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Routine breast cancer screening leads to overdiagnosis

https://www.facingourrisk.org/XRAY/screening-and-overdiagnosis
Full article: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28114661/

Routine breast cancer screening for women of average risk has been controversial for many years because some believe that the benefits do not outweigh the risks. Recent headlines covering a study in Denmark suggests that routine breast cancer screening leads to “overdiagnosis” of breast cancer. (4/4/17)

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