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News	04-03-2012 09:10 AM

Routine Mammograms: 10 Patients Wrongly Diagnosed For Every 1 Saved

The "should we shouldn't we" debate continues in regards to routine breast cancer screening, with new research from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), indicating that between 15% and 25% of cases are overdiagnosed. Routine mammograms have become the norm since the late 1980s, and have been thought to be the frontline in the fight against breast cancer...

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'lizbeth

04-03-2012 09:29 AM

Re: Routine Mammograms: 10 Patients Wrongly Diagnosed For Every 1 Saved

Seriously. Does this take the new digital mammograms into consideration?

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