Why the Effect of Breast Cancer Screening Is in Decline - Technology Networks

The benefits of breast cancer screening are declining, as treatment for breast cancer is improving. In addition, screenings have been implicated in overdiagnosis and overtreatment of the disease.

Screening for breast cancer has a cost. This is shown by a Danish/Norwegian study that analysed 10,580 breast cancer deaths among Norwegian women aged 50 to 75 years. "The beneficial effect of scre… [+3317 chars]

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