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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3 Suppl 2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-9-10
pubmed:abstractText
Within this survey, conducted by the Italian Group for Mammography Screening (GISMa), individual data are collected yearly on more than 50% of all screen-detected operated lesions in Italy. In 2004, overall results show a good diagnosis and treatment quality and an improving trend over time. Critical issues have been identified in waiting times, compliance to the recommendations on not performing frozen section examination on small lesions and on performing specimen X-ray. Pre-operative diagnosis has reached an acceptable level, but room for improvement still exists. The sentinel lymph node technique (SLN) was performed on the axilla in almost 70% of screen-detected invasive cancers, avoiding a large number of potentially harmful dissections. On the other hand, potential overuse of SLN deserves further investigation. The detailed results have been distributed to local and regional screening programmes in order to enable multidisciplinary discussion and the identification of appropriate solutions to any problems documented by the data. Specialist Breast Units with adequate case volumes would provide the best setting for effective audits leading to quality improvement.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1120-9763
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
69-75
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17824364-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17824364-Carcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:17824364-Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating, pubmed-meshheading:17824364-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17824364-Guideline Adherence, pubmed-meshheading:17824364-Health Surveys, pubmed-meshheading:17824364-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17824364-Italy, pubmed-meshheading:17824364-Mammography, pubmed-meshheading:17824364-Mass Screening, pubmed-meshheading:17824364-Mastectomy, pubmed-meshheading:17824364-Medical Audit, pubmed-meshheading:17824364-National Health Programs, pubmed-meshheading:17824364-Outcome Assessment (Health Care), pubmed-meshheading:17824364-Predictive Value of Tests, pubmed-meshheading:17824364-Program Evaluation, pubmed-meshheading:17824364-Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy, pubmed-meshheading:17824364-Software
pubmed:articleTitle
Audit system on quality of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment (QT): results from the survey on screen-detected lesions in Italy, 2004.
pubmed:affiliation
CPO Piemonte, Torino.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Evaluation Studies