False-Positive Mammograms Discourage Women From Breast Cancer Screening, Study Finds. Why It Happens — and What to Do.

Every year, millions of women get mammograms to screen for breast cancer. About 10% of them are called back for further testing. And 7% to 12% of those women receive a false-positive result, meaning that the mammogram detects something that looks like cancer, but turns out not to be. 

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