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Africa

• Breast Care
  • A Review on Breast Cancer Care in Africa [2015]

• Infectious Agents and Cancer
  • An update on the management of breast cancer in Africa [2017]

• WHO African Region
  • Assessment of breast cancer control capacities in the WHO African Region in 2022 [2024]

Americas

• Pan American Health Organization
  • Breast cancer

Argentina

• Journal of Cancer Education
  • Argentina's National Program for Control of Breast Cancer: Time 1, Patient Navigation, and Patient Cancer Education Experience [2022]

Asia

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing
  • The Effectiveness of Support Groups in Asian Breast Cancer Patients: An Integrative Review [2016]

• BMC Health Services Research
  • Health system barriers influencing timely breast cancer diagnosis and treatment among women in low and middle-income Asian countries: evidence from a mixed-methods systematic review [2022]

• European Society for Medical Oncology
  • Pan-Asian adapted ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with early breast cancer [2024]
  • Pan-Asian adapted ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for the diagnosis, staging and treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer [2023]
  • Pan-Asian adapted ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of patients with early breast cancer: a KSMO-ESMO initiative endorsed by CSCO, ISMPO, JSMO, MOS, SSO and TOS [2020]

Australia

• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
  • Breast cancer in young women: key facts about breast cancer in women in their 20s and 30s [2015]

• Cancer Australia
  • Breast cancer

• International Journal for Equity in Health
  • Does breast cancer policy meet the needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Australia? a review [2023]

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Biomolecules and Biomedicine
  • Guidelines for breast cancer management in Bosnia and Herzegovina [2023]

Brazil

• BMC Health Services Research
  • The trend and direct costs of screening and chemotherapy treatment of breast cancer in the new coronavirus pandemic: total and interrupted time series study [2022]

• Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
  • Temporal trends in social security benefits for female breast cancer in Brazil [2022]

• JCO Global Oncology
  • Impact of COVID-19 Disease in Early Breast Cancer Management: A Summary of the Current Evidence [2022]

Canada

• BC Cancer Agency
  • Breast Cancer

• BCGuidelines
  • Breast Disease and Cancer: Diagnosis
  • Breast Cancer: Management and Follow-up

• Canadian Cancer Society
  • Breast cancer

• Canadian Family Physician
  • Primary care physician use across the breast cancer care continuum. CanIMPACT study using Canadian administrative data [2016]

• Public Health Agency of Canada
  • Breast Cancer

Central and Eastern Europe

• Radiology and Oncology
  • Advancing HER2-low breast cancer management: enhancing diagnosis and treatment strategies [2024]

China

• Annals of Translational Medicine
  • National consensus in China on diagnosis and treatment of patients with advanced breast cancer [2015]

• Cancer
  • Chinese expert consensus on the clinical diagnosis and treatment of advanced breast cancer (2018) [2020]

• Chinese Journal of Cancer Research
  • National guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer 2022 in China (English version) [2022]

• Chinese Medical Journal
  • Clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory breast cancer: Chinese Society of Breast Surgery (CSBrS) Practice Guidelines 2022 [2023]
  • Clinical practice guidelines for ductal carcinoma in situ: Chinese Society of Breast Surgery (CSBrS) practice guidelines 2021 [2021]
  • Clinical practice guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of invasive breast cancer: Chinese Society of Breast Surgery (CSBrS) practice guidelines 2021 [2021]

Costa Rica, Mexico

• PLoS ONE
  • Cost-Effectiveness of Breast Cancer Control Strategies in Central America: The Cases of Costa Rica and Mexico [2014]

Denmark

• Clinical Epidemiology
  • Danish Breast Cancer Cooperative Group [2016]

Eastern Europe

• SAGE Open Medicine
  • Comparative analysis of the access to health-care services and breast cancer therapy in 10 Eastern European countries [2020]

Egypt

• Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
  • Presentation and management of female breast cancer in Egypt [2022]

