UPDATED 17.10.2013 13:44


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Turku region in Finland in the invitation year 2009. 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 13631 372 2.73 315 2.31 355 2.60 7 0.05 86 0.63 21 0.15 64 0.47 1 0.01
55-59 10219 239 2.34 196 1.92 219 2.14 1 0.01 69 0.68 12 0.12 57 0.56 - -
60-64 13659 281 2.06 242 1.77 260 1.90 1 0.01 102 0.75 14 0.10 88 0.64 - -
65-69 3344 95 2.84 93 2.78 91 2.72 - - 38 1.14 3 0.09 35 1.05 - -
Total 40853 987 2.42 846 2.07 925 2.26 9 0.02 295 0.72 50 0.12 244 0.60 1 0.00

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