False Positive Mammograms Affect Most Women After A Decade

[News]

A new investigation of national Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium data in the Annals of Internal Medicine reveals that, in one decade of yearly mammograms, over half of women without cancer will be called back for further testing, and approximately 1 in 12 women will be referred for a biopsy...

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[Rich66]

women who were diagnosed with cancer from screening every other year were not considerably more likely to be diagnosed with late-stage cancer, compared to women who were screen annually. "not considerably"?


How can so much ink be spilled on false positives with nary a mention of something like 30% false negatives? Which causes more "stress"?