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You may have seen todays New York Times piece by Denise Grady on screening mammography, over diagnosis and over-treatment: it is frightening to consider the prospect that mammography could be leading some down a slippery slope to unneeded surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, with all their risks and side effects. But the numbers on overdiagnosis are all over the map, a shaky foundation on which to base important decisions. The first step? We need to abandon the flawed philosophy that early detection saves lives.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 18:23:22 +0000

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