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Breast Cancer Screening: Harms

  • Radiation exposure.
  • Pain during procedures.
  • Anxiety, distress, and other psychological responses.
  • False-positive and false-negative mammography results, additional imaging, and biopsies.

http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf09/breastcancer/brcanup.htm

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