A new breast screening programme--an audit of the first year.
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.
Kirby
R M
RM
North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Stoke on Trent, UK.
Williams
M
M
Hopper
G
G
Skinner
M D
MD
French
C
C
Suarez
V
V
Summerly
M E
ME
Gray
J G
JG
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