Thyroid cancer diagnoses nearly triple but many tumours harmless

Friday, February 21, 2014 - 11:00 in Health & Medicine

A dramatic rise in thyroid cancer has resulted partly from overdiagnosis and treatment of tumours too small to ever cause harm, according to a U.S. study that found cases nearly tripled since 1975.

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