- Preface
- Foreword
- Symbols and Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 How to survive outpatient clinics in breast disease
- Chapter 2 The National Health Service Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP)
- Chapter 3 Multidisciplinary working
- Chapter 4 Anatomy and physiology
- Chapter 5 Breast cancer—facts and figures
- Chapter 6 Breast assessment: making the diagnosis
- Chapter 7 Benign breast problems and their management
- Chapter 8 Surgical management of benign breast disease
- Chapter 9 Gynaecomastia
- Chapter 10 Invasive breast carcinoma: pathology and prognosis
- Chapter 11 Non-invasive breast disease: DCIS, lobular pathologies, and hyperplasias
- Chapter 12 Basic surgery for breast cancer and the management of margins
- Chapter 13 Adjuvant therapy
- Chapter 14 Treatment-induced complications
- Chapter 15 Ward management
- Chapter 16 Breast reduction
- Chapter 17 Oncoplastic mastectomy incisions
- Chapter 18 Breast-conserving surgery: volume displacement
- Chapter 19 Breast reconstruction: volume replacement
- Chapter 20 Lipomodelling
- Chapter 21 Nipple-areola reconstruction
- Chapter 22 Breast augmentation and symmetrization surgery
- Chapter 23 Recurrent breast cancer
- Chapter 24 Management of the high-risk patient
- Chapter 25 Research and audit
- Chapter 26 Complaints, mistakes, and how to minimize problems
- Index
(p. 7) The National Health Service Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP)
- Chapter:
- (p. 7) The National Health Service Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP)
- Author(s):
James Harvey
, Sue Down
, Rachel Bright-Thomas
, John Winstanley
, and Hugh Bishop
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199215065.003.0002
The National Health Service Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP). This chapter begins with a history of breast screening and the principles of the screening programme before describing its evolution including current development. The organisation of screening units in the NHS is included and an introduction to the Quality Assurance process required by each of the specialties involved in the programme. The chapter then takes readers through a patient journey of the screening process and what to expect at each stage. The final module discusses the current controversies in breast screening. The outcomes of a recent independent review (October 2012) are included, along with an outline of future developments planned for the screening programme and useful web links.
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- Preface
- Foreword
- Symbols and Abbreviations
- Chapter 1 How to survive outpatient clinics in breast disease
- Chapter 2 The National Health Service Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP)
- Chapter 3 Multidisciplinary working
- Chapter 4 Anatomy and physiology
- Chapter 5 Breast cancer—facts and figures
- Chapter 6 Breast assessment: making the diagnosis
- Chapter 7 Benign breast problems and their management
- Chapter 8 Surgical management of benign breast disease
- Chapter 9 Gynaecomastia
- Chapter 10 Invasive breast carcinoma: pathology and prognosis
- Chapter 11 Non-invasive breast disease: DCIS, lobular pathologies, and hyperplasias
- Chapter 12 Basic surgery for breast cancer and the management of margins
- Chapter 13 Adjuvant therapy
- Chapter 14 Treatment-induced complications
- Chapter 15 Ward management
- Chapter 16 Breast reduction
- Chapter 17 Oncoplastic mastectomy incisions
- Chapter 18 Breast-conserving surgery: volume displacement
- Chapter 19 Breast reconstruction: volume replacement
- Chapter 20 Lipomodelling
- Chapter 21 Nipple-areola reconstruction
- Chapter 22 Breast augmentation and symmetrization surgery
- Chapter 23 Recurrent breast cancer
- Chapter 24 Management of the high-risk patient
- Chapter 25 Research and audit
- Chapter 26 Complaints, mistakes, and how to minimize problems
- Index