"""Overdiagnosis"" and ""overtreatment"" in thyroid cancer"
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1000-6699.2016.06.002
- VernacularTitle:甲状腺癌的“过度诊断”和“过度治疗”
- Author:
Xiaoguang SHI
;
Wenqing YANG
;
Weiping TENG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Thyroid cancer;
Incidence;
Overdiagnosis;
Overtreatment
- From:
Chinese Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism
2016;32(6):443-447
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The incidence of thyroid cancer in South Korea increased 15 times over the past twenty years, that made South Korea became a country of the highest reported incidence in thyroid cancer all over the world. But the mortality of thyroid cancer was stable and unchanged. The incidence of thyroid cancer in our country was growing at an annual percentage change of 20. 1%. It is a generally accepted that the sharply increased incidence is attributed tooverdiagnosis. Here we introduced the definition of overdiagnosis of cancer and the current understanding in tumor field. The corresponding strategy in our country was proposed.
