figures, policies and programs to overcome this long-lasting scenario have had limited results. We enlist the main barriers for advancing breast cancer diagnosis in Brazil, based on the available evidence, and we propose feasible strategies that may serve as a platform to address this major public health challenge.

Keywords

• Breast neoplasms
• Early detection of cancer
• Cancer prevention and control
• Health policies
• Women's health services
• Primary health care