title: [Assessment of required resources for implementation of national breast cancer screening program in Serbia].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  High values of standardized mortality and morbidity rates of standardized cancer mortality in Serbia, especially colorectal, cervical and breast cancer led to creation of national programs for their early detection and engagement of the international support for their implementation.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Assessment of required resources (time, personnel, financial) to implement the National program for screening of breast cancer in the Republic of Serbia.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three possible scenarios have been prepared (optimistic, realistic and pessimistic) based on the expected coverage by screening of women aged 45 to 69 years, and time, personnel and financial feasibility estimates were made for a two-year screening cycle.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Time aspect of feasibility even under conditions of "relaxation" of the assumption on the number of working days during the year did not question feasibility of any of the scenarios. Personnel feasibility is only possible in the pessimistic scenario, while the financial feasibility only makes sense in optimistic scenario as the least unfavorable solution due to economies of scale.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Establishment of the initial base of skilled radiologists and radiology technicians and the system for their continuous medical education as well as allocation of specific MoH budget line for screening program expenditures, along with donated mammographs and good organization and coordination, may provide unobstructed implementation of the National program for early detection of breast cancer in the Republic of Serbia.
authors.forename: Nemanja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Majstorović
authors.forename: Snezana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Simić
authors.forename: Bojana
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Matejić
authors.forename: Mladen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cudanov
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006295:Health Resources; D006280:Health Workforce; D061889:Healthcare Financing; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D055771:Serbia; D013997:Time Factors