Information Hub
Access guidance, webcasts and publications with commentaries using the ABS Information Hub. Search by classification or using keywords.
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Use this guidance key to help search the ABS Information Hub more effectively. Keywords are grouped under nine main themes that reflect key areas of clinical practice in breast care. By using these keywords to guide your search, you can quickly locate relevant guidelines, webcasts, publications and toolkits tailored to specific topics of interest.
Adjuvant & Neoadjuvant Treatment
- Adjuvant chemotherapy treatment guidelines
- Bisphosphonates
- Endocrine therapy
- Neoadjuvant therapy
- Radiotherapy
- Tumour profiling
Benign & Atypical Breast Disease
- Fibroadenoma management
- Gynaecomastia
- Management of nipple discharge
Breast & Oncoplastic Surgery
- Antibiotic Prophylaxis
- Axilla
- Biological & synthetic mesh assisted breast reconstruction
- Implant loss/ removal
- Lipomodelling
- Negative pressure wound dressings
- Oncoplastic breast reconstruction
- Prepectoral implant-based breast reconstruction
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
- Surgical margins
- Surgical site infections
- Surgical techniques
- Sutures
- Venous thromboembolism
- Wound drains
Breast Cancer Risk
- Contralateral mastectomy
- Management of high risk patients
- Risk reducing surgery
Breast Cancer Treatment
- Advanced breast cancer
- Early and locally advanced breast cancer
- Management of the older patient
- Management of the younger patient
- Pregnancy associated breast cancer
Cosmetic Surgery
- BIA ALCL
- Breast imaging before/ after aesthetic surgery
Post Treatment Surveillance & Care
- Follow up
- Hormone replacement therapy
- Lymphoedema
- Management of oestrogen deficiency symptoms
- Surveillance mammography
Screening & Diagnosis
- B3 lesions
- Imaging guidance
- QA guidelines
- Screening assessment
- Symptomatic diagnostic guidance
Service Guidance
- Breast cancer management quality standards
- Breast services standards
- Commissioning
- Consent
- COVID 19 service guidance
- Documentation
- MDT Meetings
- Outcomes in breast cancer
- Patient communication
- Paediatric breast patients
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The ABS and BAPRAS have collaborated to produce comprehensive guidance for the use of acellular dermal matrixes (ADM), biological meshes and synthetic meshes to assist breast reconstruction. The guida...
Association of Breast Surgery & British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, UK | United Kingdom
01.01.2021 | Added: 01.07.2021
Classifications: Breast & Oncoplastic Surgery
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Lipomodelling Guidelines for Breast Surgery
ABS has worked with colleagues from BAPRAS and BAAPS to produce this comprehensive guidance for best practice in lipomodelling. The guidance has drawn on best available evidence following extensive re...
Association of Breast Surgery, British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery (BAPRAS) & British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), UK | United Kingdom
01.01.2021 | Added: 01.04.2021
Classifications: Breast & Oncoplastic Surgery
Keywords: Lipomodelling/Lipofilling
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Oncoplastic Breast Reconstruction: Guidelines for Best Practice
Oncoplastic Surgery is now firmly established as a surgical strategy for many women with breast cancer and an extensive body of literature has been published on this topic. ABS has collaborated with B...
Association of Breast Surgery & British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery (BAPRAS), UK | United Kingdom
01.01.2021 | Added: 01.06.2021
Classifications: Breast & Oncoplastic Surgery
Keywords: Oncoplastic Surgery Breast Reconstruction
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Updated recommendations regarding the management of older patients with breast cancer
The European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA) and The International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) have produced a useful document outlining the evidence based management of older p...
European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA) & International Society of Geriatric Oncology (SIOG) | Italy & France
01.01.2021 | Added: 01.08.2021
Classifications: Breast Cancer Treatment
Keywords: Management of the older patient
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Gynaecomastia Infographic for Primary Care
The Royal College of General Practitioners have endorsed the ABS infographic for the assessment and referral of gynaecomastia patients in Primary Care. ABS members are welcome to download this infogra...
