Guidance

Breast screening: digital breast tomosynthesis

Information on the use of digital breast tomosynthesis in the NHS breast screening programme.

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NHS England
Published
1 September 2010
Last updated
29 July 2025 鈥� See all updates

Applies to England

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Breast screening: digital breast tomosynthesis

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This guidance is for breast mammographers using tomosynthesis as an additional assessment tool for screen-detected soft tissue breast abnormalities.

Updates to this page

Published 1 September 2010
Last updated 29 July 2025 show all updates

  1. Changed lead organisation from Public Health England to NHS England.

  2. Minor update about the development of training images becoming available.

  3. Edited 'Training requirements' section - completion of training module on DBT and contrast-enhanced spectral mammography no longer required.

  4. Added section on tomosynthesis training and added new tomosynthesis image reporting template.

  5. Document updated and revised.

  6. First published.

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