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Comment
. 2006 Mar 25;332(7543):727.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7543.727-a.

Ramifications of screening for breast cancer: overdiagnosis in the Malmö trial was considerably underestimated

Peter C Gøtzsche
Comment

Ramifications of screening for breast cancer: overdiagnosis in the Malmö trial was considerably underestimated

Peter C Gøtzsche. BMJ. .
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