• By Margaret
    Jul 10, 2009 12:40 PM 1,932
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    Some Doctors Claim Breast Cancer Is Overtreated

    A study of breast cancer trends in countries with government-run screening found one in three breast cancer patients are treated unnecessarily. Screenings sometimes detect slow-growing cancers that wouldn't cause symptoms, but doctors can't distinguish between dangerous and non-threatening cancers. [AP]


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