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21 Mar 2012 - All indicator supplementary tables updated with minor corrections.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2011) BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2008-2009, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 18 April 2024.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2011). BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2008-2009. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2008-2009. AIHW, 2011.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2008-2009. Canberra: AIHW; 2011.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2011, BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2008-2009, AIHW, Canberra.
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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.
More than 1.3 million women had a screening mammogram through the program in 2008 and 2009 (55% participation)
In 2009, 11% of women screened for the first time were recalled for further investigation
In 2009, 4% of women attending subsequent screens were recalled for further investigation
In 2009, for every 10,000 women screened for the first time, 80 had an invasive breast cancer detected
21 Mar 2012 - All indicator supplementary tables updated with minor corrections.