UPDATED 17.10.2013 13:38


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Tampere 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 22315 662 2.97 526 2.36 641 2.87 69 0.31 112 0.50 25 0.11 84 0.38 3 0.01
55-59 16294 353 2.17 293 1.80 313 1.92 24 0.15 61 0.37 8 0.05 53 0.33 - -
60-64 11261 226 2.01 184 1.63 202 1.79 13 0.12 68 0.60 13 0.12 54 0.48 1 0.01
65-69 1883 41 2.18 34 1.81 36 1.91 5 0.27 19 1.01 2 0.11 17 0.90 - -
Total 51753 1282 2.48 1037 2.00 1192 2.30 111 0.21 260 0.50 48 0.09 208 0.40 4 0.01

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