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The overdiagnosis nightmare: a time for caution
Overdiagnosis (and overtreatment) of cancers not bound to become symptomatic during lifetime is an unavoidable drawback of mammography screening. The magnitude of overdiagnosis has been estimated to be in the range of 5-10%, and thus acceptable in view of screening benefits as to reduced mortality....
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BioMed Central
2009
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2801476/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20015373 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6874-9-34 |