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Mammograms may detect some cancers that would have otherwise regressed
Published in Law and Health Weekly, December 13th, 2008
Breast cancer rates increased significantly in four Norwegian counties after women there began undergoing mammography every two years, according to a report in the November 24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Rates among regularly screened women remained higher than rates among women of the same age who were screened only once after six years, suggesting that some of the cancers detected by mammography may have spontaneously regressed had they not been discovered and treated.
Throughout Europe, the start of screening mammography programs has been associated with increased incidence of breast cancer, according to background...
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