L'assurance de qualité en dépistage organise du cancer du sein [Quality assurance in organized screening of breast cancer]

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_798ECC408E3A
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Review (review): journal as complete as possible of one specific subject, written based on exhaustive analyses from published work.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
L'assurance de qualité en dépistage organise du cancer du sein [Quality assurance in organized screening of breast cancer]
Journal
Revue médicale de la Suisse romande
Author(s)
De Landtsheer J.P., Delaloye J.F., Lepori D., De Grandi P., Levi F.
ISSN
0035-3655
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2003
Volume
123
Number
5
Pages
283-9
Language
french
Notes
Publication types: English Abstract ; Journal Article ; Review - Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Quality assurance is an essential process which should be applied for any organised breast cancer screening program since mammography it the only test available for an early diagnosis. It should also assess the quality of diagnostic and treatment processes in order to ascertain that the quality of the screening program would not be altered by the procedures which take place after the screening. Quality assurance must be applied to each component of the screening process: equipment, radiographers (technicians) as well as radiologists. It is a multidisciplinary approach following a well defined protocol, which should be supervised by a coordination unit, the Breast Cancer Screening Foundation in Canton of Vaud. Performances of the Vaud program show clearly at what extend multiple reading method improves the quality of screening. It seems that there is no inconvenient to involve radiologists who wish to participate without any selection to the reading process provided that there is in place a team of 2nd and 3rd readers who benefit of an appropriate training and experience.
Keywords
Breast Neoplasms, Data Interpretation, Statistical, Humans, Mammography, Mass Screening, Program Evaluation, Quality Assurance, Health Care, Switzerland
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