European Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Mammography Screening

The effectiveness of any screening programme is directly related to the quality of the individual parts of that programme. There is a clear understanding in countries that have experience of breast cancer screening by mammography that a quality assurance (QA) programme is necessary to ensure that the system operates at a satisfactory level. For optimum quality there are three areas of prime importance; the medical performance, the organization and the imaging process. Guidelines for establishing a QA programme covering these aspects of the screening system are given in this work.
 
The effectiveness of any screening programme is directly related to the quality of the individual parts of that programme. There is a clear understanding in countries that have experience of breast cancer screening by mammography that a quality assurance (QA) programme is necessary to ensure that the system operates at a satisfactory level. For optimum quality there are three areas of prime importance; the medical performance, the organization and the imaging process. Guidelines for establishing a QA programme covering these aspects of the screening system are given in this work.