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Breast cancer screening tied to overdiagnosis

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new report suggests that when a breast cancer screening program was rolled out in Norway, up to 10 women were diagnosed and treated for cancer unnecessarily for every breast cancer death that was prevented.

By Genevra Pittman

April 2, 2012

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