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Breast cancer: policy context

Policy docments specific to breast cancer:

Breast cancer services: National overviewPDF Button(452Kb) (Clinical Standards Board for Scotland, March 2002) reviewed breast cancer services in Scotland in 2002. They found that workforce planning and service redesign were key to addressing the issues they identified. They produced key recommendations for protocols and training.

SIGN guideline 29, 'Breast cancer in women', was published by the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network in October 1998 and included advice on the management of patients with breast cancer in both primary and secondary care. This has now been superseded by SIGN guideline 84, Management of breast cancer in womenPDF Button(1,429Kb) (see also the Quick reference guidePDF Button(167Kb)).

Policy documents on general cancer policy:

Cancer in Scotland: Action for change (SE, July 2001) outlined a plan for developing and improving cancer services in Scotland, and highlighted cancer as a major priority for the Scottish Executive. Progress against this document was summarised in Cancer in Scotland: Sustaining change (SE, May 2004).  This document covered initiatives undertaken over the three years since the initial document was produced, including modifying risk factors, increasing screening, and improving treatment and services.

The Scottish Executive's Cancer in Scotland website provides further information on cancer policy and its implementation in Scotland.