In Part 1 of this blog series, I discussed The Shocking Dangers of Medical Overdiagnosis & Overtreatment.
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This situation, called Overdiagnosis, puts men at risk for complications from unnecessary
treatment such as surgery or radiation.
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Two years ago, I wrote that the first"Preventing Overdiagnosis" conference was easily the most important
meeting I had ever attended.
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The good news is doctors' groups across the globe- including in Norway, Britain, Canada and now Australia-
are now publicly acknowledging the problem of Overdiagnosis.
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While this study shows that Overdiagnosis is real, Brawley
noted that a number of clinical trials have shown that screening does help detect potentially fatal breast cancers.