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BreastScreen Australia, achievement report 1997 and 1998
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Topic: Cancer screening
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2000) BreastScreen Australia, achievement report 1997 and 1998, AIHW, Australian Government, accessed 05 November 2024.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2000). BreastScreen Australia, achievement report 1997 and 1998. Canberra: AIHW.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. BreastScreen Australia, achievement report 1997 and 1998. AIHW, 2000.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. BreastScreen Australia, achievement report 1997 and 1998. Canberra: AIHW; 2000.
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2000, BreastScreen Australia, achievement report 1997 and 1998, AIHW, Canberra.
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Describes comprehensive, national data on breast cancer screening in Australia. Features include information about BreastScreen Australia Program activities and performance indicators for 1997 and 1998. This second national report is a joint production by BreastScreen Australia, the AIHW, and the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care.
- ISSN: 1307 3307
- ISBN: 978 1 74024 041 3
- Cat. no: CAN 8
- Pages: 96
Findings from this report:
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In 1997 and 1998, over one and a quarter million Australian women were screened by BreastScreen Australia
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More than half of all women aged 50–69 participated in the Program
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The number of new cases of breast cancer in women aged 50–69 increased since the early 1990s
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The crude small cancer detection rate in 1998 was higher than the National Accreditation Requirements standard