Cancers by Indication for Examination for 401,572 Diagnostic Mammography Examinations from 2002 - 2006 --- based on BCSC data as of 2009

Notes

Numbers are frequencies unless otherwise indicated.

^* Cancers = The number of cancers diagnosed within 1 year following an examination with an abnormal final interpretation. (BI-RADS category 4 or 5 -- categories 0 or 3 with a recommendation for biopsy were recoded as 4).

^† Numbers in parentheses are percentages of all cancers.

^‡ Numbers in parentheses are percentages of invasive cancers of known size.

^§ Minimal cancer = DCIS or invasive cancer <= 10 mm; numbers in parentheses are percentages of DCIS + invasive cancer of known size.

^|| Numbers in parentheses are percentages of invasive cancers of known nodal status.

^# Numbers in parentheses are percentages of DCIS + invasive cancers of known stage.

^{^} Numbers in parentheses are percentages of DCIS + invasive cancers of known grade.

Table numbers last updated June 28, 2010. The following source must be cited when reproducing this table: NCI-funded Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium co-operative agreement (U01CA63740, U01CA86076, U01CA86082, U01CA63736, U01CA70013, U01CA69976, U01CA63731, U01CA70040). Downloaded xx/xx/xxxx from the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium Web site - http://breastscreening.cancer.gov/data/benchmarks/diagnostic/2009/table4.html

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