The Misdiagnosis of Breast Cancer
Description
A 2006 study maintains the error rate in diagnosing breast cancer could be as high as 4 percent, meaning that as many as 10,000 women may be misdiagnosed with the disease every year. This ABC News report takes a look at what happened to one woman who found out she was misdiagnosed, after she underwent a double mastectomy.
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8 min
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Date of Publication
[2013], c2013
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