New and emerging technologies for breast cancer detection

A comprehensive evaluation of the BreastScreen Australia Program has been conducted, under the direction of the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council (AHMAC) and managed by the Department of Health and Ageing. To inform this evaluation, the Department of Health and Ageing requested that the Health Policy Advisory Committee on Technology (Health PACT) undertake a Horizon Scan on new and emerging technologies for the screening of breast cancer. The aim of this Emerging Technology Bulletin was to identify any new and emerging technologies for the early detection of breast cancer, not previously examined in horizon scanning summaries or reports1and to give a brief but non-systematic overview on the current available evidence on these techniques.