Papillary lesions of indolent course: Reducing the overdiagnosis of indolent papillary thyroid cancer and unnecessary treatment

Future Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-4

  Brito, Juan P ^a   Davies, Louise ^b   Zeballos Palacios, Claudia ^a   Morris, John C ^a   Montori, Victor M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

overdiagnosis; thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SCREENING; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDITORIAL; FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION BIOPSY; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERDIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID INCIDENTALOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY; CARCINOMA; ECHOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84899495542     PISSN: 14796694     EISSN: 17448301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fon.13.240     Document Type: Editorial

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