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. 2012 Nov 29;14(6):R152. doi: 10.1186/bcr3365

Table 6.

Overdiagnosis of breast cancer due to annual screening in women aged 40 to 49 years.

Overdiagnosis
Scenario % of screen-detected % diagnosed within ages 40 to 49

Base-case 0.7 0.4

Long MST 2.7 2.0

Short MST 0.5 0.3

High sensitivity 0.7 0.4

Low sensitivity 0.5 0.3

High sensitivity, long MST 2.9 2.2

Low sensitivity, long MST 2.7 1.6

Results of sensitivity analysis. Overdiagnosis