title: A new breast screening programme--an audit of the first year.
abstract: The experience of a new breast screening unit is reported. In the first 12 months there was a 72.1% response rate with 9890 women being screened. After the initial screen 598 (5.8%) were referred to the Assessment clinic. Following repeated mammography and clinical examination 166 patients were referred for a surgical opinion; 105 (1.06% of the total screened) were considered to be possibly malignant; 61 further patients with clinical and mammographically benign disease were kept under review by a single surgeon; 101 patients had excision biopsies; 28 of 32 palpable breast lumps and 36 of 69 non-palpable lesions proved to be malignant.
authors.affiliation: North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Stoke on Trent, UK.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kirby
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Williams
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hopper
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Skinner
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: French
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Suarez
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Summerly
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008403:Mass Screening; D008485:Medical Audit; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012017:Referral and Consultation