Breast Screening Over Age 70 May Lead to Overdiagnosis

Mammograms for women over the age of 70 s doesn’t prompt a sharp fall in advanced disease and may instead lead to overdiagnosis and overtreatment, according to research led by a team based at Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands. Their paper was published in BMJ,, coinciding with the opening of the Preventing Overdiagnosis… Continue reading Breast Screening Over Age 70 May Lead to Overdiagnosis