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Albania

• Institute of Public Health
  • Breast Cancer Screening in Albania During 2007-2008 [2013]

Asia

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
  • Prevalence of Breast Cancer Screening in Asia: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis [2024]

• Cancer Medicine
  • At what age should screening mammography be recommended for Asian women? [2015]

• Hong Kong Medical Journal
  • Understanding breast cancer screening—past, present, and future [2018]

Australia

• Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health
  • BreastScreen Australia national data by factors of interest for risk-based screening: routinely reported data and opportunities for enhancement [2022]

• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
  • BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2024 [2024]
  • BreastScreen Australia data dictionary: version 1.3 [2024]
  • Access to BreastScreen Australia screening services [2024]

• Australian Journal of General Practice
  • The early detection of breast cancer: An update from the Red book [2025]

• Breast
  • Women's views on using artificial intelligence in breast cancer screening: A review and qualitative study to guide breast screening services [2024]

• Cancer Council
  • Breast Cancer Early Detection Policy

• Clinical Oncology Society of Australia
  • Mammographic / Breast Density - Facts and Issues paper [2021]

• Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
  • BreastScreen Australia Program

• Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Breast Density Notification: An Australian Perspective [2020]

• Public Health Research and Practice
  • Public health advocacy in action: the case of unproven breast cancer screening in Australia [2016]

• Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
  • Breast cancer

Australia, New Zealand

• Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
  • RANZCR Breast Density Position Statement [2023]

Brazil

• BMC Public Health
  • Barriers and facilitators of the implementation of mammography screening in the Brazilian public health system: scoping review [2025]

• Cadernos de Saúde Pública
  • Guidelines for early detection of breast cancer in Brazil. III - Challenges for implementation [2018]
  • Guidelines for early detection of breast cancer in Brazil. II - New national recommendations, main evidence, and controversies [2018]
  • Guidelines for early detection of breast cancer in Brazil. I - Development methods [2018]

• Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
  • Social health determinants associated with mammography performance according to the 2013 and 2019 National Health Survey [2025]

• Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
  • Evaluation of breast cancer screening indicators in the female population using the National Health System, Brazil, 2018-2019: a descriptive study [2023]
  • Assessment of actions for breast cancer early detection in Brazil using process indicators: a descriptive study with Sismama data, 2010-2011 [2017]

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • Breast cancer screening and diagnosis in older adults women in Brazil: why it is time to reconsider the recommendations [2023]

• International Journal of Public Health
  • COVID-19 and Breast Cancer in Brazil [2023]

• Journal of Global Health
  • 10-year opportunistic mammographic screening scenario in Brazil and its impact on breast cancer early detection: a nationwide population-based study [2022]

• Radiologia Brasileira
  • Contribution of the Unified Health Care System to mammography screening in Brazil, 2013 [2016]

• Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
  • Recommendations for the Screening of Breast Cancer of the Brazilian College of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, Brazilian Society of Mastology and Brazilian Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics Association [2023]
  • Breast Cancer Screening: Updated Recommendations of the Brazilian College of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, Brazilian Breast Disease Society, and Brazilian Federation of Gynecological and Obstetrical Associations [2017]

• Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
  • Breast cancer screening in Brazil. Barriers related to the health system [2017]

Canada

• BMJ
  • Twenty five year follow-up for breast cancer incidence and mortality of the Canadian National Breast Screening Study: randomised screening trial [2014]

• Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
  • Digital Breast Tomosynthesis for the Screening and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer: A Review of the Diagnostic Accuracy, Cost-Effectiveness and Guidelines [2019]

• Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal
  • Addressing Misinformation About the Canadian Breast Screening Guidelines [2023]

• Canadian Family Physician
  • Breast density notification [2023]
  • Examining screening mammography participation among women aged 40 to 74 [2017]

• Canadian Journal of Surgery
  • CJS debate: Is mammography useful in average-risk screening for breast cancer? [2016]

• Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
  • Breast screening in Canada, 2023-24

• Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care
  • Screening for breast cancer: a systematic review update to inform the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care guideline [2024]
  • Patient preferences for breast cancer screening: a systematic review update to inform recommendations by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care [2024]
  • Breast Cancer (Update) – Draft Recommendations (2024) [2024]

• CMAJ
  • Applying the 2011 Canadian guidelines for breast cancer screening in practice [2012]

• CMAJ Open
  • The cost-effectiveness of adding tomosynthesis to mammography-based breast cancer screening: an economic analysis [2021]

• Current Oncology
  • When "One Size Fits All" Fits None: A Commentary on the Impacts of the"Draft Canadian Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines" on Racialized Populations in Canada [2025]
  • How Did CNBSS Influence Guidelines for So Long and What Can That Teach Us? [2022]
  • Screening for breast cancer in 2018—what should we be doing today? [2018]
  • Recommendations on breast cancer screening and prevention in the context of implementing risk stratification: impending changes to current policies [2016]

• Government of Alberta
  • Alberta breast cancer screening—clinical practice guideline 2022 update [2022]

