Overdiagnosis, is defined as the diagnosis of a condition that, if unrecognized, would not
cause symptoms or harm a patient during his or her lifetime, and it is increasingly …

Several important lessons have been learnt from our experiences in screening for various
cancers. Screening programmes for cervical and colorectal cancers have had the greatest …

Background: Controversy persists about optimal mammography screening strategies.
Objective: To evaluate screening outcomes, taking into account advances in mammography …

Rationale The public should be informed about overtesting and overdiagnosis. Diverse
qualitative studies have examined public understandings of this information. A synthesis …

Walking the tightrope: communicating overdiagnosis in modern healthcare | The BMJ Skip to
main content Intended for healthcare professionals Access provided by Google Indexer …

Overtesting, the downstream consequences of overdiagnosis, and overtreatment of some
patients are topics of growing debate within emergency medicine (EM). The “Preventing …

Objective The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled
trials (RCTs) and observational studies is to assess the effect of decision aids (DAs) in …

Background: There is growing acceptance that the increase in thyroid cancer incidence is in
part a result of overdiagnosis of small low-risk papillary microcarcinomas (PMCs) with …

Overdiagnosis is an emerging problem in health policy and practice: we address its
definition and ethical implications. We argue that the definition of overdiagnosis should be …

Participants at a recent meeting of the Choosing Wisely International Roundtable, a forum
for campaign leaders to share ideas and develop common approaches, agreed on the need …