TY - JOUR A1 - Sardanelli, Francesco A1 - Aase, Hildegunn S. A1 - Álvarez, Marina A1 - Azavedo, Edward A1 - Baarslag, Henk J. A1 - Balleyguier, Corinne A1 - Baltzer, Pascal Andreas Thomas A1 - Beslagic, Vanesa A1 - Bick, Ulrich A1 - Bogdanovic-Stojanovic, Dragana A1 - Briediene, Ruta A1 - Brkljacic, Boris A1 - Camps Herrero, Julia A1 - Colin, Catherine A1 - Cornford, Eleanor A1 - Danes, Jan A1 - Geer, Gerard de A1 - Esen, Gul A1 - Evans, Andrew A1 - Fuchsjäger, Michael H. A1 - Gilbert, Fiona J. A1 - Graf, Oswald A1 - Hargaden, Gormlaith A1 - Helbich, Thomas H. A1 - Heywang-Köbrunner, Sylvia H. A1 - Ivanov, Valentin A1 - Jónsson, Ásbjörn A1 - Kuhl, Christiane Katharina A1 - Lisencu, Eugenia C. A1 - Luczynska, Elzbieta A1 - Mann, Ritse M. A1 - Marques, Jose C. A1 - Martincich, Laura A1 - Mortier, Margarete A1 - Müller-Schimpfle, Markus A1 - Ormandi, Katalin A1 - Panizza, Pietro A1 - Pediconi, Federica A1 - Pijnappel, Ruud M. A1 - Pinker, Katja A1 - Rissanen, Tarja A1 - Rotaru, Natalia A1 - Saguatti, Gianni A1 - Sella, Tamar A1 - Slobodníková, Jana A1 - Talk, Maret A1 - Taourel, Patrice A1 - Trimboli, Rubina Manuela A1 - Vejborg, Ilse A1 - Vourtsis, Athina A1 - Forrai, Gabor T1 - Position paper on screening for breast cancer by the European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI) and 30 national breast radiology bodies from Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Lithuania, Moldova, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey T2 - European radiology N2 - EUSOBI and 30 national breast radiology bodies support mammography for population-based screening, demonstrated to reduce breast cancer (BC) mortality and treatment impact. According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the reduction in mortality is 40 % for women aged 50–69 years taking up the invitation while the probability of false-positive needle biopsy is <1 % per round and overdiagnosis is only 1–10 % for a 20-year screening. Mortality reduction was also observed for the age groups 40–49 years and 70–74 years, although with “limited evidence”. Thus, we firstly recommend biennial screening mammography for average-risk women aged 50–69 years; extension up to 73 or 75 years, biennially, is a second priority, from 40–45 to 49 years, annually, a third priority. Screening with thermography or other optical tools as alternatives to mammography is discouraged. Preference should be given to population screening programmes on a territorial basis, with double reading. Adoption of digital mammography (not film-screen or phosphor-plate computer radiography) is a priority, which also improves sensitivity in dense breasts. Radiologists qualified as screening readers should be involved in programmes. Digital breast tomosynthesis is also set to become “routine mammography” in the screening setting in the next future. Dedicated pathways for high-risk women offering breast MRI according to national or international guidelines and recommendations are encouraged. KW - Breast cancer KW - Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) KW - Digital mammography KW - Population-based screening KW - Recall rate Y1 - 2016 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/45821 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-458210 SN - 1432-1084 SN - 1613-3757 SN - 0938-7994 SN - 1613-3749 N1 - Open Access: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. VL - 27 IS - 7 SP - 2737 EP - 2743 PB - Springer CY - Berlin ; Heidelberg ER -