• House of Commons of Canada
  • Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines

• JAMA Network Open
  • Cost-Effectiveness of Breast Cancer Screening Using Digital Mammography in Canada [2025]

• Journal of Breast Imaging
  • The Fundamental Flaws of the CNBSS Trials: A Scientific Review [2022]

• Journal of Medical Screening
  • The randomized trial of mammography screening that was not-A cautionary tale [2022]

• Ontario Health
  • Supplemental Screening as an Adjunct to Mammography for Breast Cancer Screening in People With Dense Breasts: A Health Technology Assessmen [2023]
  • Breast Screening for Survivors of Breast Cancer [2017]
  • Women's Experiences of Inaccurate Breast Cancer Screening Results: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Meta-synthesis [2016]
  • Ultrasound as an Adjunct to Mammography for Breast Cancer Screening: A Health Technology Assessment [2016]
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging as an Adjunct to Mammography for Breast Cancer Screening in Women at Less Than High Risk for Breast Cancer: A Health Technology Assessment [2016]
  • Breast Screening Recommendations Summary
  • Breast (Chest) Density Information for Healthcare Providers

• PLOS Computational Biology
  • Is mammography screening beneficial: An individual-based stochastic model for breast cancer incidence and mortality [2020]

Canada, Europe, United States

• Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of prognostic characteristics for breast cancers in populations with digital vs film mammography indicate the transition may have increased both early detection and overdiagnosis [2024]

Chile

• Breast
  • Mammogram screening in Chile: Using mixed methods to implement health policy planning at the primary care level [2011]

• Revista de Saúde Pública
  • Effectiveness of breast cancer screening policies in countries with medium-low incidence rates [2018]

China

• BMC Women's Health
  • The association between mammographic density and breast cancer risk in Chinese women: a systematic review and meta-analysis [2024]
  • Breast cancer screening and early diagnosis in China: a systematic review and meta-analysis on 10.72 million women [2024]

• Cancer Biology & Medicine
  • Interpretation of breast cancer screening guideline for Chinese women [2019]

• China CDC Weekly
  • Breast Cancer Screening Rates Among Women Aged 20 Years and Above — China, 2015 [2021]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Recommending Breast Cancer Screening to My Mum: Examining the Interplay of Threat, Efficacy, and Virality on Recommendation Intention in the Chinese Context [2023]

• Oncologist
  • Breast Cancer Challenges and Screening in China: Lessons From Current Registry Data and Population Screening Studies [2015]

• Population Health Metrics
  • Estimating disability-adjusted life years for breast cancer and the impact of screening in female populations in China, 2015-2030: an exploratory prevalence-based analysis applying local weights [2022]

• Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice and Policy
  • Breast Cancer Screening Among Adult Women in China, 2010 [2013]

Croatia

• Croatian Medical Journal
  • Results of the National Breast Cancer Screening Program in Croatia (2006-2016) [2022]

Czech Republic

• BMC Public Health
  • Breast cancer screening in the Czech Republic: time trends in performance indicators during the first seven years of the organised programme [2011]

Democratic Republic of Congo

• BMC Public Health
  • From the set-up of a screening program of breast cancer patients to the identification of the first BRCA mutation in the DR Congo [2014]

Denmark

• Clinical Epidemiology
  • Morbidity as a Predictor for Participation in the Danish National Mammography Screening Program: A Cross-Sectional Study [2020]
  • Danish Quality Database for Mammography Screening [2016]

• eLife
  • Nationwide mammography screening participation in Denmark during the COVID-19 pandemic: An observational study [2023]

• International Journal of Cancer
  • Benefit-to-harm ratio of the Danish breast cancer screening programme [2017]

East Africa

• BMC Public Health
  • Barriers and enablers of breast cancer screening among women in East Africa: a systematic review [2023]

Ethiopia

• PLoS ONE
  • Breast self-examination practice and its determinants among women in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2021]

Europe

• BMC Cancer
  • The impact of mammography screening programmes on incidence of advanced breast cancer in Europe: a literature review [2018]

• BMC Public Health
  • Development of breast cancer mortality considering the implementation of mammography screening programs – a comparison of western European countries [2019]

• Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • European Breast Cancer Service Screening Outcomes: A First Balance Sheet of the Benefits and Harms [2014]

• Cancers
  • Extending Age Ranges in Breast Cancer Screening in Four European Countries: Model Estimations of Harm-to-Benefit Ratios [2021]

• DenseBreast-info.org
  • DenseBreast-info/Europe

• European Commission
  • Benefits and harms of annual, biennial, or triennial breast cancer mammography screening for women at average risk of breast cancer: a systematic review for the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC) [2022]
  • Digital breast tomosynthesis compared to diagnostic mammographic projections (including magnification) among women recalled at screening mammography: a systematic review for the European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC) [2021]
  • Monitoring and evaluation of breast cancer screening programmes: selecting candidate performance indicators [2020]
  • Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis: A Synopsis of the European Breast Guidelines [2020]
  • European guidelines on breast cancer screening and diagnosis

