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Aim: Impact analysis of the invitation women to screening mammography and strategies of the invitation on the effectiveness of breast cancer screening programme in the Czech Republic. Methods: Questionnaire survey including 73 certified breast cancer screening centers in the Czech Republic. Evaluation of the answers to the questions focused on the specific form of established invitation strategy, time periodicity and the method of selection of the target female population. Comparison of „the return of women to screening programme indicator“ between the centers using active invitation strategy and those that do not. Results: Out of the total number of participated screening centers, the return rate of the sent questionnaire surveys was 97% (71 respondents). Active invitation strategy of the target female population for screening mammography using various forms and information systems is practiced by about half of the certfied screening centers, in most cases after a two-year time period since the previous examination. Most centers also accepted a favorable response from the patients. The analysis of „the return of women to screening programme indicator“ confirmed a clearly positive impact of the active invitation strategy on the female participation in breast cancer screening programme. Centers, that invite their clients, achieve a higher participation of women in the next screening examination, by about 10 p.p. Conclusions: The use of education and active search of patients leads to further increase the effectiveness of established breast cancer screening programme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]