title: [Breast cancer. Evidence and recommendations for the timely detection in primary care].
abstract: The steady increase of cases and toll of deaths due to breast cancer in the last decades has prompted to analyze in depth current screening methods and their contributions to decrease mortality rates. A literature review was performed at the Ovid-Medline, Cochrane, Synergy, Medic Latina, Science Direct, EBSCO-e-Journal services. The review focused on the epidemiology of breast cancer, its risk factors and the benefits and limitations of current screening methods. The literature review had the aim to contribute in updating primary care practitioners concerning effective screening methods to timely detect breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Investigación Epidemiológica y en Servicios de Salud, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Distrito Federal, Mexico. laura.torres@imss.gob.mx
authors.forename: Laura Del Pilar
authors.initials: Ldel P
authors.lastname: Torres-Arreola
authors.forename: Svetlana Vladislavovna
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Doubova
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones