Harm of overdiagnosis or extremely early diagnosis behind trends in pediatric thyroid cancer

Cancer. 2019 Nov 15;125(22):4108-4109. doi: 10.1002/cncr.32426. Epub 2019 Jul 29.

Authors

Sanae Midorikawa¹, Michio Murakami², Akira Ohtsuru¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Health Management, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima City, Japan.
² Department of Health Risk Communication, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima City, Japan.

PMID: 31355909
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.32426

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Child
Early Detection of Cancer*
Humans
Incidence
Medical Overuse
Thyroid Neoplasms*
United States