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UK: Women given 'unnecessary' breast cancer treatment

UK: Women given 'unnecessary' breast cancer treatment

Published - 31 October 2012

In the UK, an independent review into breast cancer screening has warned that thousands of women are receiving treatment for the disease - including surgery - even though they may never become seriously ill. Researchers say that screening does save more than a thousand lives every year. But they also found that three times as many women were given unnecessary treatment.

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