If you are interested in participating in one of our BREAST research studies that aim to improve the detection of early breast cancer, please email [email protected]. We are currently running an Ultrasound study – Ultra_BREAST – funded by ASUM. This involves reading 3 ultrasound test sets, each containing 30 cases. This study is open to radiologists, breast physicians and sonographers and will be running until end of 2026.
Just a reminder, BREAST has upgraded our online platform that now enables all readers to utilise our test sets without the need for PACS.
High quality breast imaging and accurate image assessment are critical to the early diagnoses, treatment and management of women with cancer. Mammography is the primary diagnostic tool for detecting breast cancer with 800,000 women X-rayed annually in Australia however, it fails to detect 30% of breast cancers, with many missed cancers being visible on the image. The BreastScreen Reader Assessment Strategy (BREAST) monitors mistakes, identify reasons for mammographic errors and create innovative solutions to reduce errors.
BREAST is based on digital screen reading test sets designed to assess the performance of radiologists and radiology registrars. Developed by a team of researchers at the University of Sydney in collaboration with Cancer Institute NSW in 2011, BREAST has made it possible for thousands of clinicians to assess their performance on high-quality test sets in mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis, at workshops and in their own clinics. This immediate feedback is made possible through the online app, BreastAustralia. To view how BreastAustralia works, check out our video.
The data generated by BREAST are de-identified and used for further research in the fields of radiology performance, perception science, medical imaging technologies, breast imaging optimisation, and other domains.
These features make BREAST a powerful radiology training and research tool that has been used in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Middle East, and Europe.
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BREAST team
Located in Susan Wakil Health Building, The University of Sydney, NSW, 2006
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Latest news
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Breast Imaging (BIG) Conference
The BREAST team will be at the Breast Imaging (BIG) Conference at the end of March 2025! We will be running two of our research project test sets and already have all sessions fully booked! If you’re local to Sydney and can make it to our Camperdown campus, come see us or email [email protected], we…
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Welcome to Selin Prasad
A warm welcome and congratulations to Selin Prasad, our new PhD candidate, for being awarded the Julie Wu PhD Scholarship. We look forward to having you onboard the BREAST team, working on some amazing projects around DBT.