Breast cancer is the commonest of all forms of cancer and one of the major threats to health especially among womenReport on the incidence of breast cancer reveals that one out of every eight women in the world stand a chance of having the disease in her life time . Although the incidence of breast cancer is increasing all over the world, the rate of increase is higher in developing countries where late detection of disease is common . Breast cancer is already a wellknown health problem in Nigeria with about 1 death in every 25 reported cases  A major worry about breast cancer in Nigeria is the continuous rise in the number of cases and deaths, a situation which confirms Lakeshore Cancer Center prediction that breast cancer cases may rise to 42 million by 2020 in both males and females in the country [