overtreatment

noun

over·treat·ment ˌō-vər-ˈtrēt-mənt

: treatment that is excessive or too frequent

especially : too much medical treatment

patients subjected to overtreatment due to new screening guidelines

Examples of overtreatment in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The prevailing dental economic model based on fee-for-service creates an environment of dental overdiagnosis and overtreatment. —

Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 7 May 2024 In 2012, however, a government task force indicated that this test can lead to overtreatment of cancers that might have posed little danger to patients and so might have been best left alone. —

Marc B. Garnick, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2024 That lack of knowledge could be contributing to the overtreatment of their older patients. —

Nick Blackmer, Verywell Health, 12 Mar. 2024 While startup Ezra and biohackers are trying to make MRIs mainstream, medical experts are concerned the full-body scans could do more harm than good — setting up people who have no specific risk of cancer or another illness for overtreatment and overdiagnosis. —

Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for overtreatment

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