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Victims of overdiagnosis, many patients are treated for nothing

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    Le 19h30
  • 29 December 2016
  • Solange Peters
    • CHUV
    • Biologie et de médecine, UNIL
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"Prevention is better than cure?" The adage isn't always true, if several recent studies are to be believed, pointing to the problem of "overdiagnosis."

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