Overdiagnosis Could Be Behind Jump in Thyroid Cancer Cases

NPR - Continued coverage of a Dartmouth study led by H. Gilbert Welch that attributes a drastic increase in thyroid cancer cases to overdiagnosis, leading to overtreatment. Welch, professor of medicine, of community and family medicine, and of TDI, is quoted in the story and says "We're in the midst of an epidemic here, but it's largely an epidemic of our own creating." This story was published by NPR's Shots. Read more...