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Abstract: Background. – Since the last recommendations, up to 2500 new references had been published on that topic. Methodology. – On the behalf of the health Minister, the Ad Hoc Committee consisted of 13 experts carried out a first version revisited by five additional experts who critically analyzed the first version of the report. Main updating. – Breast and ovarian cancer seem to be associated with fewer deleterious mutations of BRCA1 and BRCA2 than previously thought. The screening of ovarian cancer is still not an attractive option while in contrast MRI may be soon for these young women with dense breast, the recommended option for breast cancer screening. The effectiveness of prophylactic surgeries is now well established. French position is to favor such surgeries with regard to a quality of life in line with the expected benefit, and providing precise and standardized process described in the recommendation. Conclusions. – Due to methodological flaws, the low power and a short follow-up of the surveys, this statement cannot however aspire to a high stability. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Abstract: BI-RADS® is a system of assistance to the drafting of the reports more and more used in the world and soon directly implemented on mammography and ultrasound units. The categories of evaluation of the BI-RADS® allow a clear synthesis of the descriptive data resulting from the use of the lexicon and invite the radiologist to a reasoned, objective and less intuitive step. They give an action to be taken and responsibility to the radiologist and the referring physicians in the assumption of the patients. The 4th edition of the BI-RADS® mammography appeared in 2003, and is now associated with the first editions of the BI-RADS® ultrasound and MRI. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]