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A new study led by researchers from the Aviano National Cancer Institute in Italy and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), published today in the European Journal of Cancer, shows that incidence rates of thyroid cancer are steadily increasing in Italy, although with large regional variations, and that these increases are largely due to overdiagnosis, which is estimated to account for up to 75% of cases. These findings call for an update of thyroid gland examination practices in the asymptomatic general population, at national and regional levels.
Dal Maso L, Panato C, Franceschi S, Serraino D, Buzzoni C, Busco S, et al.; for AIRTUM working group
The impact of overdiagnosis on thyroid cancer epidemic in Italy, 1998–2012
Eur J Cancer [Epub ahead of print]
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2018.01.083