• European Menopause and Andropause Society
  • EMAS position statement: Individualized breast cancer screening versus population-based mammography screening programmes [2014]

• European Society of Breast Imaging
  • ESR Essentials: screening for breast cancer - general recommendations by EUSOBI [2024]
  • Position paper on screening for breast cancer by the European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI) and 30 national breast radiology bodies [2017]
  • Mammography: an update of the EUSOBI recommendations on information for women [2017]
  • Mammography: EUSOBI recommendations for women's information [2012]

• International Journal of Cancer
  • The potential of breast cancer screening in Europe [2021]

• International Journal of Oncology
  • Breast cancer in European Union: An update of screening programmes as of March 2014 (Review) [2014]

• Journal of Health Economics
  • Effects of organized screening programs on breast cancer screening, incidence, and mortality in Europe [2023]

• Preventive Medicine
  • Presence, characteristics and equity of access to breast cancer screening programmes in 27 European countries in 2010 and 2014. Results from an international survey [2016]

Finland

• International Journal of Cancer
  • Cancer incidence and mortality patterns in women with breast symptoms in the mammography screening programme: A matched cohort analysis [2019]

France

• BMC Medical Ethics
  • Women's participation in breast cancer screening in France - an ethical approach [2014]

• Collège National des Gynécologues et Obstétriciens Français
  • French college of gynecologists and obstetricians (CNGOF) recommendations for clinical practice: Place of breast self-examination in screening strategies [2024]

Germany

• BMC Public Health
  • Sociodemographic inequalities in breast cancer screening attendance in Germany following the implementation of an Organized Screening Program: Scoping Review [2024]

• Breast Care
  • Relevance of Health Economics in the Early Detection of Breast Cancer in Germany – the View of the Professional Association of Practicing Gynecologic Oncologists e.V. (BNGO) [2013]

• Cancer Prevention Research
  • Estimating the Breast Cancer Burden in Germany and Implications for Risk-based Screening [2021]

• Frontiers in Oncology
  • Assessing and Explaining Geographic Variations in Mammography Screening Participation and Breast Cancer Incidence [2019]

• Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care
  • Review of age limits in the mammography screening programme [2022]

• International Journal of Cancer
  • Breast cancer incidence and mortality before and after implementation of the German mammography screening program [2020]

• RöFo
  • Guideline for determining the mean glandular dose according to DIN 6868-162 and threshold contrast visibility according to the quality assurance guideline for digital mammography systems [2014]

Ghana

• BMC Health Services Research
  • Mapping evidence on knowledge of breast cancer screening and its uptake among women in Ghana: a scoping review [2022]

• BMC Public Health
  • Unmet need for breast cancer screening among women of reproductive age in Ghana: a secondary analysis of the 2022 demographic and health survey [2025]

• Heliyon
  • The prevalence and predictive factors of breast cancer screening among older Ghanaian women [2020]

High-income countries

• BMC Women's Health
  • Breast cancer screening motivation and behaviours of women aged over 75 years: a scoping review [2024]

• European Journal of Radiology Open
  • A scoping review of programme specific mammographic breast density related guidelines and practices within breast screening programmes [2023]

• Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
  • Effect of screening mammography on the risk of breast cancer deaths and of all-cause deaths: a systematic review with meta-analysis of cohort studies [2024]

Hong Kong

• Hong Kong Medical Journal
  • Update on the Recommendations on Breast Cancer Screening by the Cancer Expert Working Group on Cancer Prevention and Screening [2022]

Hungary

• BMC Public Health
  • Breast cancer screening and its associating factors among hungarian women aged 45-65: a cross-sectional study based on the European health interview surveys from 2009 to 2019 [2023]

Iceland

• Breast Cancer : Targets and Therapy
  • Population-based service mammography screening: the Icelandic experience [2013]

India

• BMC Public Health
  • Prevalence and associated factors of mammography uptake among the women aged 45 years and above: policy implications from the longitudinal ageing study in India wave I survey [2025]

International

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
  • Cultural, Religious and Socio-Ethical Misconceptions among Muslim Women towards Breast Cancer Screening: A Systematic Review [2022]

• BMC Women's Health
  • Factors influencing breast cancer screening practices among women worldwide: a systematic review of observational and qualitative studies [2024]

• Breast
  • A systematic review of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer screening and diagnosis [2023]
  • Global guidelines for breast cancer screening: A systematic review [2022]

• Breast Cancer Research
  • Studies of parenchymal texture added to mammographic breast density and risk of breast cancer: a systematic review of the methods used in the literature [2022]

• Breast Health Global Initiative
  • Breast cancer early detection: A phased approach to implementation [2020]

• Cancer Medicine
  • Systematic reviews as a “lens of evidence”: Determinants of cost-effectiveness of breast cancer screening [2019]

