A vast range of disorders from indolent to fast-growing lesions are labeled as cancer. Several changes should be made to the approach to cancer screening and care. The problem of cancer over diagnosis needs to be assessed, which occurs when tumors that would otherwise not become symptomatic are identified and treated, resulting in overtreatment. Radiologists should be conversant on the topic of over diagnosis and understand the limitations of different methods used to estimate its magnitude.
The balance between the benefits and harms of imaging-based cancer screening continues to be an area of controversy and wide- spread media attention. Of the potential harms, over diagnosis from screening is likely the most elusive in estimating and quantifying. Refinements needed in current approaches to estimation in decision-making for cancer screening include Over diagnosis Over diagnosis is not…
