European guidelines on breast cancer screening and diagnosis

The guidelines present the latest evidence available in the form of recommendations and good practice statements intended to optimise patient care. These are developed starting from relevant 'healthcare questions' that below are grouped into main topics and presented in a question-and-answer format.

• Breast cancer screening

  Breast cancer screening

  • Organising breast cancer screening programmes
  • Screening ages and frequencies  updated
  • Use of artificial intelligence  new
  • Use of tomosynthesis  updated
  • Women with high breast density  updated
  • Inviting and informing women about screening  updated
• Breast cancer diagnosis

  Breast cancer diagnosis

  • Informing women about their results
  • Further assessment after the mammogram
  • Staging of breast cancer
  • Planning surgical treatment  updated
  • Towards the treatment of invasive breast cancer

   

More about the European guidelines

• Healthcare topics

  How the guidelines have been developed and the topics selected

• What the strength of the recommendations implies

• Risk of breast cancer

  Screening programme performance indicators