Quality assurance guidelines for surgeons in breast cancer screening
Revised March 2009 (4th edition) | ISBN 978 1 84463 059 2
These updated Quality Assurance Guidelines for Surgeons in Breast Cancer Screening concentrate on the screening process up to the point of diagnosis and on issues specific to the NHSBSP. They should be used in conjunction with Surgical guidelines for the management of breast cancer (PDF 283Kb).
The guidelines are addressed principally to surgeons working in the screening programme, who will use them in a personal capacity to audit their own activity. They will assist the regional QA teams and others outside the surgeon's immediate colleagues in the assessment of the quality of breast surgery afforded by a screening unit. They may also be of some help to trust chief executives and cancer networks in identifying the resources and skills needed to ensure that women with screen-detected breast cancer are cared for in an optimal manner.
- NHSBSP home page
- Programme publications
- About breast screening
- What is breast screening?
- What does the NHS Breast Screening Programme do?
- When was the NHS Breast Screening Programme set up?
- What happens at a breast screening unit?
- Why are women under 50 not routinely invited?
- Are women screened over the age of 70?
- Does breast screening save lives?
- Does breast screening have any risks?
- What is Digital Mammography?
- Research in breast screening
- About breast cancer
- Programme logistics
- Frequently asked questions
- Programme statistics
- Mammography equipment reports
- Programme news index
- Useful links