Integrative research that aimed to identify results in the publications available through the databases LILACS, SciELO and PubMed, period 2004-2009, the contributing factors to the increment of the survival rates in five years and the disease-free survival rate in five years in women with breast cancer. The results in 40 publications showed a higher incidence of the disease for the age groups between 50-60 years and 40-49 years. Screening programs, genetic, immunohistochemical and cytological diagnostic methods, increment of the education and socioeconomic patterns, associations of conventional therapies with new therapies contribute to the increase of survival rates, quality of life and care for women with breast cancer.
Survival rate; Breast cancer; Early diagnosis