UPDATED 21.11.2013 08:15


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kanta-Häme health care district in Finland in the invitation year 2011. 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 3244 42 1.29 13 0.40 40 1.23 2 0.06 11 0.34 3 0.09 7 0.22 1 0.03
55-59 2187 30 1.37 12 0.55 29 1.33 - - 7 0.32 1 0.05 6 0.27 - -
60-64 3615 45 1.24 13 0.36 44 1.22 - - 14 0.39 1 0.03 12 0.33 1 0.03
65-69 1287 33 2.56 18 1.40 33 2.56 - - 17 1.32 1 0.08 16 1.24 - -
Total 10333 150 1.45 56 0.54 146 1.41 2 0.02 49 0.47 6 0.06 41 0.40 2 0.02

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