Breast Disease Resources

eLearning

Below find eLearning resources from the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) on the subject of breast disease.

RCGP: 

• Diagnosing Breast Cancer in Black Women (May 25)^FREE
• Essential Knowledge Update: Familial Breast Cancer (podcast; Aug 24)^FREE
• Primary Care Management of Familial Breast Cancer Risk (May 24)^{FREE TO RCGP MEMBERS}
• Breast Cancer Screening – The Essentials (self assessed)^FREE
• Breast Pain: Assessment, management and referral criteria (Essential Knowledge Update Hot Topic, Aug 2020)^{FREE TO RCGP MEMBERS}

Guidelines

Below find guidelines from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) on the topic of breast disease. 

NICE:

• Early and Locally Advanced Breast Cancer: diagnosis and management (NG101;  updated Apr 2025)
• Familial Breast Cancer: Classification, care and managing breast cancer and related risks in people with a family history of breast cancer (CG164, updated Nov 2023)^FREE

Reviews

Below find a journal review articles from the RCGP journals, the British Journal of General Practice (BJGP) and InnovAiT. 

Access to InnovAiT is free to members of the RCGP through the MyRCGP login.

RCGP:

• Breast Pain (InnovAiT 2023; 16(7): 327-331)^{FREE to RCGP Members via MyRCGP login}
• No Association Between Breast Pain and Breast Cancer: A prospective cohort study of 10 830 symptomatic women presenting to a breast cancer diagnostic clinic (BJGP 2022; 72 (717): e234–e243)^FREE