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ARCHIVED - Organized Breast Cancer Screening Programs in Canada - Report on Program Performance in 2003 and 2004
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Organized Breast Cancer Screening Programs in Canada
PDF Document
6.15 MB - 60 pages
ISBN 978-0-662-47906-2
Cat. no.: HP32-1/2004E-PDF
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Executive Summary
Background
Introduction
Breast Cancer Screening in Canada
Organized Breast Cancer Screening Programs
The Screening Process
Canadian Breast Cancer Screening Database
Monitoring and Evaluation Using the CBCSD
2003 and 2004 Results
Participation and Retention in Organized Screening Programs
Participation
Retention
Results of Screening
Abnormal Call Rates
Positive Predictive Value
Diagnostic Interventions
Diagnostic Interval
Benign to Malignant Open Surgical Biopsy Ratio
Benign Open Surgical Biopsy Rate
Benign to Malignant Core Biopsy Ratio
Benign Core Biopsy Rate
Cancer Detection
Invasive Cancer Detection Rate
In Situ Cancer Detection Rate
Invasive Tumour Size and Node Negative Rate
Post-screen Cancers
Special Topic: Time Intervals between Screening Events
References
Appendices
Appendix 1: Database Management Committee
Appendix 2: Database Technical Subcommittee
Appendix 3: Glossary
Appendix 4: Publications Using the CBCSD
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2008-07-04