European Guidelines (4th Edition)

GuidelinesIn 2006 the European Commission, in cooperation with EUREF, EBCN and EUSOMA, published the 4th edition of the European Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis.

These guidelines aim to raise quality standards by bringing together at EU level the best examples from regional and national breast cancer screening programmes over the last 20 years. They are a manual for health professionals and advocates everywhere, describing best practice evolving from regional and national breast cancer screening programmes based on mammography.

The fourth edition of this bestseller has again been coordinated by EUREF and developed with input from over 200 professionals from 23 countries.

The complete document (416 pages) can be downloaded using the following link:
https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/7945bf8d-fa10-4e88-a781-9a7c36cf3411/language-en/format-PDF/source-286796808

An original copy can be ordered at www.bookshop.eu (Search topic: breast cancer) (ISBN: 92-79-01258-4, Cataloguenumber: ND-73-06-954-EN-C).

End 2013, the supplements regarding the physico-technical chapter and the pathology chapter of the 4th edition of the European Guidelines have officially been released and published by the European Commission. These supplements can also be downloaded at www.bookshop.eu (Search topic: breast cancer), or here using the following link: