The increase in the rate of new cancers, especially in the target age group, coincided with the introduction in 1991 of BreastScreen Australia (then known as the National Programme for the Early Detection of Breast Cancer).
癌症患者增加，特别是目标群体中癌症患者人数与1991年实行澳大利亚乳房筛检计划（当时称为国家早期检查乳腺癌计划）的时间对应。