The UK breast screening program – what you need to know

Godley, Keith; Gladwell, Christina; Murray, Philip J.; Denton, Ere

doi:10.1080/13697137.2017.1342619

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“…The UK NHS Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP) invites women 3-yearly from age 50–70 years [ 1 ]. This has not been without controversy, centring on whether such programmes reduce overall mortality or burden of treatment from early detection [ 2 , 3 ] and whether this outweighs harms.…”

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Extending screening intervals for women at low risk of breast cancer: do they find it acceptable?

et al. 2021

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Background Trials of risk estimation in breast cancer screening programmes, in order to identify women at higher risk and offer extra screening/preventive measures, are ongoing. It may also be feasible to introduce less frequent screening for women at low-risk of breast cancer. This study aimed to establish views of women at low-risk of breast cancer regarding the acceptability of extending breast screening intervals for low-risk women beyond 3 y. Methods Semi-structured interviews were used to explore views of low-risk women, where “low-risk” was defined as less than 2% estimated 10-year risk of breast cancer aged > 46 years. Low-risk women were identified via the BC-Predict study, where following routine screening, women were given their 10-year risk of breast cancer by letter, along with additional information explaining breast cancer risk factors. To gain diversity of views, purposive sampling by ethnicity and socioeconomic background was used to recruit women. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Results Twenty-three women participated in individual interviews. Three themes are reported: (1) A good opportunity to receive risk estimation, where women found it worthwhile to receive a low-risk result although some were surprised if expecting a higher risk result; (2) Multi-faceted acceptability of extended screening intervals, with reactions to less frequent screening dependent on whether women were confident in being low-risk status and current safety evidence, (3) Passive approval versus informed choice, highlighting that women found it difficult to consider choosing less frequent screening without professionals’ recommendations, as they generally viewed attending breast screening as positive. Conclusions Risk assessment and receiving a low-risk of breast cancer is acceptable although, further research is required with more diverse samples of women. Any recommendation of less frequent screening in this risk group should be evidence-based in order to be acceptable. Communication needs to be carefully developed, with a focus on ensuring informed choice, prior to trialling any extended screening recommendations in future studies.

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Extending screening intervals for women at low risk of breast cancer: do they find it acceptable?

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“…UK has NHS Breast Screening Program that invites the women between the age 50-70 years for screening mammogram every three years. After 70 years, women can self-refer every three years, for the screening program (Johns et al, 2017;Godley et al, 2017). Although free screening services are available for women in UAE, relevant information does not always reach the community.…”

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Community and Policy Factors Influencing the Decision to Undergo Screening Mammography amongst Indian Women in the United Arab Emirates

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Murphy²,

Guraya³

et al. 2023

Asian Pac J Cancer Prev

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Objective: This study explored the expectations, requirements, and recommendations and identifies the socio-ecological determinants for the informed uptake of screening mammography amongst expatriate women residing in the UAE. Methodology: A qualitative research approach was adopted using five focus group discussions. The study comprised two populations-those who had undergone screening mammography and those who had not. Thematic analysis-the six-phase model was adopted and modified for data analysis. Results: The factors that influence the rate of uptake of screening mammography by the participants were multifactorial and reciprocal. The community determinants identified are cultural beliefs, medical professionals, breast cancer survivors, community organizations, and media. The health policies in an expatriate's home country and adopted country were found to have a considerable influence on the health behaviors of the participants. A comprehensive approach to change in health behavior is required to increase the informed uptake of screening mammography by expatriate women residing in the UAE. Conclusion: The study identified the need of developing migrant health units with community navigators, international health collaboration, migrant health directory, risk assessment team, automatic invitation system for screening, referral system, migrant cancer registry, and psychological support team in UAE. However, further studies are expected to give a wider perspective.

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“…For some cancers, a pre-malignant stage is recognised, which represents an increased risk of developed frank malignancy, for example Barrett's oesophagus, which predisposes to oesophageal cancer (Kubo et al, 2010) and bowel polyps which predispose to colorectal cancer (Higurashi et al, 2016). Genetic predisposition is recognised for some cancers, for example, some inherited gene mutations are associated with a lifetime risk of developing breast cancer of up to 60% for women carrying mutations in the BRCA genes (Parkes et al, 2017), compared with a population average lifetime risk of developing breast cancer of 12% for women in the UK (Godley et al, 2017).…”

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Exploring nutritional therapy practitioner perspectives on working with people affected by cancer

Granger¹

2021

European Journal of Integrative Medicine

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The UK breast screening program – what you need to know

Cited by 9 publications

References 26 publications

Extending screening intervals for women at low risk of breast cancer: do they find it acceptable?

Extending screening intervals for women at low risk of breast cancer: do they find it acceptable?

Community and Policy Factors Influencing the Decision to Undergo Screening Mammography amongst Indian Women in the United Arab Emirates

Exploring nutritional therapy practitioner perspectives on working with people affected by cancer

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