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Breast Cancer Screening: Is There Room for De-escalation?

Leah S KimDonald R Lannin
Published in: Current breast cancer reports (2022)
Our goal should be not only to find more cancers, but to avoid finding cancers that would never have caused the patient any harm and lead to unnecessary treatment. The authors suggest some situations where it may be reasonable to de-escalate screening.
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