Breast cancer: from awareness to access

The majority of breast cancer cases are self-detected, which highlights how important it is to be “breast aware.” Breast Cancer Awareness Month and “going pink” to raise awareness for breast cancer has been ahuge success. At the same time,weneed to broaden the conversation beyond awareness and think of self-detection as the very first step in a pathway that must include access to early diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up without creating financial hardship for patients and their families.