The Factors for Success and Lack of Success in the Breast Cancer Patient Care Pathway: A Qualitative Study From the Health Care Staff Perspective.

Objective: To produce information about factors related to successful and unsuccessful breast cancer care pathways from the health care staff perspective.

Materials And Methods: An electronic qualitative survey was used to collect data simultaneously from hospitals located in four different countries, focusing on four professional groups: diagnostic radiographers; radiation therapists; breast cancer nurses; and biomedical laboratory scientists (n = 23). The hospitals participating in the study treat breast cancer patients and research permits were applied from all of them.

Digital zoom of the full-field digital mammogram versus magnification mammography: a systematic review.

Objectives: To summarise and compare the performance of magnification mammography and digital zoom utilising a full-field digital mammography (FFDM) system in the detection and diagnosis of microcalcifications.

Methods: We ran an extended search in MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Engineering Village and Web of Science. Diagnostic test studies, experimental breast phantom studies and a Monte Carlo phantom study were included.

Characterization of radiographers' mammography practice in five European countries: a pilot study.

Objectives: This pilot study aimed to characterize and compare radiographers' mammography practice, including quality control and continuous professional development in five European countries.

Methods: Online survey was performed to collect data regarding participants' profile, institution's profile, mammography practice, quality control and continuous professional development. The questionnaire was sent to clinical radiographers working in Estonia, Finland, Norway, Portugal and Switzerland.