Wednesday, 20 April 2022

Breast Surgery Bulletin - April 2022

 

Global guidelines for breast cancer screening: A systematic review

 

by Wenhui Ren, Mingyang Chen, Youlin Qiao, Fanghui Zhao 

 

The Breast: Published: April 19, 2022

 

Highlights

• This systematic review comprehensively maps the recommendations of the latest international breast screening guidelines, providing valuable tools for clinical decision-making in different settings.

• Most guidelines recommended biennial mammographic screening between 40 to 74 years for the average-risk populations and annual MAM or annual MRI starting from a younger age for the high-risk populations. However, there are indeed discrepancies in screening age and method among countries.

• High-quality evidence and rigorous methodology are the keys to guidance development, but current guidelines varied in methodological quality.

Summary

Breast cancer screening guidelines could provide valuable tools for clinical decision-making by reviewing the available evidence and providing recommendations. Little information is known about how many countries have issued breast cancer screening guidelines and the differences among existed guidelines. We systematically reviewed current guidelines and summarized corresponding recommendations, to provide references for good clinical practice in different countries.