Over-treatment Videos:
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Mammograms Remain Controversial
12/3/2012 9:39:04 AM - One third of cancers detected by mammography may not be life-threatening according to the November of 2012 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Over the past 3 decades, an estimated 1.3 milli...
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Preventive Medicine Saves Money but Early Detection May Not
3/19/2013 7:30:20 PM - Seventy five percent of health care spending is for preventable chronic diseases. If you can prevent these diseases from occurring, it stands to reason that it will cost far less to deal with them. Ho...
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The Mammography Industry is Clinging to a Failed Test for Women Under Fifty
12/13/2012 9:51:48 PM - Let's face it. Mammograms are far from a perfect test, especially in women under the age of 50, and particularly in women with fibrocystic breasts. The United States Preventive Task Force no longer re...
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Oncologists Admit Income is Linked to Treatment
1/10/2013 4:04:01 AM - A survey of 480 oncologists published in the December 2012 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology showed that they get paid more when they administer and sell chemotherapy and other drugs to their ...
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Mammograms Find too Many Low-Risk Cancers by Len Saputo, MD
1/5/2012 10:39:30 PM - As a woman ages her chances of being diagnosed with a low risk breast tumor increases. Women over 50 years old have too many cancers detected by mammograms that are not dangerous and lead to unnecessa...
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Stage 4 Chemotherapy Benefits Over-estimated by Patients and Doctors
11/2/2012 12:18:37 PM - Patients with advanced cancer have the mistaken belief that chemotherapy can cure their illness according to a New England Journal of Medicine article published in October of 2012. This Dana-Farber C...
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