Study questions mammograms in the U.S.
Posted: November 23, 2012 at 2:45 a.m.
Roughly a third of all tumors discovered in routine mammography screenings are unlikely to result in illness, according to a new study that says 30 years of the breast-cancer exams have resulted in the overdiagnosis of 1.3 million American women.
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