Overdiagnosis in cancer.

Difficulties in Diagnosis of Hemophagocytic Lymphohistocytosis: Overdiagnosis or Underdiagnosis A Case Report

Overdiagnosis of gastric cancer by endoscopic screening

Gastric cancer screening using endoscopy has recently spread in Eastern Asian countries showing increasing evidence of its effectiveness. However, despite the benefits of endoscopic screening for gastric cancer, its major harms include infection, complications, false-negative results, false-positive results, and overdiagnosis. The most serious harm of endoscopic screening is overdiagnosis and t...

Estimation of Overdiagnosis in Breast Cancer Screening

I. Summary The benefit of breast cancer (BC) screening with mammography has been demonstrated by randomized controlled trials (RCTs). However, there is a growing concern about the harms of screening, in particular the problem of overdiagnosis. It occurs when screening detects a breast cancer that would not have presented clinically in the woman's lifetime in the absence of screening. Overdiagno...

Overestimating Overdiagnosis in Breast Cancer Screening

Overdiagnosis in breast cancer has been a focus of increasing concern with wide ranges of calculations made indirectly through the study of prospective randomized trials and analyses of large registries. While most admit that some degree of overdiagnosis is inherent with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), the rate of overdiagnosis with invasive disease is highly controversial. Although it is gene...

Responses to Overdiagnosis in Thyroid Cancer Screening among Korean Women

PURPOSE Communicating the harms and benefits of thyroid screening is necessary to help individuals decide on whether or not to undergo thyroid cancer screening. This study was conducted to assess changes in thyroid cancer screening intention in response to receiving information about overdiagnosis and to determine factors with the greatest influence thereon. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data were ac...