UPDATED 20.11.2013 14:18


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Varsinais-Suomi health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2009. 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 8982 304 3.38 298 3.32 289 3.22 5 0.06 58 0.65 15 0.17 42 0.47 1 0.01
55-59 6339 188 2.97 187 2.95 173 2.73 - - 40 0.63 9 0.14 31 0.49 - -
60-64 9724 240 2.47 237 2.44 222 2.28 - - 88 0.90 13 0.13 75 0.77 - -
65-69 3042 93 3.06 92 3.02 89 2.93 - - 37 1.22 3 0.10 34 1.12 - -
Total 28087 825 2.94 814 2.90 773 2.75 5 0.02 223 0.79 40 0.14 182 0.65 1 0.00

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