{"id":804,"date":"2017-09-26T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-26T09:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/eur-radiol\/2017\/09\/26\/screening-breast-cancer\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T10:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:23:11","slug":"screening-breast-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.myesr.org\/eur-radiol\/highlights\/screening-breast-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Screening for breast cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The European Society of Breast Imaging and 30 national breast radiology bodies pursue the goal of delivering a clear statement in favour of screening mammography to national\/local governments, policy makers, referring physicians and the general population.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Key points:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>EUSOBI and 30 national breast radiology bodies support screening mammography.<\/li>\n<li>A first priority is double-reading biennial mammography for women aged 50\u201369 years.<\/li>\n<li>Extension to 73\u201375 and from 40\u201345 to 49 years is also encouraged.<\/li>\n<li>Digital mammography (not film-screen or computer radiography) should be used.<\/li>\n<li>DBT is set to become \u201croutine mammography\u201d in the screening setting in the next future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Article:<\/strong><\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00330-016-4612-z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Authors:<\/strong><\/span> Francesco Sardanelli, Hildegunn S. 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