Ethiopia

• Ministry of Health Ethiopia
  • National Guideline for breast health, early diagnosis and timely breast cancer management in Ethiopia (2024-2028) [2024]

Europe

• Breast
  • Why is appropriate healthcare inaccessible for many European breast cancer patients? – The EBCC 12 manifesto [2021]
  • The requirements of a specialist breast centre [2020]
  • Addressing disparities and challenges in underserved patient populations with metastatic breast cancer in Europe [2020]
  • New approaches for improving outcomes in breast cancer in Europe [2015]

• Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Healthcare providers’ adherence to breast cancer guidelines in Europe: a systematic literature review [2020]

• European Commission
  • Manual for Breast Cancer Services [2021]

• European Society for Medical Oncology
  • Early breast cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up [2024]
  • ESMO expert consensus statements (ECS) on the definition, diagnosis, and management of HER2-low breast cancer [2023]
  • ESO-ESMO fifth international consensus guidelines for breast cancer in young women (BCY5) [2022]
  • ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline for the diagnosis, staging and treatment of patients with metastatic breast cancer [2021]
  • ESO–ESMO 4th International Consensus Guidelines for Breast Cancer in Young Women (BCY4) [2020]
  • ESMO Management and treatment adapted recommendations in the COVID-19 era: Breast Cancer [2020]
  • ESO-ESMO 3rd international consensus guidelines for breast cancer in young women (BCY3) [2017]
  • Primary breast cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up [2015]
  • ESO-ESMO 2nd international consensus guidelines for advanced breast cancer (ABC2) [2014]
  • Locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up [2012]

• European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists
  • European guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of breast lesions with uncertain malignant potential (B3 lesions) developed jointly by EUSOMA, EUSOBI, ESP (BWG) and ESSO [2024]
  • The European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists recommendations for the management of young women with breast cancer [2012]

• Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of India
  • Guidance and Standards for Breast Cancer Care in Europe [2020]

France

• Breast Cancer
  • French national survey on breast cancer care: caregiver and patient views [2024]

• Clinical Breast Cancer
  • Ductal Carcinoma in Situ: A French National Survey. Analysis of 2125 Patients [2020]

• European Journal of Breast Health
  • Breast Cancer Management during the COVID 19 Pandemic: French Guidelines [2020]

• PLoS ONE
  • Compliance with clinical guidelines for breast cancer management: A population-based study of quality-of-care indicators in France [2019]

Gambia

• BMC Health Services Research
  • Geospatial analysis and impact of targeted development of breast cancer care in The Gambia: a cross-sectional study [2021]

Germany

• Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics
  • Multidisciplinary breast centres in Germany: a review and update of quality assurance through benchmarking and certification [2012]

• Breast Care
  • AGO Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Early Breast Cancer: Update 2025 [2025]
  • Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gynäkologische Onkologie Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Locally Advanced and Metastatic Breast Cancer: Update 2024 [2024]
  • AGO Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Locally Advanced and Metastatic Breast Cancer: Update 2023 [2023]
  • AGO Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Locally Advanced and Metastatic Breast Cancer: Update 2022 [2022]
  • AGO Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Locally Advanced and Metastatic Breast Cancer: Update 2021 [2021]
  • AGO Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Early Breast Cancer: Update 2021 [2021]
  • AGO Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Locally Advanced and Metastatic Breast Cancer: Update 2020 [2020]
  • AGO Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Locally Advanced and Metastatic Breast Cancer: Update 2019 [2019]
  • AGO Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Early Breast Cancer: Update 2019 [2019]
  • AGO Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Early Breast Cancer: Update 2016 [2016]
  • AGO Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Patients with Advanced and Metastatic Breast Cancer: Update 2016 [2016]

• Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
  • The Screening, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Follow-Up of Breast Cancer [2018]

• Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
  • Interdisciplinary Screening, Diagnosis, Therapy and Follow-up of Breast Cancer. Guideline of the DGGG and the DKG (S3-Level, AWMF Registry Number 032/045OL, December 2017) – Part 1 with Recommendations for the Screening, Diagnosis and Therapy of Breast Cancer [2018]

