UPDATED 17.10.2013 13:38


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kuopio region in Finland in the invitation year 2007. 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 17047 552 3.24 322 1.89 472 2.77 42 0.25 86 0.50 33 0.19 52 0.31 1 0.01
55-59 11540 250 2.17 136 1.18 204 1.77 24 0.21 59 0.51 13 0.11 46 0.40 - -
60-64 6544 137 2.09 83 1.27 117 1.79 3 0.05 43 0.66 10 0.15 33 0.50 - -
65-69 293 2 0.68 2 0.68 2 0.68 - - 2 0.68 - - 2 0.68 - -
Total 35424 941 2.66 543 1.53 795 2.24 69 0.19 190 0.54 56 0.16 133 0.38 1 0.00

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