Ultrasound restraint and surveillance to reverse thyroid cancer overdiagnosis
Most thyroid cancers found today would never have hurt anyone. Screen less, watch small ones, and operate only when they grow.
Incidence tripled in many countries since the 1990s with flat mortality; South Korea's screening-driven epidemic reversed when screening was discouraged. Active surveillance for microcarcinoma and TI-RADS-based biopsy thresholds are the tools.
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