1 in 3 Breast Cancer Patients Overtreated

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LONDON - One in three breast cancer patients identified in public screening programs might be treated unnecessarily, a new study says.

Karsten Jorgensen and Peter Gotzsche, of the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Copenhagen, analyzed breast cancer trends at least seven years before and after government-run screening programs for breast cancer started in parts of Australia, Britain, Canada, Norway and Sweden.

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1 in 3 Breast Cancer Patients Overtreated

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