Saturday 15 September 2012

Breast Cancer Screening Benefits Outweigh Harm of Over Diagnosis

A joint study conducted by researchers at Queen Mary, University of London, who reviewed the breast cancer screening services across Europe, reveals that in spite of concerns of over diagnosis, the benefits in terms of number of lives saved far outweighed any harms caused by the screenings. The results, which are published in a special supplement of The iJournal of Medical Screening/i [1] today (Thursday), show that for every 1,000 women screened every two ...

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