• Cancers
  • Worldwide Review and Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies Measuring the Effect of Mammography Screening Programmes on Incidence-Based Breast Cancer Mortality [2020]

• Global Health Action
  • The global role, impact, and limitations of Community Health Workers (CHWs) in breast cancer screening: a scoping review and recommendations to promote health equity for all [2021]

• JNCI Cancer Spectrum
  • Clinical guidelines for the management of mammographic density: a systematic review of breast screening guidelines worldwide [2024]

• Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Challenges in Implementing Artificial Intelligence in Breast Cancer Screening Programs: Systematic Review and Framework for Safe Adoption [2025]

• Journal of Medical Screening
  • Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer screening and diagnosis rates: A rapid review and meta-analysis [2022]

• Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
  • Breast Cancer Screening in Older Women: the importance of shared decision making [2020]

• Life
  • Screening for Breast Cancer: A Comparative Review of Guidelines [2024]

• Radiography
  • Strategies enhancing the patient experience in mammography: A scoping review [2024]

• Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia
  • Artificial intelligence in mammography: a systematic review of the external validation [2024]

Iran

• Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
  • Status of breast cancer screening strategies and indicators in Iran: A scoping review [2022]

Ireland

• Health Information and Quality Authority
  • Review of information management practices at BreastCheck [2018]

• Journal of Medical Screening
  • Interval cancer audit and disclosure in breast screening programmes: An international survey [2023]

Israel

• International Journal of Cancer
  • Correlation between cumulative mammographic density and age-specific incidence of breast cancer: A biethnic study in Israel [2022]

Italy

• BMC Health Services Research
  • Integrating mammography screening programmes into specialist breast centres in Italy: insights from a national survey of Senonetwork breast centres [2022]

• La radiologia medica
  • Structured reporting of x-ray mammography in the first diagnosis of breast cancer: a Delphi consensus proposal [2022]
  • Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT): recommendations from the Italian College of Breast Radiologists (ICBR) by the Italian Society of Medical Radiology (SIRM) and the Italian Group for Mammography Screening (GISMa) [2017]

Ivory Coast

• Reproductive Health
  • Age at first menstruation and clinical breast cancer screening utilization: insights from the 2021 Côte d'Ivoire demographic and health survey [2024]

Japan

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
  • Analysis of Predictors of Breast Cancer Screening among Japanese Women Using Nationally Representative Survey Data, 2001–2013 [2021]

• Breast Cancer
  • The Japanese breast cancer society clinical practice guidelines for breast cancer screening and diagnosis, 2022 edition [2024]
  • The Japanese Breast Cancer Society Clinical Practice Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis, 2018 Edition [2020]

• Cancer Epidemiology
  • Japanese cancer screening programs during the COVID-19 pandemic: Changes in participation between 2017-2020 [2023]

Jordan

• Ministry of Health Jordan
  • Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis Guidelines [2017]

Kenya

• Ministry of Health Kenya
  • Breast Cancer Screening and Early Diagnosis Action Plan 2021-2025 [2021]

• PLoS ONE
  • Multilevel analysis of undergoing clinical breast examination and its associated factors among mothers of reproductive age in Kenya: Kenyan Demographic and Health Survey 2022 [2025]
  • Clinical breast cancer screening uptake and associated factors among reproductive age women in Kenya: further analysis of Kenyan Demographic and Health Survey 2022 [2025]
  • Awareness and its determinant factors towards breast examination to detect breast cancer among reproductive age women in Kenya: Multi level analysis of the recent demographic and health survey data [2024]

Kuwait

• Annals of Saudi Medicine
  • Kuwait National Mammography Screening Program: outcomes of 5 years of screening in Kuwaiti women [2021]

Latin America and the Caribbean

• Pan American Health Organization
  • Mammography Services Quality Assurance: Baseline Standards for Latin America and the Caribbean [2016]

Lesotho

• BMC Cancer
  • Factors associated with the uptake of clinical breast examination among women of reproductive age in Lesotho: analysis of a national survey [2023]

Lithuania

• Acta Medica Lituanica
  • Breast Cancer Screening Program in Lithuania: Trends in Breast Cancer Mortality Before and During the Introduction of the Mammography Screening Program [2020]

• Cancer Control
  • Trends in Breast Cancer Incidence and Stage Distribution Before and During the Introduction of the Mammography Screening Program in Lithuania [2019]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Predictors and Trend in Attendance for Breast Cancer Screening in Lithuania, 2006–2014 [2019]

Low and middle income countries

• Clinics
  • Breast cancer screening in developing countries [2017]

• Indian Journal of Medical Research
  • Screening for breast cancer: Cost-effective solutions for low- & middle-income countries [2021]

• Journal of Global Health
  • Economic evaluations of mammography to screen for breast cancer in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review [2022]

Malaysia

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
  • Risk-Stratified Breast Cancer Screening in Malaysia: Challenges and Opportunities [2024]
  • Breast Cancer Screening in Malaysia: A Policy Review [2021]

