Worksite breast cancer screening programs: a review.

1. Breast cancer is a major health problem amenable to secondary prevention for reducing morbidity and mortality. 2. Given the large and increasing numbers of women in the workplace, breast cancer prevention and control measures should be included in workplace health promotion programs. However, despite the increasing prevalence of worksite health promotion programs in the United States, the prevalence of breast cancer programs in the workplace has been decreasing. 3. Despite the limited evaluative research of worksite breast cancer screening programs, a number of important conclusions conducted thus far. 4. Additional scientifically rigorous evaluation studies of worksite health programs for the early detection of breast cancer are needed, and additional innovative workplace programs aimed at increasing breast cancer screening need to be developed.