| Year (screening mammography) | ||||||
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 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
Number of women screened | 10,055 | 212,537 | 265,217 | 317,194 | 340,564 | 469,299 | 468,419 |
Estimate of 24 m coverage by examination (women aged 45-69) | 0.6% | 13.1% | 27.9% | 33.8% | 38.1% | 44.8% | 51.2% |
   Number of women with detected breast cancer | 48 | 1,053 | 1,250 | 1,445 | 1,570 | 2,542 | 2,128 |
Breast cancer detection rate | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 4.5 |
Standardized ratio (reference year 2008) | 0.81 | 0.83 | 0.80 | 0.85 | 0.96 | 0.97 | 1.00 |
   Number of women undergoing further assessment | 1,768 | 46,976 | 57,925 | 56,850 | 53,580 | 63,415 | 60,025 |
Further assessment rate | 17.6% | 22.1% | 21.8% | 17.9% | 15.7% | 13.5% | 12.8% |
Standardized ratio (reference year 2008) | 0.90 | 1.20 | 1.21 | 1.14 | 1.10 | 1.01 | 1.00 |
   Number of women recalled for further assessment | 557 | 12,095 | 11,725 | 11,931 | 10,429 | 13,977 | 12,955 |
Recall rate | 5.5% | 5.7% | 4.4% | 3.8% | 3.1% | 3.0% | 2.8% |
   Women undergoing open biopsy - benign result | 21 | 504 | 347 | 285 | 194 | 249 | 173 |
   Women undergoing open biopsy - malignant result | 43 | 867 | 1,021 | 1,259 | 1,347 | 2,149 | 1,794 |
Benign to malignant open biopsy ratio | 0.49 | 0.58 | 0.34 | 0.23 | 0.14 | 0.12 | 0.10 |
   Number of women with detected breast cancer (cases preceded by neoadjuvant therapy excluded) | 48 | 1,031 | 1,212 | 1,400 | 1,522 | 2,470 | 2,039 |
Advanced cases (TNM II+) | 17 | 331 | 390 | 440 | 439 | 652 | 525 |
Advanced cases proportion | 35.4% | 32.1% | 32.2% | 31.4% | 28.8% | 26.4% | 25.7% |
Invasive cases | 41 | 933 | 1,097 | 1,283 | 1,370 | 2,211 | 1,831 |
Invasive cases proportion | 85.4% | 90.5% | 90.5% | 91.6% | 90.0% | 89.5% | 89.8% |
Node-negative invasive cases | 27 | 572 | 700 | 840 | 905 | 1,442 | 1,218 |
Proportion among invasive | 65.9% | 61.3% | 63.8% | 65.5% | 66.1% | 65.2% | 66.5% |
Invasive ≤ 10 mm cases | 11 | 312 | 360 | 460 | 504 | 770 | 651 |
Proportion among invasive | 26.8% | 33.4% | 32.8% | 35.9% | 36.8% | 34.8% | 35.6% |