Table 1 Study centres and breast cancer cases included, by regional area

From: Mastectomy rates are decreasing in the era of service screening: a population-based study in Italy (1997–2001)

   

Cases (no.)

Region

Centre

Screening activation

In situ

Invasive

Total

Emilia Romagna

Bologna City

June 1997

141

1819

1960

 

Bologna North

November 1997

97

665

762

 

Cesena

December 1997

63

605

668

 

Ferrara

October 1997

109

1462

1571

 

Forlì

March 1996

91

635

726

 

Modena

October 1995

319

2281

2600

 

Parma

July 1997

199

1514

1713

 

Ravenna

December 1995

177

1401

1578

 

Reggio Emilia

November 1994

184

1557

1741

 

Rimini

November 1997

60

883

943

Piemonte

Torino

February 1992

170

1642

1812

Sicilia

Palermo

56

1443

1499

 

Ragusa

February 1994

15

582

597

Toscana

Florence City

October 1990

109

1467

1576

 

Florence suburbs

May 1992

56

641

697

Umbria

Perugia

November 1997

87

1041

1128

Veneto

Verona

July 1999

229

1510

1739

Total

  

2162

21 148

23 310