A recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine (http://nej.md/TRTJQ1) has indicated that over 30 years, the number of early stage breast cancers detected has increased dramatically, but the number of advanced stage cancers detected has reduced only slightly.  The implication of this article is that woman should not have mammograms as frequently, since there is “over diagnosis” of breast cancer due to mammograms.  The same arguments have been made for PSA screening…

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