ABS at BASO Breast Screening Audit 2002 - 2003

The 2002/03 Association of Breast Surgery at BASO (ABS at BASO) audit of screen detected breast cancer was undertaken to examine NHS Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP) surgical activity in the period 1st April 2002 to 31st March 2003. 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 NHS Breast Screening Programme.

The topic areas covered are:

• the number and invasive status of screen detected breast cancers
• preoperative diagnosis and use of diagnostic open biopsy
• lymph node status, invasive grade and NPI score

ABS at BASO Breast Screening Audit 2002 - 2003 (3.2Mb PDF)

A PowerPoint Presentation (857Kb) is available for download.

NHS Breast Cancer Screening Publications