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News · 07-07-2015, 06:11 AM

For every life saved by Norway's Breast Cancer Screening Programme, five women are over-diagnosed, and have to go through an operation to remove a tumour that otherwise never would have caused problems.

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07-07-2015, 06:11 AM	#1
News Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 18,983	15-20% women are overdiagnosed in Norway's Breast Cancer Screening Programme For every life saved by Norway's Breast Cancer Screening Programme, five women are over-diagnosed, and have to go through an operation to remove a tumour that otherwise never would have caused problems. More...