Overdiagnosis and overtreatment of thyroid cancer: A population-based temporal trend study

BACKGROUND: The increase in incidence of thyroid cancer during the last decades without concomitant rise in mortality may reflect the growing detection of indolent forms of thyroid cancer, and may have fueled unnecessary thyroidectomies. Our aim was therefore, to compare recent secular trends in sur...

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Autores principales: Jegerlehner, Sabrina, Bulliard, Jean-Luc, Aujesky, Drahomir, Rodondi, Nicolas, Germann, Simon, Konzelmann, Isabelle, Chiolero, Arnaud
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5470703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28614405
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179387

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5470703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28614405
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179387

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