UPDATED 20.11.2013 14:13


Organised breast cancer screening programme in the Vaasa health care district 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 3009 94 3.12 51 1.69 93 3.09 9 0.30 14 0.47 7 0.23 6 0.20 1 0.03
55-59 2140 25 1.17 18 0.84 25 1.17 3 0.14 5 0.23 2 0.09 3 0.14 - -
60-64 1558 23 1.48 13 0.83 23 1.48 2 0.13 8 0.51 2 0.13 6 0.39 - -
65-69 167 4 2.40 1 0.60 4 2.40 - - 1 0.60 - - 1 0.60 - -
Total 6874 146 2.12 83 1.21 145 2.11 14 0.20 28 0.41 11 0.16 16 0.23 1 0.01

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