Farewell to a cancer that never was. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Farewell to a cancer that never was. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published May 2017

Farewell to a cancer that never was.

Lyon J. JAMA. 2017;317:1824-1825.

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Overdiagnosis can result in financial, psychological, and physical harm for patients. This commentary discusses the reclassification of a subtype of thyroid cancer as a nonmalignancy and the impact changing guidelines can have on patients.

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