BreastCheck publications

Booklets

• About Breast Screening -
  Download booklet Important information about your breast screening (.pdf file 1.07 MB, 16 pages - A4 format)
  Download Irish version: Faisnéis thábhachtach faoi do scagadh cíche (.pdf file 1.06 MB, 16 pages - A4 format)
  Download pictorial version of leaflet About Breastscreening Pictorial (.pdf file 1.1 MB, 6 pages - A4 format)
• Information About Your Breast Screening Appointment
  Download leaflet: about your BreastCheck-appointment (.pdf file 1.04 MB, 16 pages - A4 format)
  Download Irish version: Faisnéis thábhachtach faoi coinne do scagadh cíche (.pdf file 1.07 MB, 16 pages - A4 format)
• Make Time For Your Breast Health - (February 2015)
  Download leaflet make-time-for-your-breast-health.pdf (.pdf file 593 KB)
  Download Irish version: Bíodh am agat do do shláinte bhrollaigh (.pdf 483KB , 1 page - A4 format)
• About your re-call for assessment - (July 2015)
  Download leaflet: about your re-call for assessment (.pdf file 751KB, 6 pages - A4 format)

• Going for breast surgery and general anaesthetic
  Download leaflet: going for breast surgery and general anaesthetic (.pdf file 653KB, 8 pages - A4 format)
• Information about breast localisation and surgery
  Download leaflet: information about breast localisation_and_surgery (.pdf file 662 KB, 4 pages - A4 format)
• Information about core biopsy and fine needle aspiration
  Download leaflet: information about core biopsy and fine needle aspiration (.pdf file 608 KB, 4 pages - A4 format)
• Factsheet about four screening programmes provided by the National Cancer Screening Service: BreastCheck - The National Breast Screening Programme, CervicalCheck - The National Cervical Screening Programme, BowelScreen - The National Bowel Screening Programme and Diabetic RetinaScreen - The National Diabetic Retinal Screening Programme

Factsheets

The Benefits and Limits of Breast Screening

Download factsheet: the benefits-and-limits-of_breast-screening-factsheet.pdf (.pdf file 602 KB)
 

A Guide to Breast Screening for Women who have a Disability

Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among women in Ireland.

Women with learning disabilities should have access to breast screening on the same basis as other women.

The purpose of these guides is to help encourage their participation as much as possible.

• BreastScreening for women who need extra support
• Guidance on supporting women with disabilities to use the BreastCheck resources
• Resource 1 Easy to Read Leaflet - About Breast Screening
• Resource 2 Plain English Information Leaflet - About Breast Screening
• Resource 3 Going for a mammogram - Photostory
• Resource 4 Going for a mammogram - Plain English story
• Resource 5 Going for a mammogram – the video
  Resource 5 Going for a mammogram – the video (Subtitles)
• Resource 6 I need more tests - what happens now
• Resource 7 I need more tests - what happens now – Plain English version
• Resource 8 Easy to Read Information Leaflet - Checking your Breasts
• Resource 9 Plain English Leaflet - Checking your Breasts

An Educational Package for General Practice

- (Fourth Edition, August 2009)
ISBN 978-0-9545875-8-1

» Download publication (pdf file, 905 KB, 57 pages A4): educational_package_gp_final.pdf

Erratum to An Educational Package for General Practice third edition, November 2008

» Download Erratum (pdf file, 11 KB): educational_package_erratum_p6.pdf

General Terminology in Breast Screening guide

» Download (pdf file, 88 KB): bcgeneral-terminology.pdf

Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Mammography Screening

Fourth Edition (2015)
ISBN 978-1-907487-19-4
Published by The National Screening Service

This document outlines the requirements of quality assurance for BreastCheck - The National Breast Screening Programme with detailed guidance for the medical, diagnostic and technical aspects of screening itself. It is a comprehensive document that sets the standard guidelines which allow for a centralised system of assessment. It sets out the objectives, policies and organisational procedures, which ensure that quality requirements are achieved. The Quality Guidelines are therefore a full documentation of the quality system.

It is a dynamic document. Additions and amendments will be issued periodically, following approval. Updates will be issued to all holders of the Guidelines.
The Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Mammography Screening will be reviewed approximately every five years.

» Download Publication (.pdf file, 146 pages - A4 format): Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Mammography Screening

» Amendment May 2021 to "Guidelines for QA in Mammography Screening Rev4.1"

Irish Cancer Society Support Publications

The Irish Cancer Society has published a selection of support leaflets for people affected by cancer. These publications are available to download on their website: Irish Cancer Society Publications