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Breast Cancer Screening
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Breast Cancer Screening |
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Percentage of women aged 53-64 screened for breast cancer.
Rationale
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) evaluated the evidence on breast cancer screening in March 2002. IARC concluded that trials have provided sufficient evidence for the efficacy of mammography screening of women between 50 and 69 years, and that the reduction in mortality from breast cancer among women who chose to participate in screening programmes was estimated to be about 35%. 1.3m women in England were screened in 2001/02, and over 8,500 cancers were detected, over half of which were small cancers which could not have been detected by hand. Breast cancer mortality fell by over 21% between 1990 and 1998. A third of this fall is attributed to breast screening (Blanks et al, BMJ, September 2000).
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Thresholds
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| Significantly below average |
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less than 64.7% |
| Below average |
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greater than or equal to 64.7% and less than 74.6% |
| Average |
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greater than or equal to 74.6% and less than 80.7% |
| Above average |
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greater than or equal to 80.7% and less than 83.2% |
| Significantly above average |
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greater than or equal to 83.2% |
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