Table 1 The number of referrals, first treatments, screen-detected cancers and stage at diagnosis for breast cancer in England for March–April 2019/20, 2020/21, and 2021/22.
Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
2019/2020 | 2020/2021 | 2021/2022 | |
% (N) | % (N) | % (N) | |
aNumber of referrals | 609,664 | 552,993 | 667,136 |
Urgent referrals | 71.2 (433,880) | 76.8 (424,970) | 76.9 (512,782) |
Routine referrals | 28.8 (175,784) | 23.2 (128,023) | 23.1 (154,354) |
a,bNumber of first treatments | 49,050 | 37,770 | 49,963 |
<50 years | 16.3 (8012) | 18.6 (7027) | 14.3 (7156) |
50–69 years | 49.0 (24,037) | 46.6 (17,683) | 51.9 (25,945) |
70+ years | 34.7 (17,001) | 34.6 (13,060) | 33.7 (16,862) |
cNumber of screen-detected cancers | 17,714 | 10,835 | Awaited |
dNumber of invasive cancers | 45,560 | 37,309 | 47,493 |
Stage 1 | 32.5 (14,829) | 27.6 (10,296) | 30.6 (14,543) |
Stage 2 | 30.7 (13,969) | 32.6 (12,170) | 30.5 (14,486) |
Stage 3 | 7.7 (3524) | 8.3 (3105) | 6.7 (3163) |
Stage 4 | 3.1 (1390) | 3.9 (1451) | 3.2 (1522) |
Unknown | 26.0 (11,848) | 27.6 (10,287) | 29.0 (13,779) |
