UPDATED 21.11.2013 08:12


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kuopio region in Finland in the invitation year 2010. Numbers and percentage distribution of screened women, referrals to further examinations and to surgery, and histologically confirmed diagnoses by age groups.

Age group1 Screened Referral Additional
mammogram
Ultra-
sonography
Fine-needle
biopsy
Surgery Histological diagnosis
      Benign      Malignant    Unknown
  n n % n % n % n % n % n % n % n %
50-54 16426 724 4.41 377 2.30 644 3.92 2 0.01 108 0.66 56 0.34 51 0.31 1 0.01
55-59 11544 279 2.42 175 1.52 231 2.00 - - 82 0.71 13 0.11 66 0.57 3 0.03
60-64 12854 315 2.45 198 1.54 256 1.99 1 0.01 91 0.71 17 0.13 74 0.58 - -
65-69 936 33 3.53 17 1.82 28 2.99 - - 13 1.39 3 0.32 10 1.07 - -
Total 41760 1351 3.24 767 1.84 1159 2.78 3 0.01 294 0.70 89 0.21 201 0.48 4 0.01

1 Age groups are defined on the basis of the invitation and the birth year.