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Old 10-30-2012, 06:44 AM   #1
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Breast cancer screening reduces deaths but overdiagnoses

An independent panel of experts has concluded that routine breast cancer screening results in a reduced risk of dying from breast cancer compared to when no screening takes place, but that screening also results in overdiagnosis, according to a Review published in The Lancet.

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