{"entity":{"id":"screening-pol-breast","kind":"term","name":"Breast cancer screening programme in Poland","aka":["Poland: national breast cancer screening programme"],"tldr":"Poland runs a national breast cancer screening programme started in 2006, offering mammography or breast tomosynthesis, as recorded by IARC's CanScreen5 survey (2016).","summary":"IARC's Cancer Screening in Five Continents (CanScreen5) fact sheet describes a national breast cancer screening programme in Poland, with qualitative data for 2016 (source: Other (EU Report 2017)). Policy: documented as a law; programme started in 2006. Tests offered: mammography or breast tomosynthesis (ages 50 to 69, every 2 years). Free of charge: screening test yes, diagnostic tests not reported, treatment not reported. Invitations: the eligible population is invited (Letter). Performance indicators (participation, referral and detection rates): reported for 2016 on the fact sheet.","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"IARC CanScreen5 fact sheet: Poland, breast","url":"https://canscreen5.iarc.fr/factsheets/POL/breast"}],"tags":["screening-programme"],"related":["canscreen5","national-screening-programmes"],"cancers":["breast-cancer"],"sections":["early-detection"],"technologies":["mammography"],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":["screening"],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"category":"Epidemiology & prevention"},"route":"/terms/screening-pol-breast/","neighbours":{"collection":[{"id":"canscreen5","kind":"collection","name":"IARC Cancer Screening in Five Continents (CanScreen5)","route":"/collections/canscreen5/"}],"term":[{"id":"national-screening-programmes","kind":"term","name":"National cancer screening programmes","route":"/terms/national-screening-programmes/"},{"id":"screening","kind":"term","name":"Screening","route":"/terms/screening/"}],"cancer":[{"id":"breast-cancer","kind":"cancer","name":"Breast cancer (all types)","route":"/cancers/breast-cancer/"}],"section":[{"id":"early-detection","kind":"section","name":"Early Detection & Screening","route":"/fronts/early-detection/"}],"technology":[{"id":"mammography","kind":"technology","name":"Mammography & tomosynthesis","route":"/technologies/mammography/"}]}}