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A new study has found that older women who continue breast cancer screening are at risk of being overdiagnosed, which could lead to unnecessary treatment.

Researchers at Yale School of Medicine found that the overdiagnosis of breast cancer increased as women aged.

“We found that the proportion of breast cancer that may be overdiagnosed among older women who are screened is considerable, and increases with advancing age and with decreasing life expectancy,” the authors wrote in the study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

The study included more than 50,000 women who had no previous history of breast cancer and had recently undergone screening.

“We did not evaluate other potential benefits of screening, such as reduction in invasive or burdensome treatments associated with earlier diagnosis,” the authors added.

Richman wrote in a social media post that overdiagnosis is one facet of screening that should be weighed against potential benefits.

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