BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2008-2009
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Topic: Cancer screening
Citation
AIHW (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare) (2011) BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2008-2009, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 24 June 2026.
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The BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2008–2009 presents the latest national statistics in the monitoring of BreastScreen Australia, which aims to reduce illness and death resulting from breast cancer through organised screening to detect cases of unsuspected breast cancer in women, thus enabling early intervention.
- ISSN: 1039-3307
- ISBN: 978-1-74249-261-2
- Cat. no: CAN 60
- Pages: 98
Findings from this report:
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More than 1.3 million women had a screening mammogram through the program in 2008 and 2009 (55% participation)
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In 2009, 11% of women screened for the first time were recalled for further investigation
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In 2009, 4% of women attending subsequent screens were recalled for further investigation
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In 2009, for every 10,000 women screened for the first time, 80 had an invasive breast cancer detected