Government-Run Screening Programs Might Lead To Overtreatment Of Breast Cancer, Danish Study Says
Posted on July 14, 2009 by Sister Of Hope
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/157374.php
One in three breast cancer patients identified in certain nations’ public screening programs might have undergone unnecessary treatment, according to a study published Friday in BMJ, the AP/Google.com reports. For the study, Karsten Jorgensen and Peter Gotzsche of Copenhagen’s Nordic Cochrane Centre examined breast cancer trends at least seven years before and after the launch [...]