UPDATED 17.10.2013 13:44


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Tampere region in Finland in the invitation year 2009. 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 21803 773 3.55 609 2.79 755 3.46 32 0.15 150 0.69 30 0.14 117 0.54 3 0.01
55-59 15600 415 2.66 323 2.07 394 2.53 19 0.12 120 0.77 24 0.15 94 0.60 2 0.01
60-64 20939 507 2.42 408 1.95 491 2.34 22 0.11 166 0.79 21 0.10 139 0.66 6 0.03
65-69 4107 97 2.36 73 1.78 92 2.24 12 0.29 46 1.12 6 0.15 40 0.97 - -
Total 62449 1792 2.87 1413 2.26 1732 2.77 85 0.14 482 0.77 81 0.13 390 0.62 11 0.02

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