Breast and cervical cancer screening in Australia 1996-1997

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Release Date: 03 Dec 1998

Topic: Cancer screening

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (1998) Breast and cervical cancer screening in Australia 1996-1997, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 07 December 2023.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (1998). Breast and cervical cancer screening in Australia 1996-1997. Canberra: AIHW.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Breast and cervical cancer screening in Australia 1996-1997. AIHW, 1998.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Breast and cervical cancer screening in Australia 1996-1997. Canberra: AIHW; 1998.

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 1998, Breast and cervical cancer screening in Australia 1996-1997, AIHW, Canberra.

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This report is the first to present national data on breast and cervical cancer screening in Australia. It presents data based on a new set of indicators for breast and cervical cancer screening from BreastScreen Australia and the National Cervical Screening Program. Data on current status, trends over time, and State and Territory comparisons are also provided wherever possible.

ISSN: 1307 3307
ISBN: 978 0 642 24784 1
Cat. no: CAN 3
Pages: 108

Findings from this report:

1,262,584 women were screened by BreastScreen Australia in 1996–1997
In 1996–1997, 52.2% of women aged 50–69 years were screened for breast cancer in the recommended 24-month period
2,619,273 women were screened by the National Cervical Screening Program in 1996–1997
In 1996–1997, 62.4% of women aged 20–69 years were screened for cervical cancer in the recommended 24-month period

Preliminary material (105KB PDF)
- Title page and verso
- Contents
- List of tables
- List of figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Summary
Introduction (36KB PDF)
- Background
- Structure of this report
Chapters
1. Breast cancer screening in Australia 1996-1997 (184KB PDF)
  - Breast cancer and its management
  - Breast cancer screening
  - BreastScreen Australia
  - Mammography outside the program
  - National breast cancer screening monitoring indicators
  - Participation
  - Detection of small cancers
  - Sensitivity
  - Incidence
  - Mortality
  - Tables
2. Cervical cancer screening in Australia 1996-1997 (211KB PDF)
  - Cervical cancer
  - Cervical cancer screening
  - National Cervical Screening Program
  - National cervical cancer screening monitoring indicators
  - Participation
  - Early rescreening
  - Low-grade abnormalities
  - High-grade abnormalities
  - Incidence
  - Mortality
  - Tables
End matter (187KB PDF)
- Appendixes
  - Appendix A: Data sources and limitations
  - Appendix B: Methods
  - Appendix C: Population data
- Glossary
- References
- Related publications

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