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Overdetection of Breast Cancer
| Content Provider | MDPI |
|---|---|
| Author | Yaffe, Martin J. Mainprize, James G. |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Description | Overdetection (often referred to as overdiagnosis) of cancer is the detection of disease, such as through a screening program, that would otherwise remain occult through an individual’s life. In the context of screening, this could occur for cancers that were slow growing or indolent, or simply because an unscreened individual would have died from some other cause before the cancer had surfaced clinically. The main harm associated with overdetection is the subsequent overdiagnosis and overtreatment of disease. In this article, the phenomenon is reviewed, the methods of estimation of overdetection are discussed and reasons for variability in such estimates are given, with emphasis on an analysis using Canadian data. Microsimulation modeling is used to illustrate the expected time course of cancer detection that gives rise to overdetection. While overdetection exists, the actual amount is likely to be much lower than the estimate used by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. Furthermore, the issue is of greater significance in older rather than younger women due to competing causes of death. The particular challenge associated with in situ breast cancer is considered and possible approaches to avoiding overtreatment are suggested. |
| Ending Page | 3910 |
| Page Count | 17 |
| Starting Page | 3894 |
| e-ISSN | 17187729 |
| DOI | 10.3390/curroncol29060311 |
| Journal | Current Oncology |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Volume Number | 29 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2022-05-30 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Current Oncology Anesthesiology Breast Cancer Screening Breast Cancer Overdetection Canadian National Breast Screening Study Overdiagnosis Overtreatment Microsimulation |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
