title: Mammography screening in Denmark.
abstract: Mammography screening is offered healthy women, and a high standard on professional and organizational level is mandatory not only in the screening programme but even in the diagnostic work-up and treatment. The main goal is to achieve a substantial reduction in disease specific mortality, but it is not possible to evaluate the effect on mortality until several years later, and continuously monitoring of the quality of all aspects of a screening programme is necessary. Based on other European guidelines, 11 quality indicators have been defined, and guidelines concerning organizational requirements for a Danish screening programme as well as recommendations for the radiographic and radiological work have been drawn up.
authors.affiliation: Diagnostic Imaging Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark. ilse.vejborg@rh.regionh.dk
authors.forename: Ilse
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vejborg
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mikkelsen
authors.forename: Jens Peter
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Garne
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bak
authors.forename: Anders
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lernevall
authors.forename: Nikolaj Borg
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Mogensen
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Elsebeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lynge
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*