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That breast cancer screening leads to higher mortality is a big claim. Any evidence? A web search on this topic seems to show that, at worst, screening has no i
by DangitBobby 6y ago
That breast cancer screening leads to higher mortality is a big claim. Any evidence? A web search on this topic seems to show that, at worst, screening has no impact on outcomes.
- rjkennedy98 6y agoThis article is from a book review about the subject but it has enough in there. The reasoning is pretty simple. Early intervention doesn’t help that much because treatments don’t work. And false positives in diagnosis lead to over treatment which is incredibly dangerous. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3563917/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3563917/