EVALUACIÓN DEL PROGRAMA DE DETECCIÓN PRECOZ DEL CÁNCER DE MAMA EN EL DISTRITO SANITARIO CÓRDOBA SUR EVALUATION OF EARLY DETECTION OF BREAST CANCER PROGRAM (EDBCP) IMPLANTED AT SOUTH CORDOBA HEALTH DISTRICT

SUMMARY The Early Detection of Breast Cancer Program (EDBCP) was implanted at South Cordoba Health District by the end of 1999. The objective of this study is to evaluate the EDBCP in our health district over the last 4 rounds of the program. We calculated the participation rate (examined women/ target population), the inclusion rate (attended women/ target population) and the hospital derivation rate in percentage, together with the detection rate (number of women diagnosed with malignant tumors x 10?/ number of women examined with mammograms) in our health district. The target population was 17058, 16421, 18.098 and 20478 for the 4 rounds respectively. The participation rates in our district were 73.9% (1st round), 77% (2nd round), 76.3% (3rd round) and 76.2% (4th round). The inclusion rates of the district were 82% (1st round), 78.8% (2nd round), 78.2% (3rd round) and 77.9% (4th round). The hospital derivation rates of the district were 7.8% (1st round), 4.4% (2nd round), 6.3% (3rd round) and 6.57% (4th round). The detection rates of the district were 4.68 (1st round), 2.21 (2nd round), 2.97 (3rd round) and 2 (4th round). Since the EDBCP was implanted we have detected 162 malignant tumours, with global detection rate of 7.13 per 10 3 examined women. In conclusion, the EDBCP at South Cordoba Health District have obtained higher participation and inclusion rates than the target objective of the Andalusian Health Services. This has permitted the early diagnosis of 162 women with malignant tumours, which would improve the prognosis and the quality of life of these patients.