EUROPEAN GUIDELINES FOR QUALITY ASSURANCE IN MAMMOGRAPHY...

[flu mm European guidelines for quality assurance in mammography screening mim Ed mon European Commission Cover: Fernando Ureña Rib, Duo Turbantes, Miami, private collection European guidelines for quality assurance in mammography screening Third Ed mon January 2001 Editors N. Perry M. Broeders C. de Wolf S. Törnberg Technical editor J. Schouten * * TV TV tY *r -A-Tür Tür-* TV * Europe Against Cancer A great deal of additional information on the European Union is available on the Internet. It can be accessed through the Europa server (http://europa.eu.int). Cataloguing data can be found at the end of this publication. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2001 ISBN 92-894-1145-7 © European Communities, 2001 Reproduction is authorised provided the source is acknowledged. Printed in Belgium John P. Sloane I 1946-2000 I This edition is dedicated to the memory of our friend and colleague who pioneered the quality assurance of breast pathology in the UK and throughout Europe N. Perry Quality Assurance Reference Centre London Region Breast Screening Programme St Bartholomew's Hospital 90 Bartholomew Close London EC1A 7BE United Kingdom M. Broeders Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics / EUREF Office 451 University Medical Centre Nijmegen PO Box 9101 6500 HB Nijmegen The Netherlands C.