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This programme
is organised by the Basque Government Health Department.
General
Objective:
To discover
breast cancer at the earliest possible stages in order to
diminish mortality and to increase the quality of life of
the affected patients applying a greater number of conservative
or non-mutilant treatments.
Basis:
- Target population: Basque Country,
woman 50-64 years old.
- Technique: Bilateral mammography in double projection.
- Periodicity: Twice a year.

Starting
date:
-February 1.997.
Population:
The Instituto
Oncológico collaborates with the two Early Detection
Units in Gipuzkoa and as an Assistance Unit. The patients
who belong to the sanitary areas of Tolosa, Bidasoa and Gipuzkoa
are the ones assigned to the Instituto Oncológico.
Results:
| P.
D. P. C. M.: INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY |
| DESCRIPTION
|
CYCLE
1 (97-98) |
CYCLE
2 (99-00) |
CYCLE
3 (01-02) |
CYCLE 4 (03-04*) |
| Participation
(%) |
83,96 |
85,51 |
86,18 |
82,56 |
| Adherence
(%) |
-- |
95,55 |
96,47 |
93,96 |
| Valid
technique (%) |
99,15 |
99,79 |
99,99 |
99,96 |
| Re-evaluations
(%) |
6,57 |
7,02 |
4,93 |
6,01 |
| Mammogram
at 6 months (%) |
0,45 |
0,39 |
0,11 |
0,35 |
| Mammogram
at 12 months (%) |
6,73 |
5,23 |
2,47 |
3,22 |
| Control
at the Hospital of Reference of the lesions suspected
as malignant (%) |
1,80 |
1,21 |
0,84 |
0,75 |
| Detection
rate (%) |
6,30 |
4,75 |
3,01 |
2,71 |
| In
situ/Total (%) |
15,49 |
22,64 |
18,84 |
8,16 |
| Invasive
= 10 mm/Invasive (%) |
32,50 |
34,15 |
21,43 |
22,22 |
| N0
/ Lymphadenectomy (%) |
66,94 |
69,62 |
25,00 |
16,67 |
| Preservation
treatment (%) |
80,99 |
67,62 |
68,12 |
73,91 |
| (*) To
be completed in February 2005. |
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