29,000 cancers overdiagnosed in Australia in a single year
Alexandra Barratt, University of Sydney; Katy Bell, University of Sydney; Mark Jones, Bond University; Paul…
Browsing: overdiagnosis
Is it time to remove the cancer label from low-risk conditions?
Brooke Nickel, University of Sydney Over the past few decades, our understanding of cancer has…
Overdiagnosis – when finding cancer can do more harm than good
Not all cancers are equal. Some grow fast and spread quickly, while others grow so…
Overdiagnosis is a major driver of the thyroid cancer epidemic: up to 50–90% of thyroid cancers in women in high-income countries estimated to be overdiagnoses
A new report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in collaboration with…