Society guideline links: Evaluation of breast problems

Introduction — 

This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Breast cancer".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Breast surgery".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Ductal carcinoma in situ".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Breastfeeding and infant nutrition".)

International

●Third international consensus conference on lesions of uncertain malignant potential in the breast (B3 lesions) (2023)

United States

●American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS): Official statements

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on breast implant evaluation (revised 2023)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on evaluation of nipple discharge (revised 2022)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on palpable breast masses (revised 2022)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on breast pain (revised 2018)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on evaluation of the symptomatic male breast (revised 2018)

Europe

●European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA), European Society Of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI), ESP (BWG), and European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO): European guidelines for the diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of breast lesions with uncertain malignant potential (B3 lesions) (2024)

United Kingdom

●National Health Service (NHS): Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of breast lesions of uncertain malignant potential on core biopsy (B3 lesions) (2018)

India

●Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR): Consensus document for management of breast cancer (2016)

Japan

●[In Japanese] Japanese Midwives Association (JMA): Mastitis care guidelines, 2nd edition (2020)