Barriers and Facilitators to Breast Cancer Screening

Background

According to the World Health Organization, by the end of 2020, an estimated 7.8 million people were living with breast cancer diagnosed between 2015 and 2020. Globally, the confirmed death toll was 685,000 people in 2020.¹ In Saudi Arabia, breast cancer cases documented in 2020 accounted for 14.2% of all cancer cases and 29% of all cases in women. Breast cancer consistently ranks as the most common type of cancer in Saudi women, with 3954 patients in 2020 alone. Of those patients, 1095 died, making breast cancer the second most…