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. 2021 Jun;214(10):455-456.e1.
doi: 10.5694/mja2.51045. Epub 2021 May 16.

Overdiagnosis of screen-detected breast cancer

Vivienne Milch  1 , Sanchia Aranda  2 , Karen Canfell  3 , Megan Varlow  4 , David M Roder  5 , David Currow  6 , Cleola Anderiesz  1 , Dorothy Keefe  1
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Overdiagnosis of screen-detected breast cancer

Vivienne Milch et al. Med J Aust. 2021 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: Breast neoplasms; Cancer; Early detection of cancer; Mammography; Mass screening; Population health; Prevention and control; Public health.

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