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Women's responses to information about overdiagnosis in the UK breast cancer screening programme: a qualitative study
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- Published on: 23 November 2015
- Published on: 23 November 2015Untangling over-treatment from over- diagnosisShow More
The battle between proponents and opponents of breast screening has reached a well entrenched stalemate. (1). A new randomised trial which could confirm or refute breast screening benefits is not realistically feasible.
The women's views in this study offers an elegant way forward. (2). We need to untangle the issue of over- treatment from over- diagnosis. Rather than concentrating on over- diagnosis, the optio...
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