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Table 2 Number of screen-detected cancers, interval cancers, false positive examinations and true negative examinations

From: Influence of breast compression pressure on the performance of population-based mammography screening

  

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

 

Total

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Total examinations

132,776

26,490

20.0

26,617

20.0

26,539

20.0

26,549

20.0

26,581

20.0

Screen detected cancers

833

177

21.2

164

19.7

188

22.6

152

18.2

152

18.2

Interval cancers

269

37

13.8

48

17.8

48

17.8

65

24.2

71

26.4

Interval cancers detected within 12 months after the examination

110

19

17.3

15

13.6

13

11.8

26

23.6

37

33.6

False positive examinations

2192

486

22.2

381

17.4

404

18.4

426

19.4

495

22.6

True negative examinations

129,482

25,790

19.9

26,024

20.1

25,899

20.0

25,906

20.0

25,863

20.0

  1. The 12-month interval cancers are included in the interval cancers