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Do you really have cancer?

Overdiagnosis in medicine is well-documented. "For many cancers, the term "cancer" simply doesn’t match how the disease behaves."

For ex, low risk prostate CA & DCIS breast CA comprise ~1/4 of all US prostate/breast cancer diagnoses. “These pts are routinely treated with surgery or radiation,” even though pts have no symptoms at presentation--should they be?

By @DrLauraEsserman @UCSF & @uroegg @UChicagoMed
https://tinyurl.com/yc6nkppp
#cancer #overdiagnosis