• BMC Public Health
  • Breast cancer and breast cancer screening use-beliefs and behaviours in a nationwide study in Malaysia [2023]

Mexico

• Revista de Investigación Clínica
  • Estimation of the Cost-Effectiveness of Breast Cancer Screening Using Mammography in Mexico Through a Simulation [2016]

Namibia

• BMC Public Health
  • Prevalence and determinants of breast self-examination practices among women in their reproductive age in Namibia: an analysis of the 2013 Namibia demographic and Health Survey [2023]

Netherlands

• BMJ
  • Effectiveness of and overdiagnosis from mammography screening in the Netherlands: population based study [2017]

• National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
  • Breast Cancer Screening Programme

New Zealand

• Health New Zealand
  • Impact analysis: Extending BreastScreen Aotearoa to include women aged 70-74 years [2019]
  • Cohort and Case Control Analyses of Breast Cancer Mortality [2015]
  • BreastScreen Aotearoa

Nordic countries

• Radiography
  • Factors affecting women's participation in mammography screening in Nordic countries: A systematic review [2023]

Norway

• European Journal of Public Health
  • Trends in breast cancer stage distribution before, during and after introduction of a screening programme in Norway [2014]

• European Radiology
  • How do AI markings on screening mammograms correspond to cancer location? An informed review of 270 breast cancer cases in BreastScreen Norway [2024]

• International Journal of Cancer
  • Cost-effectiveness of the Norwegian breast cancer screening program [2017]

Pakistan

• PLoS ONE
  • Awareness regarding breast cancer amongst women in Pakistan: A systematic review and meta-analysis [2024]

Palestine

• BMC Public Health
  • Women's awareness of breast cancer symptoms: a national cross-sectional study from Palestine [2022]

Peru

• PLoS ONE
  • Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Breast Cancer Control Interventions in Peru [2013]

Portugal

• European Journal of Public Health
  • Mammography use for breast cancer screening in Portugal: results from the 2005/2006 National Health Survey [2013]

• Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice and Policy
  • Mammography Use in Portugal: National Health Survey 2014 [2017]

Qatar

• BMJ Open
  • Do socioeconomic factors influence breast cancer screening practices among Arab women in Qatar? [2015]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Breast Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices amongst Women in Qatar [2022]

Republic of Korea

• BMC Women's Health
  • Retrospective observation on contribution and limitations of screening for breast cancer with mammography in Korea: detection rate of breast cancer and incidence rate of interval cancer of the breast [2016]

• Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Temporal Trend in Uptake of the National General Health Checkups and Cancer Screening Program among Korean Women with Breast Cancer [2024]

• Epidemiology and Health
  • Trends in breast cancer screening rates among Korean women: results from the Korean National Cancer Screening Survey, 2005-2020 [2022]
  • Effect of mammography screening on the long-term survival of breast cancer patients: results from the National Cancer Screening Program in Korea [2022]

• Korean Journal of Radiology
  • Performance of Screening Mammography: A Report of the Alliance for Breast Cancer Screening in Korea [2016]
  • Clinical Image Evaluation of Film Mammograms in Korea: Comparison with the ACR Standard [2013]

• Scientific Reports
  • Impact of health disparities on national breast cancer screening participation rates in South Korea [2023]

Saudi Arabia

• Ministry of Health Saudi Arabia
  • Clinical Practice Guideline on the Use of Screening Strategies for the Detection of Breast Cancer [2014]

• Women's Health
  • Level and predictors of breast cancer awareness among Saudi women: A nationwide study [2022]

Singapore

• Annals Academy of Medicine Singapore
  • Barriers to breast cancer screening in Singapore: A literature review [2022]

• PLoS ONE
  • Factors associated with false-positive mammography at first screen in an Asian population [2019]

• Singapore Medical Journal
  • The Case for Breast Cancer Screening in Singapore [2002]

Slovenia

• PLoS ONE
  • Prognostic factors and outcomes in women with breast cancer in Slovenia in relation to step-wise implementation of organized screening [2022]

South Africa

• SA Journal of Radiology
  • Screening mammography with special reference to guidelines in South Africa [2018]

Spain

• PLoS ONE
  • Cost-Effectiveness of Double Reading versus Single Reading of Mammograms in a Breast Cancer Screening Programme [2016]
  • Association between the Adherence to the International Guidelines for Cancer Prevention and Mammographic Density [2015]

Sri Lanka

• Ministry of Health Sri Lanka
  • Early Detection and Management of Breast Symptoms [2014]

Sub-Saharan Africa

• BMC Cancer
  • Breast cancer screening in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and ethical appraisal [2022]

• BMC Public Health
  • Influence of distance to health facilities on clinical breast cancer screening behaviour among women in five sub-Saharan African countries [2023]

• BMJ Open
  • Prevalence and determinants of breast cancer screening in four sub-Saharan African countries: a population-based study [2020]

