Public health implications of overscreening for carotid artery stenosis, prediabetes, and thyroid cancer

BACKGROUND: Overscreening occurs when people without symptoms undergo tests for diseases and the results will not improve their health. In this commentary, we examine three examples of how campaigns to screen and treat specific vascular, metabolic, and oncologic diseases in asymptomatic individuals...

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Autores principales: Nguyen, Bich-May, Lin, Kenneth W., Mishori, Ranit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Commentary
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6027572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29988604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40985-018-0095-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6027572/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29988604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40985-018-0095-6

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