More on this serious issue confronting women: breast cancer overdiagnosis. There has been a sharp recent increase in studies examining overdiagnosis, and many authors now describe overdiagnosis as the most concerning potential harm of mammography screening.44 In a meta-analysis, estimates of the excess incidence were 11% (95% CI 9-12) when expressed as a proportion of cancers diagnosed in the invited group in the long term, and 19% (15-23) when expressed as a proportion of the cancers diagnosed during the active screening period. https://jama.jamanetwork/article.aspx?articleid=1853165
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