TY - JOUR AU - Lynge, Elsebeth AU - Napolitano, George AU - Vejborg, Ilse AU - Beau, Anna-Belle PY - 2018 TI - Overdiagnosis in breast cancer screening JF - Translational Cancer Research; Vol 7, No 5 (October 31, 2018): Translational Cancer Research Y2 - 2018 KW - N2 - The purpose of breast cancer screening is to reduce breast cancer mortality. In order to achieve this purpose, an X-ray search—a mammography examination—is made of the breast tissue of healthy women to detect potential cancers that have not given rise to symptoms. With early detection, a woman with breast cancer can be offered a more efficient treatment than it would otherwise had been possible. If screening works, women with screen-detected breast cancer will have a better prognosis than women diagnosed with symptoms of breast cancer. UR - https://tcr.amegroups.org/article/view/24419