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Overdiagnosis of breast cancer in population screening: does it make breast screening worthless?

Nehmat Houssami
Cancer Biology & Medicine February 2017, 14 (1) 1-8; DOI: https://doi.org/10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2016.0050
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1Sydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia
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vol. 14 no. 1 1-8
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https://doi.org/10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2016.0050

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  • Received June 16, 2016
  • Accepted July 22, 2016
  • Published online February 1, 2017.

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  1. 1Sydney School of Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney 2006, Australia
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