<p style="text-align: justify;">Family physicians have an integral role in the prevention, diagnosis, and management of breast cancer. Breast cancer is the greatest medical threat to a woman’s health. The risk of breast cancer in a woman’s lifetime is 1 in 8. Physicians must be familiar with risk factors for breast cancer, be confident in examining the breasts, evaluating breast masses, and referring for treatment. This paper summarizes a family physician’s role in patients with breast cancer.</p>