1. QT is a public domain oncological database designed for multidisciplinary Breast Units

2. Breast Units can use QT to manage patient care, file relevant information on cases and evaluate their own activity

3. Q stands for Quality, T stands for Treatment but the domain of this Audit system includes also screening, assessment, pathology, and follow up

4. QT has been adopted as the EUSOMA data base.

5. QT calculates, also, surgical outcome measures from the 3rd edition of the European Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Mammography Screening

6. QT has been developed (since 1995) by a multidisciplinary team within the European Breast Cancer Network with co-ordination by CPO-Piemonte and has now several hundreds users in Europe. Europe Against Cancer

7. QT is now available in five languages: English French German Italian Spanish

8. Available autumn 2003 QT 4.0, implementing EUSOMA diagnostic performance parameters, allowing to monitor all assessment sessions of breast lesions (currently, QT is designed to monitor assessment and management of patients undergoing surgery).