Cancer overdiagnosis linked to 'irrational exuberance' for screening - STAT

Cancer overdiagnosis linked to 'irrational exuberance' for screening - STAT

Blame rising cancer overdiagnosis on ‘irrational exuberance’ for early detection

By H. GILBERT WELCH

ANNE WESTON/FRANCIS CRICK INSTITUTE/WELLCOME

Overdiagnosis of cancer is occuring as early detection is increasingly seen as the default solution for all cancer — and, more broadly, disease in general.

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