UPDATED 12.06.2014 13:33


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Helsinki region in Finland in the invitation year 2012. 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 30015 958 3.19 551 1.84 937 3.12 4 0.01 179 0.60 43 0.14 129 0.43 7 0.02
55-59 20826 445 2.14 253 1.21 435 2.09 7 0.03 138 0.66 21 0.10 114 0.55 3 0.01
60-64 32091 681 2.12 393 1.22 670 2.09 3 0.01 240 0.75 26 0.08 207 0.65 7 0.02
65-69 14680 371 2.53 279 1.90 368 2.51 3 0.02 147 1.00 10 0.07 135 0.92 2 0.01
Total 97612 2455 2.52 1476 1.51 2410 2.47 17 0.02 704 0.72 100 0.10 585 0.60 19 0.02

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