14 Incidental detection of thyroid abnormalities on low-dose computed tomography in the national lung screening trial

Objectives null Overdiagnosis, diagnosis of a cancer that would not ultimately cause symptoms or death, has become relatively common in a variety of cancers, including thyroid cancer (ThCa). The trend of ThCa incidence, which has increased substantially without a corresponding change in mortality, typifies overdiagnosis. An analysis of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program data has suggested that overdiagnosis may be...