From Overdiagnosis to Overtreatment of Low-risk Thyroid Cancer: A Thematic Analysis of Attitudes and Beliefs of Endocrinologists, Surgeons, and Patients.

CONCLUSION: Surgeons' and endocrinologists' attitudes and beliefs about overtreatment focus on the automaticity of overdiagnosis. Both patients and providers acknowledge the cascade of clinical events that propels patients from incidental discovery of a thyroid nodule to surgery. PMID: 31910092 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31910092?dopt=Abstract

Source: Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association - January 9, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Thyroid Source Type: research