3 Other information

3.1 Scope and how this guideline was developed

The scope for the original NICE clinical guideline 81 (published February 2009) covers the recommendations labelled [2009], and the scope for the updated NICE clinical guideline covers the recommendations labelled [new 2014].

Groups that will be covered

  • Women and men with invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast of clinical stage 4 (that is, with known metastatic disease).

Groups that will not be covered

  • Women and men with invasive adenocarcinoma of the breast of clinical stages 1, 2 and 3 (this is covered by the NICE guideline on 'Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and treatment').

  • Women and men with metastases to the breast from other primary tumours.

  • Women and men with rare breast tumours (for example, angiosarcoma, lymphoma).

  • Women and men with benign breast tumours (for example, fibroadenoma, benign phyllodes tumours).

How this guideline was developed

NICE's Clinical Guidelines Update Programme updated this guideline. These guidelines are updated using a standing committee of healthcare professionals and lay members from a range of disciplines and localities. For the duration of the update the core members of the committee are joined by up to five additional members who are have specific expertise in the topic being updated. All of the standing members and the topic specific members are fully voting members of the committee.

The methods and processes for developing NICE clinical guidelines are described in The guidelines manual. The interim process and methods guide for the clinical guideline rapid updates pilot programme (2013) are described here.

3.2 Related NICE guidance

Details are correct at the time of publication of the guideline (July 2014). Further information is available on the NICE website.

Published

General
Condition-specific

Under development

NICE is developing the following guidance (details available from the NICE website):

Referral guidelines for suspected cancer (update). NICE clinical guideline. Publication expected May 2015.
Standing Committee A and NICE project team

3.3 Standing Committee A

The Committee members listed are those for the 2014 update. For the composition of (the) previous Guideline Development Group, see the full guideline.

Standing committee members

Damien Longson, Chair
Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust

Susan Bewley, Vice Chair
Honorary Professor of Complex Obstetrics, Women's Academic Health Centre, St Thomas' Hospital

Catherine Briggs
GP Principal, Bracondale Medical Centre, Stockport

John Cape
Director of Psychological Therapies Programmes, University College London

Alun Davies
Professor of Vascular Surgery and Honorary Consultant Surgeon, Charing Cross & St Mary's Hospital & Imperial College NHS Trust

Alison Eastwood
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York

Sarah Fishburn
Lay Member

Amanda Gibbon (until March 2014)
Lay Member

Jim Gray
Consultant Medical Microbiologist, The Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Nuala Lucas
Consultant Anaesthetist, Northwick Park Hospital, Middlesex

Kath Nuttall
Director, Lancashire & South Cumbria Cancer Network (- April 2013)

Tilly Pillay
Consultant Neonatologist, Staffordshire, Shropshire and Black Country Newborn Network, Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust

Nick Screaton
Radiologist, Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Lindsay Smith
Principal in General Medical Practice, Somerset PCT

Philippa Williams (from March 2014)
Lay Member

Sophie Wilne
Paediatric Oncologist, Nottingham Children's Hospital

Topic-specific committee members

Jane Board
Lymphoedema Clinical Nurse Specialist, Lymphoedema Specialist Services Ltd

Kate Gowans
Lymphoedema Practitioner, South Tees NHS Trust

Vaughan Keeley
Consultant in Lymphoedema / Palliative Medicine, Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Netta Wooles
Lay member

3.4 Clinical Guidelines Update Team

Susan Ellerby
Clinical Advisor

Nicole Elliott
Associate Director

Sarah Glover
Information Scientist

Susannah Moon
Project Manager

Charlotte Purves
Administrator

Roberta Richey
Technical Analyst

Toni Tan
Technical Advisor

3.5 NICE project team

Mark Baker
Clinical Lead

Christine Carson
Guideline Lead

Anne-Louise Clayton
Editor

Laura Gibson
Communications Lead

James Hall
Editor

Laura Norburn
Public Involvement Advisor

Katie Perryman-Ford
Guideline Commissioning Manager

Louisa Wall
Implementation Lead

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