Guidance

Breast screening: digital breast tomosynthesis

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

• From: NHS England
• Published: 1 September 2010
• Last updated: 29 July 2025
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  1. 29 July 2025

     Changed lead organisation from Public Health England to NHS England.

  2. 4 May 2023

     Minor update about the development of training images becoming available.

  3. 2 June 2021

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

  4. 21 May 2021

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

  5. 10 July 2020

     Document updated and revised.

  6. 1 September 2010

     First published.

Applies to England

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Breast screening: digital breast tomosynthesis

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Breast screening: tomosynthesis image reporting template

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