We’re Looking too Hard for Cancer and it’s Being Overdiagnosed

Financial Review - An opinion piece by H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine, community and family medicine, and of The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, about how watching small cancers avoids the harms of unnecessary treatment, but likely causes patients to worry about their future. Welch recommends that we look less hard for cancer, or what he calls low-impact screening. (Additional coverage at The Korea Times, Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, Bradenton Herald, and The Age.)