ARCHIVED - Organized Breast Cancer Screening Programs in Canada - Report on Program Performance in 2005 and 2006

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Executive Summary

Background

• Introduction
• History of Breast Cancer Screening in Canada
• Organized Breast Cancer Screening Programs
• The Screening Process
• Canadian Breast Cancer Screening Database (CBCSD)
• Monitoring and Evaluation Using the CBCSD

2005 and 2006 Results

• Participation in Organized Breast Cancer Screening Programs
  • Participation Rate
  • Retention Rate
• Results of Organized Breast Cancer Screening Programs
  • Abnormal Call Rate
  • Positive Predictive Value
• Diagnostic Process used by Organized Breast Cancer Screening Programs
  • Diagnostic Interval
  • Benign Open Surgical Biopsy Rate
  • Benign to Malignant Open Surgical Biopsy Ratio
  • Benign Core Biopsy Rate
  • Benign to Malignant Core Biopsy Ratio
• Cancer Detection by Organized Breast Cancer Screening Programs
  • In Situ Cancer Detection Rate
  • Invasive Cancer Detection Rate
  • Invasive Tumour Size and Negative Node Rate
• Post-Screen Invasive Cancers

Special topic

• Decision Analysis Models for Outcomes Related to Breast Cancer Screening

References

• Appendix A Contributing Organized Breast Cancer Screening Programs
• Appendix B Database Management Committee of the CBCSI
• Appendix C Technical Sub-committee of the CBCSI
• Appendix D Glossary

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Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge the contribution of the following individuals:

Editorial

• The Editorial Committee of this report, which includes Riaz Alvi (Saskatchewan Cancer Agency), Judy Caines (Nova Scotia Breast Screening Program), Christina Chu (British Columbia Cancer Agency), Theresa Comeau (New Brunswick Breast Screening Program), Gregory Doyle (Breast Screening Program for Newfoundland and Labrador), Song Gao (Alberta Breast Cancer Screening Program), Eshwar Kumar (New Brunswick Breast Screening Program), André Langlois (Programme Québécois de Dépistage du Cancer du Sein), Vicky Majpruz (Ontario Breast Screening Program), Rene Shumak (Ontario Breast Screening Program), and Bin Zhang (New Brunswick Breast Screening Program).
• Provincial organized breast cancer screening programs which contribute to the Canadian Breast Cancer Screening Database at the Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada (Appendix A).
• The Canadian Breast Cancer Screening Initiative Database Management Committee (Appendix B).
• The Canadian Breast Cancer Screening Initiative Database Technical Subcommittee (Appendix C).
• Justin Francis (Statistics Canada) for his development of the decision analysis model that underpinned the special topic component of the report.
• André Langlois and Sylvie St-Jaques for editing the French language version.

Public Health Agency of Canada Resource Team

• Heather Limburg, Jay Onysko, Lisa Pogany (Editorial Committee Chair), Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control.

Production of this document was made possible through the Canadian Breast Cancer Screening Initiative.