UPDATED 17.10.2013 13:41


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Turku 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 12543 301 2.40 246 1.96 281 2.24 14 0.11 83 0.66 17 0.14 61 0.49 5 0.04
55-59 11276 222 1.97 180 1.60 208 1.84 5 0.04 86 0.76 15 0.13 70 0.62 1 0.01
60-64 6612 117 1.77 92 1.39 110 1.66 2 0.03 50 0.76 9 0.14 41 0.62 - -
65-69 5018 128 2.55 123 2.45 115 2.29 10 0.20 46 0.92 8 0.16 37 0.74 1 0.02
Total 35449 768 2.17 641 1.81 714 2.01 31 0.09 265 0.75 49 0.14 209 0.59 7 0.02

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