Women 'over-diagnosed' with breast cancer, researchers say

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Women are being treated unnecessarily for breast cancer due to mammograms "over-diagnosing" cancers, which would never cause harm, according to an Australian report.

In an article published in the Medical Journal of Australia, Monash University breast cancer researchers Robin Bell and Robert Burton called for women invited to use the country's publicly-funded BreastScreen program to be presented with a more balanced view about the benefits and harms of breast screening.

Their analysis found that improvements in cancer treatments, rather than early detection through screening, were likely to have caused the 21 to 28 percent reduction in breast cancer deaths since the program began in 1991, the Herald Sun reported Monday.