Guidance

NHS breast screening: non operative diagnostic procedures

Diagnosis and reporting procedures for non operative breast screening, for use in the NHS breast screening programme.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 1 June 2001

This publication was withdrawn on 22 March 2017

This document has been superseded by revised guidance on the Royal College of Pathologists’ website.

Documents

Guidelines for non operative diagnostic procedures and reporting in breast cancer screening

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Details

Guidance on procedures for non operative diagnosis in the NHS breast screening programme, including:

• sampling techniques and procedures
• fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) reporting guidelines
• diagnostic pitfalls in interpretation of breast FNAC
• core biopsy reporting guidelines
• quality assurance

Published 1 June 2001