Do the benefits of screening mammography outweigh the harms of overdiagnosis and unnecessary treatment?--yes.
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Yes. Public health adviser David Roder and Cancer Council Australia CEO Ian Olver believe the reduction in breast cancer mortality in Australia reflects both treatment and screening effects.