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Country fact sheet: Belgium
BREAST CANCER SCREENING PROGRAMME
| Reporting year for qualitative data: | 2016 |
| Source of qualitative data: | Other (EU Report 2017) |
Organization of screening | |
| An individual/team/institution responsible to coordinate the programme: | Yes |
| Dedicated budget for screening programme: | Yes |
| Documented cancer screening policy: | Yes |
| Nature of documentation of the policy: | Law |
| Year programme was initiated: | 2001 |
| Programme introduction was preceded by a pilot: | - |
| Screening tests provided free of charge: | Yes |
| Diagnostic tests provided free of charge: | No |
| Treatment services provided free of charge: | - |
Information system and data collection | |
| System that collects data: | Individual & Aggregated |
| • Identification of eligible population: | - |
| • Screening participation: | - |
| • Screening test results: | - |
| • Further assessment: | - |
| • Final pathology diagnosis: | - |
| • Cancer staging: | - |
| • Treatment: | - |
| The information system exists at national or sub-national level: | Individual: Unknown Aggregated: Unknown |
| The information system collects data outside the programme (opportunistic screening/private sector): | - |
| Cancer screening data is linked with population-based cancer registry (PBCR): | Yes |
Screening protocol | |
| A screening protocol or guideline: | - |
| Year of published/updated protocol: | - |
| Target age (min-max) and screening interval [months] for each test: | Mammography/DBT (50-69 years / [24 months]) |
| All mammograms read by two radiologists independently: | - |
Invitations for screening and further assessment | |
| Initiatives to create population awareness by the Health Ministry/Health Authority: | - |
| Invitations to eligible population: | Yes |
| Source of the eligible individuals identified: | |
| Method of invitation: | Letter |
| Screen positive individuals actively contacted for further assessment: | Yes |
| Individuals with a precancer or cancer diagnosis actively contacted: | - |
Quality Assurance (QA) of screening activities | |
| Documented standard operating procedure/policy for QA: | - |
| An individual/team/institution responsible for QA: | Yes |
| Accreditation of mammography units: | - |
| Accreditation of pathology services: | - |
| Documented performance indicators: | - |
| Reference standards for performance indicators: | - |
| Evaluation reports published in the last five years: | Yes |
Performance indicators | |
| Reporting year for quantitative data: | 2016 |
| Source of quantitative data: | Report (EU Report 2017) |
| Age range and regional limitation if applicable: | 50-69 years for Flanders |
| Invitation coverage (%): | 100.1 |
| Participation rate (%): | 48.6 |
| Examination coverage (%): | |
| Completeness of data related to screening test results (%): | 100.2 |
| Completeness of data related to further assessment results (%): | 89.5 |
| Further assessment rate (%): | 2.6 |
| Further assessment participation rate (%): | 91.7 |
| Detection rate of CIS (x 1000): | 5.32 |
| Detection rate of invasive cancer (x 1000): | 0.99 |
| Detection rate of CIS and invasive cancer (x 1000): | |
| Positive Predictive Value of abnormal screening test to detect CIS (x 1000): | 22.6 |
| Positive Predictive Value of invasive cancer (x 1000): | |
| Positive Predictive Value of CIS and invasive cancer (x 1000): | |
| More quantitative data (Brussels: 2013) | |
| More quantitative data (Flanders: 2014) | |
| More quantitative data (Wallonia: 2013) | |
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