Organized Breast Cancer Screening Programs in Canada - 1996 Report

Table of Contents

Organized Breast Cancer Screening Programs in Canada 1996 Report (707 KB) in PDF Format

• Executive Summary
• Background
  • Breast Cancer Screening in Canada
  • Organized Screening Programs in Canada
  • The Screening Process
  • Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Canadian Breast Cancer Screening Database
• 1996 Results
  • Participation in Screening Programs
  • Recruitment and Retention
  • Results of Screening
  • Diagnostic Investigations
  • Cancer Detection
  • Summary of Outcomes
  • Cancers Detected Outside of Programs
• Summary and Future Directions
• References
• Appendix 1

Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge the following contributors:

• Provincial organized screening programs, which supply the data to the Canadian Breast Cancer Screening Database at the Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Health Canada.
• The Writing Committee of this report, which included Heather Bryant, Screen Test Alberta; Kathleen Decker, Manitoba Breast Screening Program; Gregory Doyle, Newfoundland Breast Screening Program; Ivo Olivotto, Screening Mammography Program of British Columbia; Dana Paquette,  Judy Snider and Françoise Bouchard, Health Canada.
• The Database Management Sub-committee (DMC) for its edits and reviews of this document.
• The Technical Sub-committee to the DMC for reviewing and ensuring the accuracy of the data.
• Alex Madramootoo, Systems Analyst for the Canadian Breast Cancer Screening Database.
• Diane Major, Programme québécois de dépistage du cancer du sein, Françoise Bouchard, Health Canada, for reviewing the French version.

For additional copies of this report,
please contact the Cancer Bureau, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control:
(613) 957-0357; Fax: (613) 941-2057;
E-mail: cancer_bureau@hc-sc.gc.ca

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