The adoption of a national breast cancer control program in Australia was facilitated by the creation of a National Breast Cancer Center in 1995 that utilized a continuous quality improvement approach to enhancing all aspects of the breast cancer experience [ 29].
Despite the widespread adoption of screening mammography, many breast cancers still escape detection at an early stage [ 1, 2].
Radiation oncology guidelines favour hypofractionated whole-breast radiotherapy (HWBRT) over more conventional schemes in the conservative treatment of breast cancer, but its adoption still varies in clinical practice.
Progress has also been made towards the adoption of a law on the marketing of breast milk substitutes.
Despite the limitation of small sample size, our study indicates that adoption of cytonuclear grading system in breast carcinoma aspirates goes far to raise the level of FNA reportage as well as improves overall patient management.
More accuracy regarding the causes of the illness is important for the adoption of healthy behaviors that favor the prevention of breast cancer and other illnesses in general.
Although CT initially sparked interest for detecting malignancies, concerns about its specificity, radiation dose, and exposure to iodinated contrast agents that can cause allergic reactions prevented its adoption into regular use for diagnosis and staging of breast cancer patients[ 81 83].
Although, patients in communities with high level of awareness usually present with less advanced stages of breast cancer as a result of adoption of screening methods [ 1], those in communities with low level of awareness often present late [ 2, 7].
Breast self-examination, CBE and mammography are recognised methods of screening for breast cancer and adoption of mammography screening has led to reduction in mortality from the disease in women over 50 years [ 10].
