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

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…