He found that although both groups were about the same at finding true matches, the professionals were significantly less likely to find false positives.

ECONOMIST: Whose body of evidence?

Rather than once a year, women are now encouraged to get these exams less frequently to avoid false positives, potentially risky biopsies and undue anxiety.

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