Table 2. Breast-conserving surgery (BCS) rate according to the mode of detection, age and tumour size.

		T1		T2
		BCS	Total	BCS	Total
Mode of detection	Age (years)	%	N	%	N
Non-screen detected	<50	60.4	1876	36.0	1535
	50–69	52.0	1969	27.5	1874
	70–74	33.8	488	14.9	545
	75+	19.5	826	10.5	1092
	Total	48.1	5159	25.0	5046
Screen detected	<50	58.0	50	25.0	12
	50–69	59.5	2210	38.0	592
	70–74	61.2	335	32.9	82
	75+	68.6	35	18.2	11
	Total	59.8	2630	36.9	697