Ghana

• BMC Women's Health
  • Socio-cultural beliefs and perceptions influencing diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer among women in Ghana: a systematic review [2024]

High-income countries

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • What Is the Evidence Globally for Culturally Safe Strategies to Improve Breast Cancer Outcomes for Indigenous Women in High Income Countries? A Systematic Review [2021]

India

• South Asian Journal of Cancer
  • Breast cancer: An overview of published Indian data [2016]

International

• Annals of Translational Medicine
  • A quality evaluation of the clinical practice guidelines on breast cancer using the RIGHT checklist [2021]

• Breast Health Global Initiative
  • The role of dissemination and implementation science in global breast cancer control programs: Frameworks, methods, and examples [2020]
  • The Breast Health Global Initiative 2018 Global Summit on Improving Breast Healthcare Through Resource-Stratified Phased Implementation: Methods and overview [2020]
  • Situational analysis of breast health care systems: Why context matters [2020]

• Cancers
  • Breast Cancer-Epidemiology, Risk Factors, Classification, Prognostic Markers, and Current Treatment Strategies-An Updated Review [2021]

• Chinese Journal of Cancer Research
  • Breast cancer: Epidemiology, risk factors and screening [2023]

• Current Oncology
  • Clinical practice guidelines in breast cancer [2018]

• Senologic International Society
  • Current Challenges and Perspectives in Breast Cancer in Elderly Women: The Senologic International Society (SIS) Survey [2023]
  • Breast Cancer Management During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Senologic International Society Survey [2021]

Iran

• Iranian Journal of Public Health
  • Psychological Consequences of Breast Cancer in Iran: A Meta-Analysis [2019]
  • The Economic Burden of Breast Cancer in Iran [2015]

Ireland

• Department of Health Ireland
  • Diagnosis, Staging and Treatment of Patients with Breast Cancer

• Ireland's Health Services
  • Breast Cancer National Clinical Guidelines

Ireland, United Kingdom

• British Journal of Cancer
  • Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer patient pathways and outcomes in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland - a scoping review [2024]

Japan

• BMC Research Notes
  • Cost of illness of breast cancer in Japan: trends and future projections [2015]

• Breast Cancer
  • Characteristics of female breast cancer in Japan: annual report of the National Clinical Database in 2018 [2023]
  • Recommendations for the management of breast cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic from the Japan Breast Cancer Society [2021]

Latin America

• Cancer Reports
  • Recommendations for streamlining precision medicine in breast cancer care in Latin America [2021]

• ecancermedicalscience
  • Management of non-invasive tumours, benign tumours and breast cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic: recommendations based on a Latin American survey [2020]

• Globalization and Health
  • Breast cancer policy in Latin America: account of achievements and challenges in five countries [2016]

Lithuania

• Medicina
  • The cost of newly diagnosed breast cancer in Lithuania, 2011 [2015]

Low and middle income countries

• Breast
  • Factors influencing the time to diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer among women in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review [2024]

• Oncologist
  • Economic Evaluations of Breast Cancer Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review [2021]

• Systematic Reviews
  • A systematic review of public health interventions to address breast cancer inequalities in low- and middle-income countries [2024]
  • Economic analyses of breast cancer control in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review [2013]

• World Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Challenges to the early diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer in developing countries [2014]

Mexico

• ecancermedicalscience
  • Costs of breast cancer care in Mexico: analysis of two insurance coverage scenarios [2015]

Middle East, North Africa

• ecancermedicalscience
  • Do we need regional guidelines for breast cancer management in the MENA region? MENA Breast Cancer Guidelines project [2017]

Netherlands

• Breast
  • Patterns of care over 10 years in young breast cancer patients in the Netherlands, a nationwide population-based study [2022]
  • Trends in incidence, treatment, survival and subsequent breast cancer in lobular carcinoma in situ in the Netherlands: A population-based analysis [2021]

