Older women’s breast cancer is often overdiagnosed, study finds, raising risk of unnecessary treatment.

Older women’s breast cancer is often overdiagnosed, study finds, raising risk of unnecessary treatment | CNN
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Older women’s breast cancer is often overdiagnosed, study finds, raising risk of unnecessary treatment | CNN

A study published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that large numbers of American women ages 70 to 85 are potentially overdiagnosed with breast cancer and therefore could receive unnecessary treatment.