title: Breast awareness and screening.
abstract: Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK. Breast awareness and screening, along with better treatment, can significantly improve outcomes, and more women than ever are now surviving the disease. This article discusses breast awareness and screening, symptoms and risk factors for breast cancer, and how nurses can raise breast awareness and screening uptake.
authors.affiliation: Breast Care Unit, Imperial College Healthcare Trust, London.
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Harmer
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016504:Breast Self-Examination; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom