Fewer Breast Cancers May Be ‘Overdiagnosed’ by Mammograms Than Thought

Fewer Breast Cancers May Be ‘Overdiagnosed’ by Mammograms Than Thought

TUESDAY, March 1, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Screening mammograms can lead to overdiagnosis of breast cancer, but a new study finds it happens less often than experts have thought.Researchers estimated that about 15% of breast cancers caught through routine mammography screening are overdiagnoses — m…