MRI Breast Screening Guidelines
NHSBSP PUBLICATION No 68 DECEMBER 2009
New NBS Guidelines for screening High Risk Women for Breast Cancer with Magnetic Resonance Imaging are being produced.
The guidelines are not yet published on the NHS BSP website, but are available on our site and the NBSS
Tittled - "technical guidelines for magnetic resonance imaging for the surveillance of women at increased risk of developing breast cancer"
The NHS Breast Screening Programme (NHSBSP) is responsible for setting and monitoring the standards for imaging surveillance of women below the screening age who are assessed as being at increased risk of developing breast cancer. This may be because of a family history of breast cancer or previous radiotherapy treatment for Hodgkin’s disease. The guidance sets out the technical standards required for the provision of breast MRI as part of the imaging surveillance of women at increased risk, and describes the arrangements for reporting MRI examinations and for quality assurance of MRI surveillance. The guidance is based on the results of the magnetic resonance imaging breast study (MARIBS)1 and has been compiled by a UK working party made up of members of the MARIBS steering group, representatives from industry including manufacturers of MRI equipment, and software companies producing tools for breast MRI analysis
In consultation with the NHS National Office, a database of all MRI measurements will be established for each MRI screening centre. National Office will support this new development, the training of MRI readers, and evaluation of the effectiveness of the surveillance process. The MRI physicist will be responsible for image data archiving and analysis. Standards for image acquisition, reading and assessment are summarised
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NHSBSP PUBLICATION No 68 DECEMBER 2009