Mammogram Linked to Unnecessary Treatment

Mammograms Leading to Unnecessary Treatment, Study Finds by N.C. Aizenman.  The Washington Post.  November 21, 2012.

The raging battle of the value of mammograms continues.  The latest report published in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that more than 1 million women were treated unnecessarily for breast cancer over the last three decades.  The study indicated that nearly one-third of women diagnosed would never have developed full-blown breast cancer.  This study comes on the heels of other studies and the recommendation of the U.S. Preventative Task Force to raise the recommended age for the test and lower its frequency.  The political sensitivity of the issue is illustrated by the new health law.

Here is an opposing view from the Radiological Society of North America.