{"entity":{"id":"screening-tur-breast","kind":"term","name":"Breast cancer screening programme in Turkey","aka":["Turkey: national breast cancer screening programme"],"tldr":"Turkey runs a national breast cancer screening programme started in 2004, offering mammography or breast tomosynthesis and clinical breast examination, as recorded by IARC's CanScreen5 survey (2019).","summary":"IARC's Cancer Screening in Five Continents (CanScreen5) fact sheet describes a national breast cancer screening programme in Turkey, with qualitative data for 2019 (source: Directly from Programme). Policy: documented as a law; programme started in 2004. Tests offered: mammography or breast tomosynthesis (ages 40 to 69, every 2 years); clinical breast examination (ages 40 to 69, every year). Free of charge: screening test yes, diagnostic tests yes, treatment yes. Invitations: the eligible population is invited (SMS, Phone calls). Performance indicators (participation, referral and detection rates): none available on the fact sheet.","asOf":"2026-11-04","links":[{"label":"IARC CanScreen5 fact sheet: Turkey, breast","url":"https://canscreen5.iarc.fr/factsheets/TUR/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-tur-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/"}]}}