title: The National Breast Screening Programme: the first 5,000 women screened in Northern Ireland.
abstract: The National Breast Screening Programme is an ongoing public health programme. Women between 50 and 64 years are being invited to attend for screening at three yearly intervals. The results of the first 5,000 women screened in the Eastern Health and Social Services Board's unit are presented. The breast cancer detection rate was 7.8 per thousand women screened. The malignant to benign biopsy rate was greater than 1:1.
authors.affiliation: Breast Screening Centre, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: O'Doherty
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Crothers
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Majury
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000592:standards; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000592:standards; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009660:Northern Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity