Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Evaluation of breast problems" and "Society guideline links: Breast cancer" and "Society guideline links: Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer".)
International
●World Health Organization (WHO): Position paper on mammography screening (2014)
Canada
●CCO: Guideline on breast screening for survivors of breast cancer (2017)
●Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR): Practice guidelines and technical standards for breast imaging and intervention (2012, modified 2016)
United States
●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on transgender breast cancer screening (2021)
●Choosing Wisely: Don't routinely use breast MRI for breast cancer screening in average risk women (2021)
●American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS): Position statement on screening mammography (2019)
●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on breast imaging of pregnant and lactating women (2018)
●ACR: Recommendations on breast cancer screening in women at higher-than-average risk (2018)
●ASBrS: Consensus guideline on diagnostic and screening magnetic resonance imaging of the breast (2018)
●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on breast cancer screening (2017)
●ACOG: Committee opinion for management of women with dense breasts diagnosed by mammography (2015)
●ACR: Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) Atlas, 5th edition (2013)
Europe
●ECIBC: Breast cancer screening and diagnosis – A synopsis of the European breast guidelines (2020)
●European Commission (EC): European guidelines for breast cancer screening and diagnosis (2017)
India
●Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR): Consensus document for management of breast cancer (2016)
Australia-New Zealand
●Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP): Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice – Breast cancer, 9th edition (updated 2018)
Japan
●[In English] Japanese Breast Cancer Society (JBCS): Clinical practice guidelines for breast cancer screening and diagnosis, 2018 edition (published 2020)
●[In Japanese] JBCS: Breast cancer practice guidelines (2018)