Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation

Search Page

Filters

My Custom Filters

Edit custom filters

Results by year

Table representation of search results timeline featuring number of search results per year.

Year Number of Results
1924 1
1963 1
1966 1
1970 1
1971 1
1973 3
1974 1
1975 2
1976 4
1977 6
1978 7
1979 4
1980 10
1981 13
1982 7
1983 8
1984 13
1985 16
1986 13
1987 14
1988 14
1989 25
1990 24
1991 14
1992 25
1993 26
1994 26
1995 28
1996 31
1997 36
1998 48
1999 33
2000 52
2001 39
2002 47
2003 47
2004 64
2005 71
2006 86
2007 86
2008 111
2009 124
2010 118
2011 180
2012 205
2013 259
2014 295
2015 382
2016 411
2017 398
2018 419
2019 384
2020 378
2021 456
2022 475
2023 443
2024 521
2025 617
2026 370

Publication date

Text availability

Article attribute

Article type

Additional filters

Article Language

Species

Sex

Age

Other

Search Results

6,705 results

Results by year

Filters applied: . Clear all
Page 1
Overdiagnosis in cancer.
Welch HG, Black WC. Welch HG, et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2010 May 5;102(9):605-13. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djq099. Epub 2010 Apr 22. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2010. PMID: 20413742 Review.
This article summarizes the phenomenon of cancer overdiagnosis-the diagnosis of a "cancer" that would otherwise not go on to cause symptoms or death. ...Equally important, researchers need to work to develop better estimates of the magnitude of overdiagnosis and dev …
This article summarizes the phenomenon of cancer overdiagnosis-the diagnosis of a "cancer" that would otherwise not go on to cause sy …
Overdiagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma: Prevented by guidelines?
Rich NE, Singal AG. Rich NE, et al. Hepatology. 2022 Mar;75(3):740-753. doi: 10.1002/hep.32284. Epub 2022 Jan 18. Hepatology. 2022. PMID: 34923659 Free PMC article. Review.
Overdiagnosis refers to detection of disease that would not otherwise become clinically apparent during a patient's lifetime. ...Continued research is needed to further characterize the burden and trends of overdiagnosis as well as identify strategies to reduce o …
Overdiagnosis refers to detection of disease that would not otherwise become clinically apparent during a patient's lifetime. ...Cont …
Mitigating Cancer Overdiagnosis.
Jatoi I. Jatoi I. Indian J Surg Oncol. 2022 Dec;13(4):671-673. doi: 10.1007/s13193-022-01546-2. Epub 2022 May 7. Indian J Surg Oncol. 2022. PMID: 36687223 Free PMC article. Review.
Overdiagnosis refers to the detection of cancers that pose no threat to life and would never have been detected in the absence of screening. ...Patients may also suffer unnecessary anxiety, job discrimination, financial hardships, and other detrimental effects on quality-o …
Overdiagnosis refers to the detection of cancers that pose no threat to life and would never have been detected in the absence of scr …
Overdiagnosis of Juvenile Thyroid Cancer.
Takano T. Takano T. Eur Thyroid J. 2020 May;9(3):124-131. doi: 10.1159/000503323. Epub 2019 Oct 16. Eur Thyroid J. 2020. PMID: 32518765 Free PMC article. Review.
Overdiagnosis is the detection of a disease that does not do any harm to the patient throughout the lifetime. ...Thus, overdiagnosis of thyroid cancer in the young is not only a health problem but also a problem of human rights. ...
Overdiagnosis is the detection of a disease that does not do any harm to the patient throughout the lifetime. ...Thus, overdiagnos …
Overdiagnosis in lung cancer screening.
Yankelevitz DF, Henschke CI. Yankelevitz DF, et al. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2021 Feb;10(2):1136-1140. doi: 10.21037/tlcr-20-736. Transl Lung Cancer Res. 2021. PMID: 33718051 Free PMC article. Review.
There have been hundreds of publications about overdiagnosis during the past decade describing concern regarding its potential for harms in lung cancer screening. ...Even more confusing is that it was previously suspected that there was a high rate of overdiagnosis …
There have been hundreds of publications about overdiagnosis during the past decade describing concern regarding its potential for ha …
Data-driven overdiagnosis definitions: A scoping review.
Senevirathna P, Pires DEV, Capurro D. Senevirathna P, et al. J Biomed Inform. 2023 Nov;147:104506. doi: 10.1016/j.jbi.2023.104506. Epub 2023 Sep 27. J Biomed Inform. 2023. PMID: 37769829 Free article.
Understanding the benefits but also the potential adverse effects of digital health innovations, particularly when these are made available or applied on healthier segments of the population is essential. One of such adverse effects is overdiagnosis. OBJECTIVE: to comprehe …
Understanding the benefits but also the potential adverse effects of digital health innovations, particularly when these are made available …
Overdiagnosis in malignant melanoma: a scoping review.
Bjørch MF, Gram EG, Brodersen JB. Bjørch MF, et al. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2024 Jan 19;29(1):17-28. doi: 10.1136/bmjebm-2023-112341. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2024. PMID: 37793786
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to systematically identify and scrutinise published empirical evidence about overdiagnosis in malignant melanoma and examine how frequent overdiagnosis of melanoma is and whether this is related to different types of interventions or diagnostic …
OBJECTIVES: We aimed to systematically identify and scrutinise published empirical evidence about overdiagnosis in malignant melanoma …
Estimating Breast Cancer Overdiagnosis After Screening Mammography Among Older Women in the United States.
Richman IB, Long JB, Soulos PR, Wang SY, Gross CP. Richman IB, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2023 Sep;176(9):1172-1180. doi: 10.7326/M23-0133. Epub 2023 Aug 8. Ann Intern Med. 2023. PMID: 37549389 Free PMC article.
BACKGROUND: Overdiagnosis is increasingly recognized as a harm of breast cancer screening, particularly for older women. ...LIMITATIONS: This study was designed to estimate overdiagnosis, limiting our ability to draw conclusions on all benefits and harms of screenin …
BACKGROUND: Overdiagnosis is increasingly recognized as a harm of breast cancer screening, particularly for older women. ...LIMITATIO …
Overdiagnosis and overtreatment; how to deal with too much medicine.
Gupta P, Gupta M, Koul N. Gupta P, et al. J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Aug 25;9(8):3815-3819. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_433_20. eCollection 2020 Aug. J Family Med Prim Care. 2020. PMID: 33110773 Free PMC article. Review.
An unwanted effect of these developments is overdiagnosis which occurs when a true abnormality is discovered, but detection of that abnormality and its treatment does not benefit the patient. Overdiagnosis is encountered as a result cancer screening, in genetic dise …
An unwanted effect of these developments is overdiagnosis which occurs when a true abnormality is discovered, but detection of that a …
6,705 results