International guidelines

United Kingdom

Suspected cancer: recognition and referral

Published by:National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Last published:2025

Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and management

Published by:National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Last published:2025

Tumour profiling tests to guide adjuvant chemotherapy decisions in early breast cancer

Published by:National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Last published:2024

Familial breast cancer: classification, care and managing breast cancer and related risks in people with a family history of breast cancer

Published by:National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Last published:2023

Treatment of primary breast cancer

Published by:Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network

Last published:2013

BNMS procedure guidelines for radionuclide lymphoscintigraphy for sentinel node localisation in breast carcinoma

Published by:British Nuclear Medicine Society

Last published:2009 (reviewed 2018)

Europe

Early breast cancer: ESMO clinical practice guideline for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up

Published by:European Society for Medical Oncology

Last published:2024

Risk reduction and screening of cancer in hereditary breast-ovarian cancer syndromes: ESMO clinical practice guideline

Published by:European Society of Medical Oncologists

Last published:2022

ESO-ESMO fifth international consensus guidelines for breast cancer in young women (BCY5)

Published by:European School of Oncology; European Society of Medical Oncologists

Last published:2022

5th ESO-ESMO international consensus guidelines for advanced breast cancer (ABC 5)

Published by:European School of Oncology; European Society for Medical Oncology

Last published:2020

SEOM clinical guidelines in early stage breast cancer

Published by:Sociedad Espanola de Oncologia Medica

Last published:2018

Patient selection for accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI) after breast-conserving surgery

Published by:Groupe Europeen de Curietherapie; European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology

Last published:2010

North America

NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology: breast cancer screening and diagnosis

Published by:National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Last published:2024

NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology: breast cancer risk reduction

Published by:National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Last published:2024

NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology: genetic/familial high-risk assessment: breast, ovarian, and pancreatic

Published by:National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Last published:2024

NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology: breast cancer

Published by:National Comprehensive Cancer Network

Last published:2024

Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 testing in breast cancer

Published by:American Society of Clinical Oncology; College of American Pathologists

Last published:2023

ACR appropriateness criteria: female breast cancer screening

Published by:American College of Radiology

Last published:2023

ACR appropriateness criteria: imaging of invasive breast cancer

Published by:American College of Radiology

Last published:2023

Partial breast irradiation for patients with early-stage invasive breast cancer or ductal carcinoma in situ

Published by:American Society for Radiation Oncology

Last published:2023

Biomarkers for adjuvant endocrine and chemotherapy in early-stage breast cancer

Published by:American Society of Clinical Oncology

Last published:2022

Exercise, diet, and weight management during cancer treatment

Published by:American Society of Clinical Oncology

Last published:2022

ACR appropriateness criteria: palpable breast masses

Published by:American College of Radiology

Last published:2022

Use of adjuvant bisphosphonates and other bone-modifying agents in breast cancer

Published by:Cancer Care Ontario; American Society of Clinical Oncology

Last published:2022

ACR appropriateness criteria: supplemental breast cancer screening based on breast density

Published by:American College of Radiology

Last published:2021

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, and targeted therapy for breast cancer

Published by:American Society of Clinical Oncology

Last published:2021

Selection of optimal adjuvant chemotherapy and targeted therapy for early breast cancer

Published by:American Society of Clinical Oncology

Last published:2021

Estrogen and progesterone receptor testing in breast cancer

Published by:American Society of Clinical Oncology; College of American Pathologists

Last published:2020

Management of hereditary breast cancer

Published by:American Society of Clinical Oncology; American Society for Radiation Oncology; Society of Surgical Oncology

Last published:2020

Management of male breast cancer

Published by:American Society of Clinical Oncology

Last published:2020

Adjuvant endocrine therapy for women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer

Published by:American Society of Clinical Oncology

Last published:2019

Risk assessment, genetic counseling, and genetic testing for BRCA-related cancer

Published by:US Preventive Services Task Force

Last published:2019

Consensus guideline on genetic testing for hereditary breast cancer

Published by:American Society of Breast Surgeons

Last published:2019

Use of endocrine therapy for breast cancer risk reduction

Published by:American Society of Clinical Oncology

Last published:2019

Medication use to reduce risk of breast cancer

Published by:US Preventive Services Task Force

Last published:2019

Radiation therapy for the whole breast

Published by:American Society for Radiation Oncology

Last published:2018

Sentinel lymph node biopsy for patients with early-stage breast cancer

Published by:American Society of Clinical Oncology

Last published:2017

Postmastectomy radiotherapy

Published by:American Society of Clinical Oncology; American Society for Radiation Oncology; Society of Surgical Oncology

Last published:2016

Adjuvant endocrine therapy for women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer (focused update on duration of tamoxifen treatment)

Published by:American Society of Clinical Oncology

Last published:2014

Breast cancer follow-up and management after primary treatment

Published by:American Society of Clinical Oncology

Last published:2013

Oceania

Assessment and management of bone health in women with oestrogen receptor-positive breast cancer receiving endocrine therapy

Published by:Endocrine Society of Australia; Australian and New Zealand Bone & Mineral Society; Australasian Menopause Society; Clinical Oncology Society of Australia

Last published:2018

Rest of the world

Management of aromatase inhibitor-associated bone loss (AIBL) in postmenopausal women with hormone sensitive breast cancer

Published by:International Osteoporosis Foundation; Cancer and Bone Society; European Calcified Tissue Society; International Expert Group for AIBL; European Society for Clinical and Economics Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases; International Menopause Society; International Society of Geriatric Oncology

Last published:2017

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