Better Imaging Doesn't Always Mean Better Diagnosis, Expert Says
This article was originally published in The Pink Sheet Daily
Executive Summary
Overdiagnosis - the diagnosis of a disease more often than it is actually present - is a major problem stemming from the screening of more people with more advanced tools, asserts a Dartmouth College radiologist.
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