Mammography screening

Breast cancer is the most frequent malignant tumour in women.

The number of cases of breast cancer has increased by more than 20% in the last 25 years with more than 58,000 new cases every year in Germany. No other type of cancer has spread that drastically during the last years. The earlier breast cancer is diagnosed, the greater the chances of healing.

Therefore, the German Bundestag [Lower House of the Parliament] has decided the implementation of a nationwide quality-assured mammography screening programme for women aged between 50 and 69. This means that, based on official registration data, all women of this group of age are invited to have a mammography performed free of charge every two years.

Mammography screening complements palpation findings, since tiny tumours that are not palpable yet are visualised by means of digital images.

 

The screening practices are selected carefully and are certified. Among other things, the quality of the programme is assured by:

  • the requirement of a minimum number of examinations for the physicians involved (5,000 women per year)
  • an obligatory evaluation by two physicians
  • the separation of diagnosis (by the radiologist) and treatment (by the attending physician, e.g. gynaecologist, surgeon)
  • regular further training and examination of the radiologists by reference centres

Our practice realises the mammographies for the Heidelberg / Neckar-Odenwald area in the context of this programme. 

 
Mammography screening

More information

Screening-Region Rhein-Neckar 
www.radiologie.de 
www.mammo-programm.de
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