• Journal of Hematology & Oncology
  • Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on diagnosis, stage, and initial treatment of breast cancer in the Netherlands: a population-based study [2021]

New Zealand

• Health New Zealand
  • New breast cancer diagnoses and treatments 2020 [2023]

• PLoS ONE
  • Differences in Breast Cancer Survival between Public and Private Care in New Zealand: Which Factors Contribute? [2016]

Philippines

• Department of Health Philippines
  • Breast Cancer National Clinical Practice Guidelines [2022]

Republic of Korea

• Cancer Research and Treatment
  • The Economic Burden of Breast Cancer in Korea from 2007-2010 [2015]

Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Health Council
  • Saudi Breast Cancer Management Guidelines [2019]

Serbia

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • Medical cost of breast cancer services in Serbia between 2010 and 2019: national data report [2024]

South Africa

• Journal of Oncology
  • Improving Breast Cancer Control via the Use of Community Health Workers in South Africa: A Critical Review [2011]

• National Department of Health South Africa
  • Breast Cancer Prevention and Control Policy [2017]

Spain

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Breast Cancer Care Quality Indicators in Spain: A Systematic Review [2021]

Sri Lanka

• Ministry of Health Sri Lanka
  • National guidelines for the management of early and locally advanced breast cancer in Sri Lanka [2021]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• BMC Public Health
  • An analytical framework for breast cancer public policies in Sub-Saharan Africa: results from a comprehensive literature review and an adapted policy Delphi [2024]

• International Agency for Research on Cancer
  • Breast Cancer Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa [2021]

• JCO Global Oncology
  • Assessment of Breast Cancer Management in Sub-Saharan Africa [2021]

Uganda

• African Health Sciences
  • Breast cancer guidelines for Uganda (2nd Edition 2008) [2008]

United Arab Emirates

• JCO Global Oncology
  • Breast Cancer in the United Arab Emirates [2023]

United Kingdom

• British Journal of Cancer
  • Inflammatory breast cancer: time to standardise diagnosis assessment and management, and for the joining of forces to facilitate effective research [2015]

• International Journal of Breast Cancer
  • A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey of UK Breast Surgeons' Views on the Management of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ [2015]

• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and management [2025]
  • Advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and treatment [2025]
  • Health Inequalities in Breast Cancer in England: A Pragmatic Review to Inform National Institute for Care and Excellence (NICE) Recommendations [2024]
  • Breast cancer (Quality standard) [2016]
  • Breast cancer

• NHS Wales
  • National Optimal Pathway for Breast Cancer: Point of Suspicion to First Definitive Treatment in Adults (aged 16 and over) [2024]

• Royal College of Surgeons of England
  • National Audit of Primary Breast Cancer State of the Nation Patient and Public Report 2024 [2024]

• Scottish Government
  • Breast cancer clinical quality performance indicators [2016]

United States

• American Cancer Society
  • Breast Cancer Facts & Figures 2019-2020 [2019]
  • Breast Cancer

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • Breast neoplasms

• American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • Breast Cancer

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Breast Cancer

• JNCI Cancer Spectrum
  • Epidemiology, Biology, Treatment, and Prevention of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS) [2018]

• M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
  • Inflammatory Breast Cancer
  • Breast Cancer

• National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • NCCN Guidelines Updates: Breast Cancer [2019]
  • Breast Cancer

• Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Executive Summary of the Early-Onset Breast Cancer Evidence Review Conference [2020]

• OncoLink
  • Breast Cancer

Western countries

• Advances in Therapy
  • Direct and Indirect Costs of Breast Cancer and Associated Implications: A Systematic Review [2024]

WHO

• International Agency for Research on Cancer
  • Breast cancer

• World Health Organization
  • Patient navigation for early detection, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer: technical brief [2024]
  • Global breast cancer initiative implementation framework: assessing, strengthening and scaling up of services for the early detection and management of breast cancer [2023]
  • The Global Breast Cancer Initiative
  • Breast cancer: Fact sheet

WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region

• WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
  • Guidelines for management of breast cancer [2006]

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