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According to this article, there are scientific reasons for having a breast cancer screening program.  I didn’t even know it was in doubt, but according to this article on Reuters, there are potential problems.

Basically what the article says is that a good breast cancer screening program is twice as likely to help a woman as hurt so I guess the odds say it is a good thing.  Now if they could just cut down on the number of mis-diagnosis so the ration is better than 2 to 1.

Click the link after the excerpt to read the whole story.

The British researchers said their work, which contradicts some recent studies on screening programs but confirms others, showed the benefits outweigh the harm screening can cause by picking up tumors that would not have presented a problem.

UK study finds breast screen programs save lives | Reuters

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