Position paper on screening for breast cancer by the European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI) and 30 national breast radiology bodies from Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Lithuania, Moldova, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey. ...

• Main Authors: Sardanelli, Francesco, Aase, Hildegunn S, Álvarez, Marina, Azavedo, Edward, Baarslag, Henk J, Balleyguier, Corinne, Baltzer, Pascal A, Beslagic, Vanesa, Bick, Ulrich, Bogdanovic-Stojanovic, Dragana, Briediene, Ruta, Brkljacic, Boris, Camps Herrero, Julia, Colin, Catherine, Cornford, Eleanor, Danes, Jan, De Geer, Gérard, Esen, Gul, Evans, Andrew, Fuchsjaeger, Michael H, Gilbert, Fiona J, Graf, Oswald, Hargaden, Gormlaith, Helbich, Thomas H, Heywang-Köbrunner, Sylvia H, Ivanov, Valentin, Jónsson, Ásbjörn, Kuhl, Christiane K, Lisencu, Eugenia C, Luczynska, Elzbieta, Mann, Ritse M, Marques, Jose C, Martincich, Laura, Mortier, Margarete, Müller-Schimpfle, Markus, Ormandi, Katalin, Panizza, Pietro, Pediconi, Federica, Pijnappel, Ruud M, Pinker, Katja, Rissanen, Tarja, Rotaru, Natalia, Saguatti, Gianni, Sella, Tamar, Slobodníková, Jana, Talk, Maret, Taourel, Patrice, Trimboli, Rubina M, Vejborg, Ilse, Vourtsis, Athina
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2017
• Subjects: Breast cancer; Digital breast tomosynthesis DBT; Digital mammography; Population-based screening; Recall rate; Adult; Aged; Breast Neoplasms; Early Detection of Cancer; Europe; Female; Humans; Mammography; Mass Screening; Middle Aged; Middle East; Norway; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.17863/cam.6473; https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/261300

UNLABELLED: EUSOBI and 30 national breast radiology bodies support mammography for population-based screening, demonstrated to reduce breast cancer (BC) mortality and treatment impact. According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the reduction in mortality is 40 % for women aged 50-69 years taking up the invitation while the probability of false-positive needle biopsy is <1 % per round and overdiagnosis is only 1-10 % for a 20-year screening. Mortality reduction was also observed for the age groups 40-49 years and 70-74 years, although with "limited evidence". Thus, we firstly recommend biennial screening mammography for average-risk women aged 50-69 years; extension up to 73 or 75 years, biennially, is a second priority, from 40-45 to 49 years, annually, a third priority. Screening with thermography or other optical tools as alternatives to mammography is discouraged. Preference should be given to population screening programmes on a territorial basis, with double reading. Adoption of ...