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Country fact sheet: Panama
BREAST CANCER SCREENING PROGRAMME
| Reporting year for qualitative data: | 2020 |
| Source of qualitative data: | Directly from Programme |
Organization of screening | |
| An individual/team/institution responsible to coordinate the programme: | Yes |
| Dedicated budget for screening programme: | No |
| Documented cancer screening policy: | Yes |
| Nature of documentation of the policy: | Notification |
| Year programme was initiated: | 2008 |
| Programme introduction was preceded by a pilot: | No |
| Screening tests provided free of charge: | Yes |
| Diagnostic tests provided free of charge: | No |
| Treatment services provided free of charge: | No |
Information system and data collection | |
| System that collects data: | Individual & Aggregated |
| • Identification of eligible population: | No |
| • Screening participation: | Individual & Aggregated |
| • Screening test results: | Individual & Aggregated |
| • Further assessment: | Individual & Aggregated |
| • Final pathology diagnosis: | Individual & Aggregated |
| • Cancer staging: | Aggregated |
| • Treatment: | Aggregated |
| The information system exists at national or sub-national level: | Individual: Both national and sub-national Aggregated: Both national and sub-national |
| The information system collects data outside the programme (opportunistic screening/private sector): | Yes |
| Cancer screening data is linked with population-based cancer registry (PBCR): | PBCR exists but not linked |
Screening protocol | |
| A screening protocol or guideline: | Yes |
| Year of published/updated protocol: | 2015 |
| Target age (min-max) and screening interval [months] for each test: | Mammography/DBT + CBE/US (40-74 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: | Mass media campaign Small media campaign Group education One-on-one education |
| Invitations to eligible population: | No |
| Source of the eligible individuals identified: | - |
| Method of invitation: | - |
| Screen positive individuals actively contacted for further assessment: | Yes |
| Individuals with a precancer or cancer diagnosis actively contacted: | Yes |
Quality Assurance (QA) of screening activities | |
| Documented standard operating procedure/policy for QA: | No |
| An individual/team/institution responsible for QA: | No |
| Accreditation of mammography units: | No |
| Accreditation of pathology services: | No |
| Documented performance indicators: | No |
| Reference standards for performance indicators: | - |
| Evaluation reports published in the last five years: | No |
Performance indicators | |
| Reporting year for quantitative data: | No data currently available |
Check also the following factsheets: Panama, Cervical, Colorectal