Table 1 Causes of overdiagnosis [14, 27]
From: Screening and overdiagnosis: public health implications
• Screening and increasing sensitivity of diagnostic tests |
• Incidental findings following screening or diagnostic tests |
• Widening diagnosis criteria |
• