Objectives: This study was planned to identify different factors related to breast cancer with the intention that early detection and for better understanding of course and pathogenesis of benign and malignant breast cancer. Material and methods: The patients of breast tumours who attended surgical outdoor or breast clinic or patients admitted to the surgical wards of Maharana Bhopal Hospital, Udaipur from Jan__ampersandsignrsquo;97 to Jun__ampersandsignrsquo;97 were included in this study. Complete clinical examinations of the patients were done to see the symptoms, clinical manifestations, involvement of tissues etc. Results: There was an increased risk of benign breast tumour at a considerably younger age. Majority of the patients both in benign as well as in malignant were married, but this did not show any statistical significance in the present study. Occupational status of cases in the present study indicates that majority (63.82%) were housewives. The association of age at menarche and breast tumours was non-significant. Association observed between age at menopause and breast tumours was found to be statistically significant (P__ampersandsignlt;0.05). Conclusion: Women should be advised to self examines their breasts regularly so that they can find out any abnormality occurring in the breast so as to diagnose the tumours at earlier stages. Breast self examination strategy should be implemented at a community level so that more and more women can be benefitted. For this, Breast Clinic should be launched at every level of health system viz. District Hospital, Community Health Centre and Primary Health Centre.