Prostate cancer: 4. Screening
| Table 2: Outcome of initial screening for breast cancer by mammography and physical examination in 19 711 women 50–59 years of age10 | |||
| Breast cancer | |||
| Test result | Present | Absent | Total |
| Positive* | 142 | 3230 | 3372 |
| Negative | 15† | 16324 | 16339 |
| Total | 157 | 19554 | 19711 |
| *A positive test result corresponds to a suspicious finding by mammography, physical examination or both. †Women with a false-negative screening test result are those in whom breast cancer was discovered during the first year of follow-up (interval cancers). |
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