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • The prevalence and predictors of clinical breast cancer screening in Sub-Saharan African countries: a multilevel analysis of Demographic Health Survey [2024]

• Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences
  • A model to enhance breast cancer screening among rural women aged 40-75 years in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): A scoping review [2024]

Sweden

• JAMA Oncology
  • Breast Cancer Incidence After a False-Positive Mammography Result [2024]

• Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
  • Statistical analyses in Swedish randomised trials on mammography screening and in other randomised trials on cancer screening: a systematic review [2015]

Switzerland

• BMC Health Services Research
  • Breast cancer screening attendance in two Swiss regions dominated by opportunistic or organized screening [2016]

• New England Journal of Medicine
  • Abolishing Mammography Screening Programs? A View from the Swiss Medical Board [2014]

Syria

• Cancer Treatment and Research Communications
  • Assessing Syrian women's knowledge of breast cancer risk factors, warning signs, and barriers to preventive measures: A cross-sectional study [2023]

Taiwan

• BMC Medicine
  • Performance measures of 8,169,869 examinations in the National Breast Cancer Screening Program in Taiwan, 2004-2020 [2023]

• BMC Public Health
  • Socioeconomic inequalities in uptake of outreach mammography before and after accessibility improvement of Taiwan's national universal breast cancer screening policy [2024]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Inequality in the Utilization of Breast Cancer Screening between Women with and without Disabilities in Taiwan: A Propensity-Score-Matched Nationwide Cohort Study [2022]

• Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health
  • Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis and Mammography in Breast Cancer Screening: A Markov Modeling Study [2024]

Tanzania

• BMC Women's Health
  • Women's empowerment and its influence on the uptake of breast cancer screening in Tanzania: an analysis of 2022 Tanzania demographic health survey data [2024]

Tunisia

• Health Research Policy and Systems
  • Contextual differences considered in the Tunisian ADOLOPMENT of the European guidelines on breast cancer screening [2021]

Uganda

• Cancer
  • Breast cancer early detection and diagnostic capacity in Uganda [2020]

• PLoS ONE
  • National diagnostic reference levels for digital diagnostic and screening mammography in Uganda [2024]

United Arab Emirates

• Ministry of Health and Prevention
  • The National Guideline for Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis [2023]

United Kingdom

• Applied Health Economics and Health Policy
  • A structured process for the validation of a decision-analytic model: application to a cost-effectiveness model for risk-stratified national breast screening [2024]

• BMC Cancer
  • Risk stratified breast cancer screening: UK healthcare policy decision-making stakeholders’ views on a low-risk breast screening pathway [2020]

• BMJ Open
  • Improving screening recall services for women with false-positive mammograms: a comparison of qualitative evidence with UK guidelines [2015]

• British Journal of Cancer
  • The cost-effectiveness of risk-stratified breast cancer screening in the UK [2023]
  • The projected impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on breast cancer deaths in England due to the cessation of population screening: a national estimation [2022]
  • Effect of population breast screening on breast cancer mortality up to 2005 in England and Wales: an individual-level cohort study [2016]
  • Estimating breast cancer mortality reduction and overdiagnosis due to screening for different strategies in the United Kingdom [2014]
  • The benefits and harms of breast cancer screening: an independent review [2013]

• British Journal of Radiology
  • Evidence-informed recommendations on managing breast screening atypia: perspectives from an expert panel consensus meeting reviewing results from the Sloane atypia project [2024]

• Cancer Medicine
  • A case-control study to evaluate the impact of the breast screening programme on breast cancer incidence in England [2023]

• Health Technology Assessment
  • Annual mammographic screening to reduce breast cancer mortality in women from age 40 years: long-term follow-up of the UK Age RCT [2020]

• JAMA Network Open
  • Cost-Effectiveness of AI for Risk-Stratified Breast Cancer Screening [2024]

• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • Contrast-enhanced spectral mammography for breast cancer [2022]
  • Artificial intelligence in mammography [2021]

• Nature Communications
  • Cost-effectiveness requirements for implementing artificial intelligence technology in the Women's UK Breast Cancer Screening service [2023]

• NHS Digital
  • Breast Screening Programme

• NHS England
  • Statement on reporting of breast density
  • NHS breast screening (BSP) programme
  • NHS Breast screening programme screening standards valid for data collected from 1 April 2021
  • NHS Breast screening programme screening standards valid for data collected from 1 April 2017
  • Guidance for radiology and advanced radiographic practice in the NHS Breast Screening Programme
  • Breast screening: very high risk women surveillance protocols
  • Breast screening: professional guidance
  • Breast screening: information leaflets
  • Breast screening: guidance on implementation of Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations (2017)
  • Breast screening supporting information
  • Breast screening programme: standards
  • Breast Screening: Attended not screened

• Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
  • Breast screening pathway requirements specification

• Psycho-Oncology
  • A Systematic Review of Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening, and of Interventions Designed to Increase Participation, Among Women of Black African and Black Caribbean Descent in the UK [2025]

