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Table 6 Performance indicators of the Czech Breast Cancer Screening Programme, according to year of screening, including all age groups (subsequent screening).

From: Breast cancer screening in the Czech Republic: time trends in performance indicators during the first seven years of the organised programme

 

Year (screening mammography)

 

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

Number of women screened

6,582

96,297

169,847

236,790

309,146

   Number of women with detected breast cancer

30

292

635

880

1,154

Breast cancer detection rate

4.6

3.0

3.7

3.7

3.7

   Number of women undergoing further assessment

964

11,931

20,445

23,494

29,786

Further assessment rate

14.6%

12.4%

12.0%

9.9%

9.6%

   Number of women recalled for further assessment

190

2,196

3,933

5,089

6,709

Recall rate

2.9%

2.3%

2.3%

2.1%

2.2%

   Women undergoing open biopsy - benign result

4

59

59

83

83

   Women undergoing open biopsy - malignant result

29

265

560

767

1,010

Benign to malignant open biopsy ratio

0.14

0.22

0.11

0.11

0.08

   Number of women with detected breast cancer (cases preceded by neoadjuvant therapy excluded)

30

284

617

860

1,115

Advanced cases (TNM II+)

6

73

155

187

248

Advanced cases proportion

20.0%

25.7%

25.1%

21.7%

22.2%

Invasive cases

25

260

547

752

981

Invasive cases proportion

83.3%

91.5%

88.7%

87.4%

88.0%

Node-negative invasive cases

18

196

380

533

683

Proportion among invasive

72.0%

75.4%

69.5%

70.9%

69.6%

Invasive ≤ 10 mm cases

10

112

216

329

376

Proportion among invasive

40.0%

43.1%

39.5%

43.8%

38.3%