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Overdiagnosis and overtreatment of breast cancer: Microsimulation modelling estimates based on observed screen and clinical data

Harry J de Koning*, Gerrit Draisma, Jacques Fracheboud and Arry de Bruijn

Breast Cancer Research 2006, 8:202 doi:10.1186/bcr1369

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Breast cancer incidence and overdiagnosis in Catalonia (Spain)

Montserrat Martinez-Alonso, Ester Vilaprinyo, Rafael Marcos-Gragera, Montserrat Rue Breast Cancer Research 2010, 12:R58 (3 August 2010)

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Mammography screening contributed to overdiagnosis of breast cancer in Catalonia by detecting cases of tumours with limited malignant potential which would otherwise have gone undetected during a lifetime.

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