• Public Health Scotland
  • Scottish breast screening programme statistics

• Public Health Wales
  • Breast screening

• UK National Screening Committee
  • UK National Screening Committee's approach to reviewing evidence on artificial intelligence in breast cancer screening [2022]
  • Breast cancer

United States

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  • Screening for Breast Cancer: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force [2024]
  • Supplemental Screening for Breast Cancer in Women With Dense Breasts [2016]
  • Screening for Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review to Update the 2009 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation [2016]
  • Screening for Breast Cancer With Digital Breast Tomosynthesis [2016]

• American Association of Physicists in Medicine
  • AAPM Medical Physics Practice Guideline MPPG 17.a: Quality management for mammography review workstation displays [2025]
  • Joint AAPM Task Group 282/EFOMP Working Group Report: Breast dosimetry for standard and contrast-enhanced mammography and breast tomosynthesis [2023]

• American Cancer Society
  • Breast Cancer Screening for Women at Average Risk: 2015 Guideline Update From the American Cancer Society [2015]
  • Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Requires Notification of Breast Density in Mammography Reports [2023]
  • Management of Women With Dense Breasts Diagnosed by Mammography [2015]

• American College of Physicians
  • Screening for Breast Cancer in Average-Risk Women: A Guidance Statement From the American College of Physicians [2019]

• American College of Radiology
  • Updated Recommendations by the American College of Radiology for Breast Cancer Screening in Individuals at Higher-Than-Average Risk [2023]
  • Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations Inclusive of All Women at Average Risk: Update from the ACR and Society of Breast Imaging [2021]
  • Breast Cancer Screening in Women at Higher-Than-Average Risk: Recommendations From the ACR [2018]
  • Female Breast Cancer Screening
  • ACR–AAPM–SIIM Practice Parameter for Determinants of Image Quality In Mammography
  • ACR Practice Parameter for the Performance of Screening and Diagnostic Mammography
  • ACR Practice Parameter for the Performance of Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT)

• American Society of Breast Surgeons
  • Position Statement on Screening Mammography [2019]

• Annals of Internal Medicine
  • Aggregate Cost of Mammography Screening in the United States: Comparison of Current Practice and Advocated Guidelines [2014]

• Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
  • Breast Cancer Screening [2017]

• BMJ Open
  • National yearly cost of breast cancer screening in the USA and projected cost of advocated guidelines: a simulation study with life table modelling [2025]

• Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Breast Cancer Screening in the Era of Density Notification Legislation: Summary of 2014 Massachusetts Experience and Suggestion of An Evidence-Based Management Algorithm by Multi-disciplinary Expert Panel [2015]

• Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium
  • Racial and Ethnic Variation in Diagnostic Mammography Performance among Women Reporting a Breast Lump [2023]
  • National Performance Benchmarks for Screening Digital Breast Tomosynthesis: Update from the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium [2023]
  • Mammography adherence in relation to function-related indicators in older women [2022]
  • Diagnostic Mammography Performance across Racial and Ethnic Groups in a National Network of Community-Based Breast Imaging Facilities [2022]
  • Trade-Offs Between Harms and Benefits of Different Breast Cancer Screening Intervals Among Low-Risk Women [2021]
  • Function-related Indicators and Outcomes of Screening Mammography in Older Women: Evidence from the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium Cohort [2021]
  • Screening Mammography Outcomes: Risk of Breast Cancer and Mortality by Comorbidity Score and Age [2020]
  • Trends in Clinical Breast Density Assessment From the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium [2019]
  • Digital Breast Tomosynthesis: Radiologist Learning Curve [2019]
  • Quantifying performance thresholds for recommending screening mammography: a revealed preference analysis of USPSTF guidelines [2018]
  • National Performance Benchmarks for Modern Diagnostic Digital Mammography: Update from the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium [2017]
  • Change in Breast Cancer Screening Intervals Since the 2009 USPSTF Guideline [2017]
  • Tailoring Breast Cancer Screening Intervals by Breast Density and Risk for Women Aged 50 Years or Older: Collaborative Modeling of Screening Outcomes [2016]
  • Performance of digital screening mammography among older women in the United States [2015]
  • One versus Two Breast Density Measures to Predict 5- and 10-Year Breast Cancer Risk [2015]
  • Diagnostic Accuracy of Digital Screening Mammography With and Without Computer-Aided Detection [2015]
  • Breast Tumor Prognostic Characteristics and Biennial vs Annual Mammography, Age, and Menopausal Status [2015]
  • Timeliness of abnormal screening and diagnostic mammography follow-up at facilities serving vulnerable women [2013]
  • Screening outcomes in older US women undergoing multiple mammograms in community practice: does interval, age, or comorbidity score affect tumor characteristics or false positive rates? [2013]
  • Reported mammographic density: film-screen versus digital acquisition [2013]
  • Outcomes of screening mammography by frequency, breast density, and postmenopausal hormone therapy [2013]
  • Impact of mammography screening interval on breast cancer diagnosis by menopausal status and BMI [2013]
  • Facility characteristics do not explain higher false-positive rates in diagnostic mammography at facilities serving vulnerable women [2012]
  • Timeliness of follow-up after abnormal screening mammogram: variability of facilities [2011]
  • Effectiveness of computer-aided detection in community mammography practice [2011]
  • Comparative effectiveness of digital versus film-screen mammography in community practice in the United States: a cohort study [2011]
  • Accuracy of diagnostic mammography at facilities serving vulnerable women [2011]
  • Time trends in radiologists' interpretive performance at screening mammography from the community-based Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium, 1996-2004 [2010]
  • Performance of first mammography examination in women younger than 40 years [2010]
  • Physician workload in mammography [2008]
  • An assessment of the quality of mammography care at facilities treating medically vulnerable populations [2008]
  • Factors associated with imaging and procedural events used to detect breast cancer after screening mammography [2007]
  • Improving the concordance of mammography assessment and management recommendations [2006]

