Routine breast cancer screening leads to overdiagnosis
https://www.facingourrisk.org/XRAY/screening-and-overdiagnosis
Full article: https://annals.org/aim/article/2596394/breast-cancer-screening-denmark-cohort-study-tumor-size-overdiagnosis
Routine breast cancer screening for women of average risk has been controversial for many years because some believe that the benefits do not outweigh the risks. Recent headlines covering a study in Denmark suggests that routine breast cancer screening leads to “overdiagnosis” of breast cancer. (4/4/17)
Questions To Ask Your Health Care Provider
- What risk factors for breast cancer do I have?
- How does my family history of cancer affect my breast cancer risk and screening recommendations?
- When should I start breast cancer screening?
- How often should I get screening?
- I have an inherited mutation in a gene associated with increased breast cancer risk; does that change my breast cancer screening recommendations?
- How can I lower my breast cancer risk?
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