title: [Mass screening for breast cancer in Herault county. First results in women between 40 and 70 years old].
abstract: A large scale mammography breast cancer screening has begun in Herault county on the first of july 1990. The aim of the project was to determine the impact of two-view mammography upon the size of the tumor and later upon mortality from breast cancer. The women aged 40-70 at entry were invited by mail to the first round of mobile breast screening. Between the start and the 8th of march 1991, 5098 (64%) attended the first round. The cancer detection rate was 5.9/1000, the positive detection rate was 7.75%, the benign malignant surgical biopsy ratio was 1:0.7 and the percentage of surgical biopsies positives for malignancy was 42.6%. Two months after this study, the screening specificity was 96.7% and the sensibility was 92.7%. The rate of tumor size less or equal to 1 cm was 72% (for 30 malignancies) and the rate of mastectomies was 43.3%. These friendly results were compared to those of others breast cancers screenings.
authors.affiliation: Département de l'Information médicale, Hôpital Carémeau, Nîmes.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Daures
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Peray
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bousquet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stoebner
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gouzes
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Lamarque
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Laurent
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cherif Cheikh
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Boulet
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pujol
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000592:standards*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008875:Middle Aged; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
vernacular_title: Dépistage de masse du cancer du sein dans l'Hérault. Premiers résultats chez la femme entre 40 et 70 ans.