Is breast cancer overdiagnosed?

Andrea Veronesi; Diego Serraino

doi:10.1038/nrclinonc.2009.172

Is breast cancer overdiagnosed?

Andrea Veronesi, Diego Serraino

Centro di Riferimento Oncologico

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Abstract

Jørgensen and gtzsche quantified the degree of overdiagnosis of breast cancer in five publicly organized mammography screening programs in different parts of the world. overall, they estimated a total degree of breast cancer (including carcinoma in situ) overdiagnosis of 52%, while overdiagnosis for invasive breast cancer was 35%, a finding with potential implications for both clinical practice and public health.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	682-683
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
Volume	6
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nrclinonc.2009.172
Publication status	Published - 2009

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Oncology
Medicine(all)

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