This institution-based project was an attempt to revisit the data on breast cancer available at the Radiotherapy Unit at the Victoria General Hospital. This time we focussed on a longer window in time, spanning from 1990 to 2001 in contrast to our previous work which covered the 1994 to 1998 period. Our main objectives were to verify if the cancer trends reported for the 1994 to 1998 period would still hold true or if new trends would become apparent when different time segments were examined. This approach is viewed as a good exercise in epidemiology as it enables one to separate transient observations from more permanent ones. Using simple, well established statistical techniques, we were able to confirm that not only breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in the Mauritian population but that over the most recent years it has been progressing at an accelerated pace. Examination of the incidence of breast cancer by age groups showed that from age 40 upwards there was a marked increase in the rate of breast cancer incidence. Interestingly there seemed to be a geographical gradient of breast cancer with a higher level recorded in the Western part of the island, diminishing towards the Eastern side. Comparison of the ages of menarche and menopause between a group of breast cancer patients and women not diagnosed with breast cancer revealed no notable difference. Although there were no significant difference of breast cancer among the four main ethnic groups namely ; General population, Chinese, Hindu and Muslim, the breast cancer incidence among the general population seemed to have risen putting it ahead of the Chinese population. The results of this study strongly suggest the need for more in depth population based studies for yet a clearer picture of the breast cancer scene in Mauritius.