UPDATED 21.11.2013 08:15


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Kuopio region in Finland in the invitation year 2011. 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 16523 658 3.98 329 1.99 602 3.64 6 0.04 110 0.67 37 0.22 66 0.40 7 0.04
55-59 11328 264 2.33 152 1.34 235 2.07 2 0.02 72 0.64 24 0.21 46 0.41 2 0.02
60-64 17473 413 2.36 232 1.33 372 2.13 2 0.01 125 0.72 26 0.15 95 0.54 4 0.02
65-69 1563 73 4.67 42 2.69 62 3.97 - - 17 1.09 5 0.32 12 0.77 - -
Total 46887 1408 3.00 755 1.61 1271 2.71 10 0.02 324 0.69 92 0.20 219 0.47 13 0.03

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