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

Ramifications of screening for breast cancer: 1 in 4 cancers detected by mammography are pseudocancers

H Gilbert Welch, Lisa M Schwartz, Steven Woloshin
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Ramifications of screening for breast cancer: 1 in 4 cancers detected by mammography are pseudocancers

H Gilbert Welch et al. BMJ. .
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Risk of overdiagnosis in screened group at end of trial
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