BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2009–2010
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Topic: Cancer screening
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012) BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2009–2010, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 06 December 2023.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2012). BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2009–2010. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2009–2010. AIHW, 2012.
Vancouver
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2009–2010. Canberra: AIHW; 2012.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2012, BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2009–2010, AIHW, Canberra.
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The BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2009–2010 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: 978-1-74249-359-6
- Cat. no: CAN 68
- Pages: 93
Findings from this report:
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More than 1.3 million women aged 50–69 had a screening mammogram through BreastScreen Australia in 2009–2010
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In 2010, 12% of women aged 50–69 screened for the first time were recalled for further investigation
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In 2010, 4% of women attending subsequent screens were recalled for further investigation
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A high proportion of invasive breast cancers detected in women aged 50–69 were small