Putting science into standards : evidence-based quality assurance : an example for breast cancer, event report conference 20-21 October 2015

The Putting Science into Standards series is a series of events aiming to bring the scientific and standardisation communities closer together. Such an event, where communication can occur between science and standards, is the ideal environment to address the challenge of common benchmarking for quality of care in breast cancer care services, which is a main pillar of the ECIBC, coordinated by JRC, with the support of two working groups and under the auspices of the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE). This facilitates the creation of a framework for screening of emerging science and technology, identification of research gaps and prioritisation needs and agreement on areas which should be introduced early into the process of standardisation in order to enable innovation and facilitate improved breast cancer care services.