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'Overused' health test given to millions each year linked to startling explosion in cancers

'Overused' health test given to millions each year linked to startling explosion in cancers

A medical test used to detect cancer may actually be contributing to the disease, research suggests, accounting for five percent of new cancer diagnoses.

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