ABS at BASO Breast Screening Audit 2001 - 2002

The 2001/02 Association of Breast Surgery at BASO (ABS at BASO) audit of screen detected breast cancer was undertaken to examine NHS Breast Screening Programme surgical activity in the period 1st April 2001 to 31st March 2002. The audit was designed to assess surgical performance by comparison of data with as many as possible of the surgical Quality Assurance (QA) standards recommended by the UK NHS Breast Screening Programme.

The topic areas covered are:

• the number and invasive status of screen detected breast cancer
• pre-operative diagnosis and use of open biopsy
• surgical caseload
• treatment and size of all cancers
• adjuvant therapy
• survival audit of cases detected by screening between 1st April 1996 to 31st March 1997

ABS at BASO Breast Screening Audit 2001 - 2002 (1.2Mb PDF)

NHS Breast Cancer Screening Publications