UPDATED 21.11.2013 08:12


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pirkanmaan health care district 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 8165 255 3.12 247 3.03 245 3.00 - - 63 0.77 15 0.18 46 0.56 2 0.02
55-59 5758 134 2.33 127 2.21 124 2.15 - - 34 0.59 2 0.03 31 0.54 1 0.02
60-64 8205 216 2.63 211 2.57 207 2.52 - - 87 1.06 10 0.12 76 0.93 1 0.01
65-69 1722 48 2.79 47 2.73 46 2.67 - - 27 1.57 2 0.12 25 1.45 - -
Total 23850 653 2.74 632 2.65 622 2.61 0 0.00 211 0.88 29 0.12 178 0.75 4 0.02

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