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2004 JUL 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Younger women had more 2+ cm ductal breast carcinoma than older women, researchers say.
"In a population-based series of 2109 women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) diagnosed in 1995-2000 in New South Wales, Australia, incidence increased by an average of 5.5% a year, mostly between 1995 and 1996 and in women 50-69 years of age," investigators in Australia report.
"This increase paralleled the increases in mammographic screening. BreastScreen NSW, an organized mammographic screening program, detected 65% of all DCIS. High-grade lesions were 54% of all lesions and were more likely to be 2+ cm in diameter (OR=2.12, 95% CI 1.46-3.14) than low-grade lesions," wrote A. Kricker and colleagues, University of Sydney, School of Public Health.
The researchers concluded: "In all, 40% of DCIS in women younger than 40 years was 2+ cm in diameter compared with 21% in women ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Breast screening program in Australia detects more ductal carcinomas...