BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2002-2003
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Release Date:
Topic: Cancer screening
Citation
AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2006) BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2002-2003, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 23 September 2023.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2006). BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2002-2003. Canberra: AIHW.
MLA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2002-2003. AIHW, 2006.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2002-2003. Canberra: AIHW; 2006.
Harvard
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2006, BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2002-2003, AIHW, Canberra.
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The BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2002–2003 presents the latest national statistics in the monitoring of BreastScreen Australia, which aims to reduce illness and death resulting from breast cancer through organised screening to detect cases of unsuspected breast cancer in women, thus enabling early intervention.
- ISSN: 1039-3307
- ISBN: 978 1 74024 558 6
- Cat. no: CAN 27
- Pages: 180
Findings from this report:
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In 2002–2003 just over 1.6 million Australian women were screened through BreastScreen Australia
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Participation in the target age group (50–69 years) increased from 54.6% in 1997–1998 to 56.1% in 2002–2003
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In 2003, 883 cases of DCIS were detected in women participating in the BreastScreen Australia Program
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9.3% of women attending their first round were recalled for further testing, with 4.0% for subsequent rounds