UPDATED 12.06.2014 13:33


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Varsinais-Suomi 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 7028 295 4.20 295 4.20 284 4.04 - - 67 0.95 10 0.14 48 0.68 9 0.13
55-59 6677 198 2.97 196 2.94 194 2.91 - - 45 0.67 5 0.07 32 0.48 8 0.12
60-64 7995 262 3.28 260 3.25 251 3.14 - - 97 1.21 8 0.10 83 1.04 6 0.08
65-69 2634 97 3.68 96 3.64 92 3.49 - - 42 1.59 5 0.19 31 1.18 6 0.23
Total 24334 852 3.50 847 3.48 821 3.37 0 0.00 251 1.03 28 0.12 194 0.80 29 0.12

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