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Overdiagnosis and overtreatment of thyroid cancer: A population-based temporal trend study

Sabrina Jegerlehner, Jean‐Luc Bulliard, Drahomir Aujesky, Nicolas Rodondi, Simon Germann, Isabelle Konzelmann, Arnaud Chioléro

PLoS ONE · 2017 · 159 citations · 28 references

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Targeted screening and diagnostic strategies are warranted to avoid overdetection and unnecessary treatment of thyroid cancers.

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Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012

Jacques Ferlay, Isabelle Soerjomataram, Rajesh Dikshit et al. · International Journal of Cancer · 2014 · 28.8K citations · Full text

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SOURCES AND EFFECTS OF IONIZING RADIATION : United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation UNSCEAR 2000 Report to the General Assembly, with Scientific Annexes

民子 岩崎 · Isotope news · 2002 · 7.5K citations

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Projecting Cancer Incidence and Deaths to 2030: The Unexpected Burden of Thyroid, Liver, and Pancreas Cancers in the United States

Lola Rahib, Benjamin D. Smith, Rhonda Aizenberg et al. · Cancer Research · 2014 · 7.1K citations

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Increasing Incidence of Thyroid Cancer in the United States, 1973-2002

Louise Davies, H. Gilbert Welch · JAMA · 2006 · 3.3K citations

Global surveillance of cancer survival 1995–2009: analysis of individual data for 25 676 887 patients from 279 population-based registries in 67 countries (CONCORD-2)

Claudia Allemani, Hannah K. Weir, Helena Carreira et al. · The Lancet · 2014 · 2.6K citations · Full text