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Guidance
Breast screening: clinical guidelines for screening assessment
- From:
- Public Health England
- Part of:
- Breast screening: professional guidance
- Published:
- 1 June 2010
- Last updated:
- 15 November 2016, see all updates
NHSBSP Publication No 49: clinical guidelines for healthcare professionals screening women for breast cancer.
Documents
Clinical guidelines for breast cancer screening assessment: fourth edition
Ref: NHSBSP Publication No 49; PHE publications gateway number: 2016426 PDF, 510KB, 36 pages
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The aim of assessment is to obtain a definitive and timely diagnosis of all potential abnormalities detected during screening.
This is best achieved by using ‘triple assessment’, comprising:
- imaging (usually mammography and ultrasound)
- clinical examination
- image guided needle biopsy for histological examination if indicated
Cytology should no longer be used alone to obtain a non-operative diagnosis of breast cancer.
Document information
Published: 1 June 2010
Updated: 15 November 2016
- Updated with new 2016 clinical guidance.
- First published.
From: Public Health England