Opportunistic breast cancer early detection in Tyrol, Austria 1996-2004

Opportunistic screening with a true team approach, combined with minimally invasive diagnosis and a strive for excellence have resulted in improved diagnosis, ever expanding patient and referring physician acceptance and an increase of positive prognostic factors, which eclipses the results of any published international mammography-screening program. A program as proposed by the ÖBIG would only represent one giant leap backwards for Tyrolean womankind!