[Current issues and future prospects of mass screening for breast cancer]

As the breast carcinoma has a tendency to increase lately, the mass screening for it is being undertaken on a national wide scale. Kanagawa prefecture obtaining cooperation from universities and many hospitals there, 144,000 women for five years have undertaken the mass screening since 1978. As a primary examination, many doctors are sent to each parts of Kanagawa prefecture. This mass screening enables to examine the women in the wide area economically and easily. Moreover, it can be a great opportunity for them to get knowledge for the detection of the early breast carcinoma. However, this kind of way needs so many doctors and limits the numbers of examinees. We got the conclusion comparing to the way of the mass screening adapted by Kawasaki city, that is the examinees should go to the public health centers.