Klin Onkol 2002; 15(3): 115-118.
Summary: The pilot study of breast cancer screening was performed in the Mamma Center DTC Prague in 1500 women within the three-month period since November 200l till January 2002. Its aim was to answer several questions discussed in the context with a recently planned screening programme in the Czech Republic. How many asymptomatic women would take advantage of the preventive breast examination? Is it possible to introduce the system of one-day-negative diagnostics? Can the concept of the screening program be based on the newly introduced units of integrated breast diagnostics ? How many women with malignant tumor or with benign breast disease may be hidden in the so-called asymptomatic group? The results of our pilot screening project are in full accordance with the studies carried out in other countries. In this feasibility study 11 breast carcinomas and 92 other benign breast diagnoses were detected among 1500 screened women. One-day diagnosis of the negative cases is feasible in a specialized units and the complete diagnostics including preoperative biopsy in one site can become the standard which fulfills the EUSOMA criteria as well.
