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Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research 2/2006

01.04.2006 | Review

Overdiagnosis and overtreatment of breast cancer: Is overdiagnosis an issue for radiologists?

verfasst von: Ruth Warren, Asha Eleti

Erschienen in: Breast Cancer Research | Ausgabe 2/2006

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Abstract

Overdiagnosis is diagnosis of cancers that would not present within the life of the patient and is one of the downsides of screening. This applies to low-grade ductal carcinoma in situ and some small grade 1 invasive cancers. Radiologists are responsible for cancer diagnosis, but at the time of diagnosis they cannot determine whether a particular low-grade diagnosis is one to which the definition of overdiagnosis applies. Overdiagnosis is likely to be driven by technological developments, including digital mammography, computer-aided detection and improved biopsy techniques. It is also driven by the patient's fear that cancer will be missed and the doctor's fear of litigation. It is therefore an issue of importance for radiologists, presenting them with difficult fine-tuned decisions in every assessment clinic that are ultimately counted later by those who evaluate their screening.
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Metadaten
Titel
Overdiagnosis and overtreatment of breast cancer: Is overdiagnosis an issue for radiologists?
verfasst von
Ruth Warren
Asha Eleti
Publikationsdatum
01.04.2006
Verlag
BioMed Central
Erschienen in
Breast Cancer Research / Ausgabe 2/2006
Elektronische ISSN: 1465-542X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr1396

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