Sentences with phrase «harm of false positive results»

Less obvious is the potential harm of false positive results and subsequent costly or invasive procedures.

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Specifically, the task force says the «harms and costs of false - positive results, over diagnosis and overtreatment» outweigh any «significant reductions in the relative risk of death from breast cancer.»

They suggest most women in their 40s should not have routine mammograms because the tests may cause more harm than good because of false positive results (follow - up testing proves negative for cancer).

Given the lack of mortality benefit of screening, and the moderate to substantial harms that could result from false - positive screeningtest results and subsequent surgery, the USPSTF concludes with moderate certainty that the harms of screening for ovarian cancer outweigh the benefit, and the net balance of the benefit and harms of screening is negative.