European guidelines on breast cancer screening and diagnosis

The recommendations included in the guidelines are developed starting from relevant "healthcare questions" that below are grouped into main topics. Each topic includes one or more recommendations presented in a question and answer format.

• Breast cancer screening

  Breast cancer screening

  • Screening ages and frequencies
  • Tomosynthesis use in screening updated
  • Additional tests for dense breast screening  updated
  • How to invite and inform women about screening
  • How to organise breast cancer screening programmes
• Breast cancer diagnosis

  Breast cancer diagnosis

  • How to inform women about their results
  • Further assessment after the mammogram
  • Staging of breast cancer
  • Towards the treatment of invasive breast cancer

   
• Training of the staff

  Training of the staff

  • Mammography readers
  • Communication training for the staff

More about the European guidelines

• Risk of breast cancer

  For whom are these guidelines

   
• Healthcare topics

  How the guidelines have been developed and the topics selected

• What the strength of the recommendations implies