Association of Breast Surgery | UK
01.01.2021 | Added: 01.02.2021
Classifications: Benign & Atypical Breast Disease
Keywords: Gynaecomastia
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MHRA Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Expert Advisory Group
22.11.2020 | Added: 27.08.2025
Classifications: Cosmetic Surgery
Keywords: ALCL/ BIA ALCL
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This guidance, along with the Royal College of Surgeons of England Good Practice Guide, 'Consent: Supported Decision-Making' provide up to date information about the consent process.
General Medical Council, UK
09.11.2020 | Added: 27.08.2025
Classifications: Service Guidance
Keywords: Consent
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5th ESO-ESMO international consensus guidelines for advanced breast cancer (ABC 5)
European School of Oncology & European Society for Medical Oncology
23.09.2020 | Added: 20.08.2025
Classifications: Secondary Breast Cancer
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The requirements of a specialist breast centre
The European Society of Mastology have produced a list of standards expected from breast centres. Definitions and evidenced based guidance is provided. The recommendations could reasonably apply withi...
European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists (EUSOMA) | Italy
26.02.2020 | Added: 27.08.2025
Classifications: Service Guidance
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This updated comprehensive review by the Cochrane team concludes that prophylactic antibiotics can reduce surgical site infection in breast cancer surgery. This topic is covered by the ABS Summary St...
Cochrane Library, UK | United Kingdom
26.09.2019 | Added: 27.08.2025
Classifications: Breast & Oncoplastic Surgery
Keywords: Antiobiotic Prophylaxis
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ABS Summary Statement: Management of fibroadenomas
This guidance document on the management of fibroadenomas has been produced by the ABS with the involvement of representatives from the British Society of Breast Radiologists and the National Coordina...
Association of Breast Surgery, UK | United Kingdom
01.01.2019 | Added: 01.03.2019
Classifications: Benign & Atypical Breast Disease
Keywords: Fibroadenoma
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ABS Summary Statement: Investigation and management of gynaecomastia in primary and secondary care
The Association of Breast Surgery has produced clinical guidance for the investigation and management of gynaecomastia. There are recommendations for appropriate investigation of patients and recomme...
Association of Breast Surgery | United Kingdom
01.01.2019 | Added: 01.06.2019
Classifications: Benign & Atypical Breast Disease
Keywords: Gynaecomastia
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This guidance document on the management of nipple discharge has been produced by the ABS with the involvement of representatives from the British Society of Breast Radiologists and the National Coord...
Association of Breast Surgery, UK | United Kingdom
01.01.2019 | Added: 01.03.2019
Classifications: Benign & Atypical Breast Disease
Keywords: Nipple Discharge
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ABS has collaborated with UK national associations representing all the major disciplines of the breast multidisciplinary team to produce guidance on the management of the axilla in patients receiving...
ABS/ RCR/UKBCG/ BSBR/NCC Breast Pathology | United Kingdom
01.01.2019 | Added: 01.10.2019
Classifications: Breast & Oncoplastic Surgery
Keywords: Axilla Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy/ NACT
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This useful document describes the evidence base for a list of recommendations around the technical aspects of prepectoral implant based breast reconstruction. Issues such as post-mastectomy reconstru...
Consensus statement from USA, UK and European Breast Surgeons and Plastic Reconstructive Surgeons | United Kingdom
01.01.2019 | Added: 01.06.2019
Classifications: Breast & Oncoplastic Surgery
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Consent: Supported Decision-Making
This guidance, along with the GMC guidance, 'Decision making and consent' provide up to date information about the consent process.
Royal College of Surgeons of England
01.11.2018 | Added: 27.08.2025
Classifications: Service Guidance
Keywords: Consent
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A working group from ABS, Pathology Big 18 and Radiology Big 18 screening committees have produced a document on the recommended management of B3 lesions diagnosed in women within the Breast Screening...
NHS BSP Multidisciplinary Group | United Kingdom
01.01.2018 | Added: 01.08.2018
Classifications: Screening & Diagnosis
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QA Guidelines for Surgeons in Breast Cancer Screening
ABS have produced up to date guidance for surgeons involved in the care of women with cancers diagnosed within the NHS Breast Screening Programme
Association of Breast Surgery (ABS) | United Kingdom
01.01.2018 | Added: 01.02.2018
Classifications: Screening & Diagnosis
Keywords: NHS BSP Screening QA Guidelines
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