H. Gilbert Welch

Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

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Professor of medicine at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice

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Breast cancer screenings may be doing more harm than good, according to a new study by researchers at Dartmouth and Harvard.

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Breast cancer screenings may be doing more harm than good, according to a new study by researchers at Dartmouth and Harvard.

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