Multidisciplinary Team
A key feature of the Queensland Health BreastScreen Queensland Program is the multidisciplinary team approach to assessment of screen detected abnormalities, which aims to reach an accurate and timely diagnosis. The assessment of breast lesions involves the correlation of clinical, imaging and cytopathological / histopathological findings. The multidisciplinary team providing clinical care at assessment includes a radiologist, surgeon, nurses, radiographers, medical officer and if required, a cytotechnician or pathologist.
The team approach optimises the collection of information necessary for an accurate diagnosis of breast cancer, while minimising the adverse effects for women. The team's aim is to minimise anxiety and inconvenience for women, and to enable them to consult with all relevant health professionals at the same site, and where possible, to receive their results on the day of assessment.
To be accredited, BreastScreen Queensland Services must be staffed by people with appropriate expertise and training. Each link in this chain is necessary to deliver high quality breast cancer screening with high detection rates, the lowest possible rate of surgical procedures, and to enable deaths from breast cancer to be reduced.
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