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. 2005 Feb 22;92(5):949–954. doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602396

Table 6. Interval cancers and estimate of sensitivity (data up to 31 December 1999).

  Interval cancers within 12 months (O) Expected cancers (E) Sensitivitya (%)
1st screen 13 49.4 73.6
2nd and 3rd screen 47 88.4 46.8
4th and 5th screen 28 68.1 58.9
Later screens 11 31.0 64.5

In situ and microinvasive cases excluded.

a

(1−O/E) × 100%.