["European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer": Selected Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations from the European Guidelines]

Rev Esp Salud Publica. 2020 Dec 16:94:e202012179.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Objective: The European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC) has developed new recommendations on breast cancer screening and diagnosis. The objective of this work was to adapt these recommendations to Spanish in order to implement and guarantee the quality and success of breast cancer screening programmes (PCCM) throughout the Spanish territory.

Methods: The new European Guidelines on Screening and Diagnosis of Breast Cancer have been prepared by a multidisciplinary panel of experts and patients (Guidelines Development Group, GDG). The recommendations inclu-ded are supported by systematic reviews of the evidence conducted by a team of researchers from the Ibero-American Cochrane Center. For its preparation, the European Commission's conflict of interest management rules were applied and the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation) methodology was used. The GRADE evidence-to-decision (EtD) frameworks were used to minimize potential influence of interests on the recommendations.

Results: As a result of the systematic reviews carried out, the GDG published on the ECIBC website a list of recommendations as part of the guidelines for the screening and diagnosis of breast cancer, which were translated into Spanish in this work.

Conclusions: The adaptation to Spanish of the new recommendations helps their implementation and the creation of a uniform PCCM throughout the Spanish territory. All of this improves informed decision making and the success of PCCM.

Objetivo: La European Commission Initiative on Breast Cancer (ECIBC) ha desarrollado nuevas recomendaciones sobre cribado y diagnóstico de cáncer de mama. El objetivo de este trabajo fue adaptar dichas recomendaciones al castellano con el fin de implementar y garantizar la calidad y el éxito de los programas de cribado de cáncer de mama (PCCM) en todo el territorio español.

Metodos: Las nuevas Guías Europeas sobre Cribado y Diagnóstico de Cáncer de Mama han sido elaboradas por un panel multidisciplinar de expertos y pacientes (Guidelines Development Group, GDG). Las recomendaciones que se incluyen se apoyan en revisiones sistemáticas de la evidencia realizadas por un equipo de investigadores del Centro Cochrane Iberoamericano. Para su elaboración se aplicaron las reglas de manejo de conflicto de intereses de la Comisión Europea y se utilizó la metodología GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation). Se utilizaron los marcos de la evidencia a la decisión (EtD) de GRADE para minimizar posibles influencias de intereses en las recomendaciones.

Resultados: Como resultado de las revisiones sistemáticas realizadas, el GDG publicó en la web de la ECIBC una lista de recomendaciones como parte de las guías para el cribado y diagnóstico del cáncer de mama, que fueron traducidas al castellano en este trabajo.

Conclusiones: La adaptación al castellano de las nuevas recomendaciones ayuda a su implementación y a crear un PCCM uniforme en todo el territorio español. Todo ello mejora la toma de decisiones informadas y el éxito de los PCCM.

Keywords: Breast cancer; Evaluation; Evidence-based medicine; Guideline; Mass screening; Secondary prevention; Spain.

MeSH terms

  • Breast Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Breast Neoplasms / prevention & control
  • Early Detection of Cancer / methods
  • Early Detection of Cancer / standards*
  • Europe
  • Evidence-Based Medicine / methods
  • Evidence-Based Medicine / standards
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mass Screening / methods
  • Mass Screening / standards*
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • Secondary Prevention / methods
  • Secondary Prevention / standards
  • Spain
  • Translations