The NHS Breast Screening Programme is evidence-based. Here is a list of some key research projects:
- Absolute numbers of lives saved and overdiagnosis in breast cancer screening
- Age at which women are screened
- Age Extension Full Randomised Control Trial and FAQs
- Age Extension Pilot Study
- Age trial
- Second All Breast Cancer Report 2007
- ALMANAC trial (opens in separate window)
- Case-control study of the impact of the East Anglian breast screening programme on breast cancer mortality (opens in separate window)
- Computer-aided diagnosis in breast screening
- DCIS: The Sloane Project (a prospective audit)
- DMIST
- Effects of deodorants on mammographic films
- Family History (01) and Family History (02)
- Frequency trial
- Improving access to breast cancer screening: a knowledge management approach
- Increasing Attendance at Breast Cancer Screening: Field Trial ( March 2007) (PDF 349Kb)
- Initial Assessment of Age Extension Report ScHARR
- Intervention to Increase Breast Screening Uptake (March 2002)
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Breast Screening (MARIBS)
- Million women study
- New ways of working in the NHS Breast Screening Programme
- Non-Invasive Breast Cancer Report
- Optimisation of breast cancer detection using digital X-ray technology (OPTIMAM) (opens in separate window)
- Out Of Hours Study (OOHS)
- Over 65s pilot
- Patient Navigation Project Pilot Report
- Prevention trial (IBIS)
- Small invasives trial
- Tomosynthesis trial
- TOMMY trial
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- NHSBSP home page
- Programme publications
- About breast screening
- What is breast screening?
- What does the NHS Breast Screening Programme do?
- What happens at a breast screening unit?
- Why are women under 50 not routinely invited?
- Are women screened over the age of 70?
- Screening women at higher risk
- Does breast screening save lives?
- Does breast screening have any risks?
- What is Digital Mammography?
- Research in breast screening
- About breast cancer
- Programme logistics
- Frequently asked questions
- Programme statistics
- Mammography equipment reports
- Programme news index
- Useful links