UPDATED 12.06.2014 13:33


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Päijät-Häme health care district 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 3514 82 2.33 24 0.68 82 2.33 4 0.11 17 0.48 2 0.06 15 0.43 - -
55-59 2786 41 1.47 12 0.43 41 1.47 2 0.07 13 0.47 2 0.07 9 0.32 2 0.07
60-64 4533 79 1.74 21 0.46 79 1.74 2 0.04 16 0.35 1 0.02 15 0.33 - -
65-69 2320 49 2.11 14 0.60 49 2.11 5 0.22 19 0.82 2 0.09 17 0.73 - -
Total 13153 251 1.91 71 0.54 251 1.91 13 0.10 65 0.49 7 0.05 56 0.43 2 0.02

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