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Table Preoperative diagnosis rates and percentage of patients with two or more operations in invasive and non-invasive screen-detected cancers

From: Does preoperative diagnosis reduce the number of operations required for treatment of screen-detected breast cancer?

 

Non-invasive

Non-invasive

Non-invasive

Invasive

Invasive

Invasive

 

1990-1993

1993-1996

1996-1999

1990-1993

1993-1996

1996-1999

Preop diagnosis rate

18%

36%

68%

37%

52%

84%

% with 2 or more operations without preop diagnosis

38%

54%

42%

27%

43%

50%

% with 2 or more operations with preop diagnosis

17%

34%

26%

6%

11%

11%