Majority of Women Diagnosed With Breast Cancer After Screening Mammograms Get Unnecessary Treatment, Study Finds – Los Angeles Times

Read article - Quotes and features a video of H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, discussing a new study he led that found widespread screening has led to massive overtreatment for breast cancer, and that better treatment—not mammography—is the main reason that mortality has declined. Additional coverage in NBC News, Modern Healthcare, FiveThirtyEight, Stat News, MedPage Today.