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Title Improving breast imaging quality standards / Committee on Improving Mammography Quality Standards, National Cancer Policy Board, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies ; Sharyl Nass and John Ball, editors
Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 221 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction -- Improving interpretive performance in mammography -- MQSA regulations, inspections, and enforcement -- Ensuring an adequate workforce for breast cancer screening and diagnosis -- Beyond MQSA
Summary Mammography is an important tool for detecting breast cancer at an early stage. When coupled with appropriate treatment, early detection can reduce breast cancer mortality. At the request of Congress, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioned a study to examine the current practice of mammography and breast cancer detection, with a focus on the FDA's oversight via the Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA), to identify areas in need of improvement. Enacted in 1993, MQSA provides a general framework for ensuring national quality standards in facilities performing screening mammography, requires that each mammography facility be accredited and certified, and mandates that facilities will undergo annual inspections. This book recommends strategies for achieving continued progress in assuring mammography quality, including changes to MQSA regulation, as well as approaches that do not fall within the purview of MQSA. Specifically, this book provides recommendations aimed at improving mammography interpretation; revising MQSA regulations, inspections, and enforcement; ensuring an adequate workforce for breast cancer screening and diagnosis; and improving breast imaging quality beyond mammography
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Breast -- Radiography -- Standards -- United States
Breast Diseases -- diagnosis
Mammography -- standards
MEDICAL -- Gynecology & Obstetrics.
Breast -- Radiography -- Standards
SUBJECT United States
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
Author Nass, Sharyl J.
Ball, John, 1944-
National Cancer Policy Board (U.S.). Committee on Improving Mammography Quality Standards.
LC no. 2005929662
ISBN 9780309550031
0309550033
9786610742196
6610742197