BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2011-2012
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AIHW
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2014) BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2011-2012, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 29 March 2024.
APA
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2014). BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2011-2012. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2011-2012. AIHW, 2014.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2011-2012. Canberra: AIHW; 2014.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2014, BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2011-2012, AIHW, Canberra.
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The BreastScreen Australia monitoring report 2011–2012 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: 978-1-74249-639-9
- Cat. no: CAN 83
- Pages: 99
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In 2011–2012, over 1.4 million women aged 50–69 had a screening mammogram through the program (55% participation)
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In 2012, 11% of women screening for the first time were recalled for further investigation
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A high proportion of invasive breast cancers detected were small in 2012
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Indigenous women had, higher breast cancer mortality and lower incidence and screening participation rates