Incidence, detection, and tumour stage of breast cancer in a cohort of Italian women with negative screening mammography report recommending early (short-interval) rescreen

Table 1 Prevalence of recommendation for early rescreen.

Total screening centres (n = 13)
Women with at least one negative mammography, n	376,257
Total negative mammographies, n	647,876
Negative mammographies with RES
n	4171
%	0.64
Screening centres using RES (n = 8)
Women with at least one negative mammography, n	188,348
Total negative mammographies, n	313,320
Negative mammographies with RES
%	1.33
%, range between centres	0.05-4.33†
%, woman's age 50-59 versus 60-69 years	1.51 versus 1.14‡
%, first versus subsequent screening rounds	2.15 versus 1.08‡
%, centres with recall rate <6.2% versus ≥6.2%*	1.63 versus 1.06‡

*Recall rate was calculated at the screening centre level for the same time period in which the negative mammographies were recorded; 6.2% was the average recall rate in those centres using RES.
† P = 0.000 for a χ² test with seven degrees of freedom.
‡ P = 0.000 for a χ² test with one degree of freedom.
RES, recommendation for early (<24 months) rescreen.

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