ReviewEuropean thyroid journal2020
Overdiagnosis of Juvenile Thyroid Cancer.
Review in European thyroid journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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- Extrathyroidal extension is independently associated with cervical lymph node metastasis in pediatric papillary thyroid carcinoma.Archives of endocrinology and metabolism · 2026Article
- Ultrasonographic Evaluation of Pediatric Thyroid Nodules: Adult Risk Stratification Systems, 2021 K-TIRADS Revision, and Future Refinements.Korean journal of radiology · 2026Review
- Global epidemiology of thyroid cancer: trends in incidence, mortality, and DALYs from 1990 to 2021.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2026Article
- Who Is Diagnosing Pediatric Thyroid Nodules? A Tertiary Children's Hospital Review.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2025Article
- Status of mental and social activities of young and middle-aged patients after papillary thyroid cancer surgery.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Article
- [Clinical Application of the 2021 Korean Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (K-TIRADS)].Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology · 2023Review
- The effect of surveillance for differentiated thyroid carcinoma in childhood cancer survivors on survival rates: a decision-tree-based analysis.Endocrine connections · 2022Review
- Exploring the correlation analysis of immune microenvironment, mutation burden and prognosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma based on Estimate algorithm.Gland surgery · 2022Article
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- Communicating with residents about 10 years of scientific progress in understanding thyroid cancer risk in children after the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station accident.Journal of radiation research · 2021Article
- Lessons learned from conducting disease monitoring in low-dose exposure conditions as a counter-measure after a nuclear disaster.Journal of radiation research · 2021Review
- Trends in Childhood Thyroid Cancer incidence in Korea and Its Potential Risk Factors.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Overdiagnosis is the detection of a disease that does not do any harm to the patient throughout the lifetime. Thyroid cancer in children is a rare disease; however, since 2011, many children in Fukushima, Japan, have been diagnosed with it, and the number has shown a steady increase to over 200 cases at present. Some experts have stated that this phenomenon is due to overdiagnosis caused by thyroid ultrasound (US)-based thyroid screening detecting self-limiting thyroid cancer, which will not lead to clinical symptoms in the future. Harm caused by overdiagnosis of thyroid cancer is more serious in the young, since it is difficult to perform active surveillance and children diagnosed with cancer are likely to suffer from stigma. Thus, overdiagnosis of thyroid cancer in the young is not only a health problem but also a problem of human rights. Conflicts of interest among people related to screening programs and some experts with incomplete knowledge on overdiagnosis help to spread misleading opinions together with fear of radiation exposure among residents, which has led to their erroneous understanding of the nature of US-based thyroid screening. Scientific and honest discussions among experts to enhance education of residents and consideration of medical ethics are crucial to prevent the expansion of overdiagnosis.
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