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Too much screening has misled us about real cancer risk factors: researchers
January 1, 2018 9:38PM ET
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The best-known downside of cancer screening, such as PSA tests for prostate cancer and mammograms for breast cancer, is that they often flag cancers that pose no risk, leading to overdiagnosis and unnecessary, even harmful, treatment.