UPDATED 21.11.2013 08:15


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Vaasa health care district 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 2791 114 4.08 27 0.97 113 4.05 1 0.04 14 0.50 1 0.04 10 0.36 3 0.11
55-59 1971 51 2.59 23 1.17 50 2.54 - - 8 0.41 - - 8 0.41 - -
60-64 3066 93 3.03 29 0.95 93 3.03 - - 26 0.85 5 0.16 18 0.59 3 0.10
65-69 419 7 1.67 4 0.95 7 1.67 - - 2 0.48 1 0.24 1 0.24 - -
Total 8247 265 3.21 83 1.01 263 3.19 1 0.01 50 0.61 7 0.08 37 0.45 6 0.07

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