Table 3.

Certification of breast centres and case volumes at certified breast centres in Germany during 2004–2010

	31 Dec 2004	31 Dec 2005	31 Dec 2006	31 Dec 2007	31 Dec 2008	31 Dec 2009	31 Dec 2010
Certified breast centres	57	99	135	163	181	195	200
Certified sites	62	124	176	205	232	250	258
Applications under review	21	24	16	13	10	7	8
Sites per breast centre
1	53	82	102	126	135	146	149
2	3	11	27	34	43	45	46
3	1	4	4	1	1	2	3
4	0	2	2	2	2	2	2
Primary breast cancers
Total	11,152	20,089	27,722	33,955	41,322	48,289	52,345
Per breast centre	196	203	205	208	228	248	262
Per site	180	162	158	166	178	193	203
Percentagea	19.2%	34.7%	47.8%	58.6%	71.3%	83.3%	90.3%

^aRelative to an estimated 57,970 primary breast cancers in Germany in 2006 [1]