title: Do the benefits of screening mammography outweigh the harms of overdiagnosis and unnecessary treatment?--no.
abstract: No. Breast cancer researchers Robin Bell and Robert Burton believe that screening can result in overdiagnosis.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC. robin.bell@med.monash.edu.au
authors.forename: Robin J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Burton
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography / Q000379:methods*; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D009017:Morbidity; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*