UPDATED 08.12.2010 14:59


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Pohjois-Karjala 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 3612 156 4.32 150 4.15 153 4.24 19 0.53 25 0.69 8 0.22 17 0.47 - -
55-59 2379 50 2.10 44 1.85 50 2.10 5 0.21 12 0.50 2 0.08 10 0.42 - -
60-64 1693 36 2.13 36 2.13 35 2.07 6 0.35 11 0.65 2 0.12 9 0.53 - -
65-69 201 6 2.99 6 2.99 6 2.99 2 1.00 - - - - - - - -
Total 7885 248 3.15 236 2.99 244 3.09 32 0.41 48 0.61 12 0.15 36 0.46 0 0.00

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