Thyroid Cancer Detection and Surgery May Be Too Aggressive – HealthLeaders Media

Read article - Continued coverage of research coauthored by H. Gilbert Welch, professor of medicine and of the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, in which he determined that the prevalence of total thyroidectomy procedures and the potential for harm are unjustifiable. "The basic problem is the belief that more is always better—particularly in the treatment of cancer," says Welch. (Similar coverage in WebMD.)