The Dutch Protocol for Quality Assurance in Mammography Screening

In 1975 the first programme in the Netherlands for population screening on breast cancer by mammography was started in Nijmegen. The positive results of this and other studies have led to a national screening programme. To ensure a good result, a centralised approach was chosen for the quality assurance (QA) in the radiology, the pathology and the physics of mammography. The National Expert and Training Centre for Breast Cancer Screening was set up as a Reference Centre for mammography. For the physics part, a protocol for acceptance testing, routine inspection and daily quality control (QC) w... Mehr ...