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akolast Thursday at 11:14 AM1 replyview on HN

That statement would benefit from a link to your source.


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boxedlast Friday at 10:29 AM

https://news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/11/18/overdiagnosis-w... Is about the UK, but it's a good description of the danger of over-diagnosis.

When the treatment for a diagnosis includes radiation therapy, over-diagnosis can literally cause cancer.