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01-11-2013 | Poster presentation
PB.38: In the context of overdiagnosis, does size matter?
Authors:
S Bhuva, I Haigh, M McMahon, B Dall, D Dodwell, N Sharma
Published in:
Breast Cancer Research
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
The Marmot Review showed that although breast screening saves lives, it is harmful through overdiagnosis - treating cancers that would not otherwise have ever become clinically apparent. Currently, there is no size threshold for recalling screening patients with calcifications. Our aim was to assess whether a minimum size threshold would reduce overdiagnosis. …