Resource-Stratified Matrix Guidelines

Early Detection and Access to Care

this table with others (will launch a pop-up window).

Comments?

  1. Click on any matrix guideline recommendation below to create a blank, pre-addressed e-mail
  2. Enter your your comments in the e-mail, then send the e-mail
  3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for all guidelines on which you wish to comment
 
Level of resources
Detection Method(s)
Evaluation Goal
Basic

Breast health awareness (education +/- self-examination)

Clinical breast examination (clinician education)

Baseline assessment and repeated survey

Limited

Targeted outreach/education encouraging CBE for at-risk groups

Diagnostic ultrasound +/- diagnostic mammography

Downstaging of symptomatic disease

Enhanced

Diagnostic mammography

Opportunistic mammographic screening

Opportunistic screening of asymptomatic patients

Maximal

Population-based mammographic screening

Other imaging technologies as appropriate : high-risk groups, unique imaging challenges

Population-based screening of asymptomatic patients


Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
1100 Fairview Ave. N. PO Box 19024 Seattle, WA 98109
©2008 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, a nonprofit organization.
Terms of Use & Privacy Policy.