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Overtreatment
Pronunciation
Treatment of a cancer that would have gone away on its own or never caused any symptoms. These cancers are usually found on a screening test. Overtreatment may lead to problems and harmful side effects from cancer therapies that are not needed. (NCI Dictionary)
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