UPDATED 21.11.2013 08:12


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Etelä-Karjala 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 2446 98 4.01 3 0.12 95 3.88 - - 22 0.90 10 0.41 11 0.45 1 0.04
55-59 1822 38 2.09 1 0.05 38 2.09 - - 11 0.60 3 0.16 8 0.44 - -
60-64 2374 76 3.20 - - 73 3.07 - - 26 1.10 5 0.21 20 0.84 1 0.04
65-69 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Total 6642 212 3.19 4 0.06 206 3.10 0 0.00 59 0.89 18 0.27 39 0.59 2 0.03

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