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Results from the UK NHS Breast Screening Programme 2000-05.

R L Bennett¹, R G Blanks, J Patnick

¹Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit, Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, Sutton, Surrey, UK. rachel.bennett@icr.ac.uk

Journal of Medical Screening

|December 15, 2007

Summary

The UK NHS breast screening programme shows improved performance, with higher cancer detection rates and increased detection of small cancers. Quality measures are advancing, though some screening units still recall too many women for assessment.

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Background:

The UK NHS breast screening programme (NHSBSP) aims to reduce breast cancer mortality through regular screening.
Evaluating program performance against established targets is crucial for quality improvement.

Purpose of the Study:

To report on the UK NHS breast screening programme's performance from April 1999 to March 2005.
To compare observed results with national screening targets.

Main Methods:

Annual data collection from all UK screening units using standard KC62 return forms.
Analysis of cancer detection rates, recall rates, and quality indicators.

Main Results:

Cancer detection rates increased by 24% at the incident round (5.4 to 6.7 per 1000 women) between 2000 and 2005.

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Detection of small breast cancers (< or = 10 mm) rose by 40%.

While incident recall rates decreased, 22% of units still recalled over 10% of women at the prevalent round in 2005.

Conclusions:

The NHS breast screening programme demonstrates continuous performance improvement.
Future analysis of interval cancers will enhance the interpretation of cancer detection rates.