Resources
Use of Fine Needle Aspiration in BreastScreen Australia Services
This clinical advice from the BreastScreen Australia (BSA) reviews the use of fine needle aspiration in screening services.
The use of Vacuum Assisted Core Biopsy (VACB)
This clinical advice from the BreastScreen Australia (BSA) reviews the use of vacuum assisted core biopsy (VACB) in screening services.
National Cervical Screening Program – fact sheet for colposcopists
Find out why colposcopists need to notify the National Cancer Screening Register about colposcopies under the National Cervical Screening Program, and how to notify.
National Cervical Screening Program – fact sheet for pathologists
Find out why pathologists need to notify the National Cancer Screening Register about cervical screening tests, and how to notify.
National Cervical Screening Program – data requirements for colposcopists
Find out what information colposcopists need to notify to the National Cancer Screening Register about cervical screening tests.
Skin cancer screening – position statement
The Standing Committee on Screening endorses recommendations provided in Cancer Council Australia’s 2014 position statement about why we don’t have a skin cancer screening program in Australia.
The possible impacts and consequences for public health, trade and agriculture of the government's decision to relax import restrictions on beef (2010)
Australian Government response to the Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References report on the inquiry into the possible impacts and consequences for public health, trade and agriculture of the government's decision to relax import restrictions on beef (2010)
BreastScreen Australia – DGMA self-assessment (BSA302)
BreastScreen Australia services and State Coordination Units (SCUs) use this form to undertake their own self-assessment against each Data Governance and Management Assessment (DGMA) requirement.
Data Dictionary coding for Pleomorphic Lobular Carcinoma in situ (PLCIS)
This clinical advice from the BreastScreen Australia (BSA) reviews the correct coding of PLCIS in the data dictionary.
Computed Radiography (CR) mammography compared with screen film mammography and Digital Radiography (DR) mammography
This clinical advice from the BreastScreen Australia (BSA) reviews the differences between the different types of mammography scans.
BreastScreen Australia – DGMA data assessor report (BSA303)
Data Assessors use this form to record their accreditation survey findings from undertaking a Data Governance and Management Assessment (DGMA) of a BreastScreen Australia Service or State Coordination Unit (SCU).
BreastScreen Australia – Response by Service/SCU to Data Assessor report (BSA304)
BreastScreen Australia services and State Coordination Units (SCUs) use this form to respond to the Data Assessor’s report and any comments made by the assessor.
BreastScreen Australia campaign tracking report
This campaign evaluation report outlines the results of a survey done to understand and estimate the reach and effectiveness of the third phase of the BreastScreen Australia campaign.
BreastScreen Australia – National Accreditation Standards (NAS) accountability framework (BSA003)
BreastScreen Australia services and State Coordination Units (SCUs) use this form to identify which NAS measures they are responsible for as part of the accreditation process.
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program – Participant Screening Pathway
This flowchart shows the pathways that people take through the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. It identifies what stages people are contacted throughout the process and who contacts them.
BreastScreen Australia NQMC – DGMA framework
This document outlines a framework for the Data Governance and Management Assessments (DGMA) that apply under the BreastScreen Australia Accreditation System.
BreastScreen Australia – Standard 5 Protocol Responsibility Framework (PRF5) (BSA301)
Each multi-service jurisdiction must have a PRF5 which details the allocation of operational level responsibility between the Service and State Coordination Unit (SCU) for each area of data governance and management.
National Cancer Screening Register – privacy impact assessment
This report looked at privacy issues relating to the National Cancer Screening Register. It contains 28 recommendations for the department.
BreastScreen Australia – Position statement on breast density and screening
The Standing Committee on Screening have developed this position statement on breast density and screening within the BreastScreen Australia Program.
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program – Campaign evaluation 2016
This report evaluates the effectiveness of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program’s 2016 campaign, ‘A gift for living’.
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program – Primary Health Care Engagement Strategy
This strategy helps health professionals encourage their patients to take part in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program.
National Bowel Cancer Screening Program – Quality Framework
This framework supports the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program. It outlines the level of quality aimed for at each step of the screening process and how to achieve those.
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Joan’s story – I do everything right and I still had bowel cancer
Joan talks about her experience with bowel cancer, and how doing the screening test saved her life.
Responsibility of assessment teams to review and biopsy abnormal axillary lymph nodes in women with malignant lesions at assessment
This clinical advice from the BreastScreen Australia (BSA) reviews whether axilla assessment should be done as part of their management.
Place of breast MRI as a problem solving tool at assessment
This clinical advice from the BreastScreen Australia (BSA) reviews the place of breast MRI in breast screening.
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