Korea's thyroid-cancer "epidemic"--screening and overdiagnosis.
From the Department of Preventive Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea (H.S.A., H.J.K.); and the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Hanover, NH (H.G.W.).
Hyeong Sik
HS
Ahn
Hyun Jung
HJ
Kim
H Gilbert
HG
Welch
D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D002291:Carcinoma, Papillary; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000639:trends*; D058872:Epidemics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000639:trends; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D000077273:Thyroid Cancer, Papillary; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality