Examples of overdiagnosis in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Gilbert Welch, the overdiagnosis skeptic, suggested keeping the flow of real-time data to a minimum. — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, "First Look: Apple’s New Fitness+ Streaming Workouts," 14 Dec. 2020 Researchers estimate that among cancers detected by screening, some 11–19 percent of breast cancers and 20–50 percent of prostate cancers constitute overdiagnosis. — Carolyn Barber, Scientific American, "COVID's Other Toll: Unnecessary Tests and Huge Hospital Bills," 24 Oct. 2020 But medicine has become a business replete with overdiagnosis and overtreatment—and skyrocketing medical charges. — Carolyn Barber, Scientific American, "COVID's Other Toll: Unnecessary Tests and Huge Hospital Bills," 24 Oct. 2020 According to a study published in March in JAMA Internal Medicine, eliminating race from the GFR equation could lead to inappropriately early kidney transplants or dialysis, overdiagnosis of chronic kidney disease and inadequate dosing of drugs. — NBC News, "Medical treatment often comes with racial bias. Here's how some are trying to fix it.," 16 June 2020 Continuously monitoring healthy infants can lead to overdiagnosis, according to an editorial co-authored by Dr. Bonafide that appeared in JAMA in 2017. — Christina Caron, New York Times, "‘More Anxiety Than Relief’: Baby Monitors That Track Vital Signs Are Raising Questions," 17 Apr. 2020 Recent studies suggest that routine screenings can lead to overdiagnosis of breast cancer, identifying growths that don’t necessarily develop into life-threatening cancers. — Amrita Khalid, Quartz, "Google’s AI for mammograms doesn’t account for racial differences," 9 Jan. 2020 Van Gils said the study is ongoing and that mathematical models will be run to make further predictions about mortality and overdiagnosis. — Arkansas Online, "MRIs' breast-scan role focus of study," 28 Nov. 2019 That decision was prompted by concerns the test was leading to overdiagnosis and overtreatment. — Mike Stobbe, The Seattle Times, "US cancer death rate hits milestone: 25 years of decline," 8 Jan. 2019

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