Estimating the magnitude of cancer overdiagnosis in Australia

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Paul P Glasziou et al. Med J Aust. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug;213(4):189-189.e1.

doi: 10.5694/mja2.50578. Epub 2020 Apr 10.

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Keywords: Diagnosis; Education, public health; Mass screening; Thyroid diseases.

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Estimating the magnitude of cancer overdiagnosis in Australia.
Glasziou PP, Jones MA, Pathirana T, Barratt AL, Bell KJ. Glasziou PP, et al. Med J Aust. 2020 Mar;212(4):163-168. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50455. Epub 2019 Dec 19. Med J Aust. 2020. PMID: 31858624 Free PMC article.
Estimating the magnitude of cancer overdiagnosis in Australia.
Learoyd DL. Learoyd DL. Med J Aust. 2020 Aug;213(4):189-189.e1. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50575. Epub 2020 Apr 10. Med J Aust. 2020. PMID: 32277479 No abstract available.

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