| Summary: | The age limit of mammographic screening in women, possibilities of improving the prevention of breast cancer in the Czech Republic. Abstract. The present study is focused on routine screening in women at average risk of developing breast cancer. The theoretical part of the thesis summarised an overview of the current state of the issue of breast cancer prevention. The practical research part deals with evaluation and comments on the results obtained from the retrospective cohort study. The aim of the study was to evaluate the risk of breast cancer in women aged 40-45 years who are not currently included in the routine mammography screening programme in the Czech Republic, while assessing the current duration of the screening interval. The study was carried out using registry data of one by the Ministry of Health accredited mammography centre (Bulovka University Hospital). The reference period was from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2017. During the reference period, 36,548 women participated in the mammography screening programme, i.e. 58.4 %. The number of women who participated in the first screening scan decreased from 8,074 in 2008 to 1,524 in 2017. The average age of women entering screening was 57.8 years, and women in screening were followed in an average of 4.2 years. The average age of women...
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