When Informed of Overdetection, Do Patients Still Want Screening?

Women invited to participate in breast cancer screening should be informed about issues related to possible overdetection of cancer, according to a study published in The BMJ. Researchers from the U.K. performed an online survey with 1,000 men and women to determine the level of overdetection people would find acceptable in screening for breast, prostate, and bowel cancer. They also assessed if acceptability is influenced by the magnitude of the benefit from screening and the cancer specific harms from overdetection.

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