overdiagnosis

(ō′vər-dī′əg-nō′sĭs)

pl. overdiagno·ses (-sēz) Diagnosis of a disease or medical condition more frequently than it is actually present.

o′ver·di′ag·nose′ v.

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Early detection of self-limiting cancers results in overdiagnosis.

Thyroid Cancer Following Childhood Low Dose Radiation Exposure: Fallacies in a Pooled Analysis

Also, two extra women would be treated for tumors that never would have become life-threatening -- that overdiagnosis problem.

Are 3-D mammograms really better? US puts scans to the test

In other words, if DCIS is present at age 40, it will be detected whenever screening starts (age 40, 45, or 50), and age of starting screening or the screening interval will not impact overdiagnosis or overtreatment.

Breast cancer screening: Is the controversy of benefits versus harms resolved?

In conclusion and in accordance with the three commenting authors, we want to emphasize that future research on medicalisation and overdiagnosis should start from a clear and well-developed definition of the subject under study.

Define and Conquer: How Semantics Foster Progress; A Response to Recent Commentaries

What's more, most women don't find statements about breast cancer overdiagnosis and overtreatment to be "believable or persuasive," according to the new research by Rebekah H.

Netherlands : Study Shows Low Awareness of Breast Cancer Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment among U.S. Women

Implementation of the same mammography screening guidelines to all women with low-risk breast cancer have caused overdiagnosis (1%-10%), false negativity (0.

Paradigm Shift From Halstedian Radical Mastectomy to Personalized Medicine

Overdiagnosis of penicillin allergy is not benign, Ramsey says.

Most penicillin allergies are off base

Breast cancer tumor size, overdiagnosis, and mammography screening effectiveness.

Treatment, not screening, cause of reduction in breast cancer deaths

3) Since then, discussion in professional circles has focused on topics of overdiagnosis, actual mortality reduction, reasons for mortality reduction and radiation exposure risk vs.

Improving screening mammography: Perspective of a community radiologist

Overdiagnosis (the detection of cancers that may not have become apparent and/ or caused symptoms in a woman's lifetime) concerns some.

Study suggests that regular mammograms benefit elderly women

Despite increased detection, death rate from thyroid cancer has not decreased, which indicates overdiagnosis.

Thyroid cancer overdiagnosis

If the researchers also included a precancerous condition called ductal carcinoma in situ, the overdiagnosis rate would be closer to one in three cancers.