The requirements of a specialist breast centre
Laura Biganzoli, Fátima Cardoso, Marc Beishon, David Cameron, Luigi Cataliotti, Charlotte E. Coles, Roberto C. Delgado Bolton, María Die Trill, Sema Erdem, Maria Fjell, Romain Geiss, Mathijs Goossens, Christiane Kühl, Lorenza Marotti, Peter Naredi, Simon Oberst, Jean Palussière, Antonio Ponti, Marco Rosselli Del Turco, Isabel T. Rubio, Anna Sapino, Elżbieta Senkus, Marko Skelin, Berta Sousa, Tiina Saarto, Alberto Costa, Philip Poortmans
Abstract
The centrepiece of this article is the requirements section, comprising definitions; multidisciplinary structure; minimum case, procedure and staffing volumes; and detailed descriptions of the skills of, and resources needed by, members and specialisms in the multidisciplinary team in a breast centre. These requirements are positioned within narrative on European breast cancer epidemiology, the standard of care, challenges to delivering this standard, and supporting evidence, to enable a broad audience to appreciate the importance of establishing these requirements in specialist breast centres.