title: [Barriers in health care to breast cancer: perception of women].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Identifying the barriers in the access to health care to breast cancer perceived by women undergoing chemotherapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  An exploratory descriptive study. The sample consisted of 58 women with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy and registered in the public oncology ambulatory of Aracaju-Sergipe. Data collection was carried out between October 2011 and March 2012 by semistructured interviews, and data were processed using the SPSS, version 17.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the interviewed women, 37 (63.8%) reported at least a barrier in the trajectory of care for breast cancer. The organizational and health services barriers were the most reported in the periods of investigation and treatment of breast cancer.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In face of these findings, the barriers should be considered in public health policies and programs for the control of breast cancer in Sergipe.
authors: Department of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracajú, SE, Brazil, leilaluiza@globo.com.
authors: Leila Luiza Conceição
authors: LL
authors: Gonçalves
authors: Department of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracajú, SE, Brazil.
authors: Gabriela Lima
authors: GL
authors: Travassos
authors: Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
authors: Ana
authors: A
authors: Maria de Almeida
authors: Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracajú, SE, Brazil.
authors: Alzira Maria D Ávila Nery
authors: AM
authors: Guimarães
authors: Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Aracajú, SE, Brazil.
authors: Cristiane Franca Lisboa
authors: CF
authors: Gois
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged