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The Overdiagnosis of Adult Thyroid Cancer


Lori Wirth, MD, associate professor in medicine at Harvard Medical School and medical director of the Center for Head and Neck Cancers at Massachusetts General Hospital, spoke with Healio about the overdiagnosis of thyroid cancer among adults.

In this video, Wirth discusses:

  • The role ultrasound screening may have played in overdiagnosis;
  • Active surveillance of small thyroid cancers; and
  • The challenge of deciding who to treat when.