ULTRASOUND SCREENING FOR BREAST CANCER IN RIJEKA, CROATIA –2004 REPORT

Purpose: Croatia is the country with continuously growing incidence of breast cancer. Its early detection has become the highest priority of the Ministry of Health which created the Croatian National Breast Cancer Early Detection Programme in 2003, upon which early detection projects were initiated, particularly those in the primary health care. Such one is a continuous project that has been going on since 2003 the leading part of which has been ultrasound screening for breast cancer. Its 2004 results were reported. Methods and Materials: In 2003 the Ultrasound Diagnostic Service in the Health Centre Rijeka in c…