BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2002-2003

Breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related deaths in women, with 2,713 deaths in 2003 in Australia

In 2003, 883 cases of DCIS were detected in women participating in the BreastScreen Australia Program

The mortality rate in women aged 50–69 declined from 66.7 per 100,000 women in 1989 to 54.1 per 100,000 in 2003

The breast cancer incidence rate for women in the target age group increased slightly between 1993–1997 and 1998–2002