UPDATED 08.12.2010 14:59


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Oulu region in Finland in the invitation year 2008. 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 13783 437 3.17 253 1.84 387 2.81 55 0.40 75 0.54 32 0.23 41 0.30 2 0.01
55-59 9403 217 2.31 141 1.50 201 2.14 33 0.35 52 0.55 10 0.11 41 0.44 1 0.01
60-64 5338 106 1.99 66 1.24 100 1.87 27 0.51 32 0.60 2 0.04 30 0.56 - -
65-69 59 2 3.39 1 1.69 2 3.39 - - 2 3.39 - - 2 3.39 - -
Total 28583 762 2.67 461 1.61 690 2.41 115 0.40 161 0.56 44 0.15 114 0.40 3 0.01

Data missing for women with referral to surgery in the Kainuu, Lappi and Länsi-Pohja health care districts.
1 Age groups are defined on the basis of the invitation and the birth year.