Community Based Breast Cancer Screening in Klang: A Pilot Study – Collaboration with MOH

●Breast cancer is the most common cancer in  women in Malaysia

●The age-standardized incidence rate (ASR) is  46.2 per 100, 000 women in Malaysia (NCR 2003)

●About 64.1% breast cancer occurred in women  aged 40-59 years

●The Ministry of Health has been promoting Breast Self  Examination (BSE) and annual clinical breast examination (CBE) as part of breast cancer awareness  campaign since 1995.

●Mammography is available in the major hospitals in the  Ministry of Health and are mainly for diagnostic purposes or  limited for screening of high risk women with past history of  breast disease or positive family history.