UPDATED 21.11.2013 08:15


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki region in Finland in the invitation year 2011. 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 30237 908 3.00 421 1.39 883 2.92 5 0.02 168 0.56 39 0.13 121 0.40 8 0.03
55-59 20663 408 1.97 199 0.96 399 1.93 6 0.03 133 0.64 14 0.07 118 0.57 1 0.00
60-64 31756 672 2.12 355 1.12 653 2.06 6 0.02 239 0.75 20 0.06 211 0.66 8 0.03
65-69 12738 305 2.39 205 1.61 300 2.36 4 0.03 128 1.00 5 0.04 119 0.93 4 0.03
Total 95394 2293 2.40 1180 1.24 2235 2.34 21 0.02 668 0.70 78 0.08 569 0.60 21 0.02

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