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Editorial
. 2012 Apr 3;156(7):536-7.
doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-156-7-201204030-00012.

Overdiagnosis in breast cancer screening: time to tackle an underappreciated harm

Joann G Elmore, Suzanne W Fletcher
Editorial

Overdiagnosis in breast cancer screening: time to tackle an underappreciated harm

Joann G Elmore et al. Ann Intern Med. .
No abstract available

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