UPDATED 08.12.2010 14:59


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Varsinais-Suomi health care district 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 7392 223 3.02 219 2.96 208 2.81 5 0.07 52 0.70 9 0.12 39 0.53 4 0.05
55-59 7333 172 2.35 170 2.32 159 2.17 3 0.04 62 0.85 9 0.12 52 0.71 1 0.01
60-64 3715 85 2.29 84 2.26 80 2.15 - - 32 0.86 7 0.19 25 0.67 - -
65-69 4349 106 2.44 104 2.39 97 2.23 4 0.09 35 0.80 5 0.11 29 0.67 1 0.02
Total 22789 586 2.57 577 2.53 544 2.39 12 0.05 181 0.79 30 0.13 145 0.64 6 0.03

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