Mammogram results lead to unneeded breast cancer treatment for some

  • 7 years ago
A Danish study published Monday in Annals of Internal Medicine found that one in three women with breast cancer detected by a mammogram are treated when they shouldn't. Dr. Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society The women who didn’t need treatment had tumors so slow-growing that they’re essentially harmless and in many cases even shrink on their own.

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