• Cancer
  • Performance of digital screening mammography among older women in the U.S [2014]
  • Mammographic Screening Interval in Relation to Tumor Characteristics and False-positive Risk by Race/Ethnicity and Age [2013]

• Cancer Medicine
  • Factors associated with mammography use: A side-by-side comparison of results from two national surveys [2020]

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Vital Signs: Mammography Use and Association with Social Determinants of Health and Health-Related Social Needs Among Women — United States, 2022 [2024]
  • Screening for Breast Cancer
  • Mammography

• DenseBreast-info.org
  • Mammography Screening Guidelines in Average Risk Women

• Food and Drug Administration
  • Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) and MQSA Program

• Frontiers in Public Health
  • Social determinants of health and health inequities in breast cancer screening: a scoping review [2024]

• International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Breast Cancer Screening among African Immigrants in the United States: An Integrative Review of Barriers, Facilitators, and Interventions [2024]
  • The Impact of IT-Based Healthcare Communication on Mammography Screening Utilization among Women in the United States: National Health Interview Survey (2011-2018) [2022]

• JAMA Internal Medicine
  • The Divide Between Breast Density Notification Laws and Evidence-Based Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening [2015]

• JAMA Network Open
  • Socioeconomic and Geographic Differences in Mammography Trends Following the 2009 USPSTF Policy Update [2025]
  • New Recommendations for Breast Cancer Screening-In Pursuit of Health Equity [2024]
  • Changes to the US Preventive Services Task Force Screening Guidelines and Incidence of Breast Cancer [2024]
  • Inclusion of the US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation for Mammography in State Comprehensive Cancer Control Plans in the US [2022]

• JAMA Oncology
  • Breast Cancer Screening Strategies for Women With ATM, CHEK2, and PALB2 Pathogenic Variants: A Comparative Modeling Analysis [2022]

• Journal of General Internal Medicine
  • Racial Disparities Persist in Cancer Screening: New USPSTF Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines Illuminate Inadequate Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines for Black Women [2022]
  • Guideline-Inconsistent Breast Cancer Screening for Women over 50: A Vignette-Based Survey [2014]

• Journal of the American College of Radiology
  • Associations of State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Eligibility Policies With Mammography [2024]
  • Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Breast Imaging: An Analysis of the National Mammography Database [2022]

• Journal of the National Cancer Institute
  • Breast cancer screening during the COVID-19 pandemic: moving from disparities to health equity [2023]

• Journal of Women's Health
  • Screening Mammography Among Older Women: A Review of United States Guidelines and Potential Harms [2019]
  • Prevalence of Out-Of-Pocket Payments for Mammography Screening Among Recently Screened Women [2019]

• Milbank Quarterly
  • Why Was the US Preventive Services Task Force's 2009 Breast Cancer Screening Recommendation So Objectionable? A Historical Analysis [2022]

• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
  • Assessing and Improving the Interpretation of Breast Images [2015]

• National Cancer Institute
  • Breast Cancer Screening (PDQ®)

• National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis, Version 1.2023 [2023]

• PLoS ONE
  • Impact of the 2009 US Preventive Services Task Force Guidelines on Screening Mammography Rates on Women in Their 40s [2014]

• Radiology
  • Registry-based Study of Trends in Breast Cancer Screening Mammography before and after the 2009 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations [2014]

• StatPearls
  • Mammography BI RADS Grading
  • Mammography
  • Breast Cancer Screening in the Average-Risk Patient

• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
  • Breast Cancer: Screening [2024]

WHO

• International Agency for Research on Cancer
  • Atlas of breast cancer early detection [2023]
  • Breast Cancer Screening [2016]
  • Breast-Cancer Screening — Viewpoint of the IARC Working Group [2015]
  • Breast self-examination (BSE)

• World Health Organization
  • WHO position paper on mammography screening [2014]

WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region

• WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
  • Guidelines for the early detection and screening of breast cancer [2006]

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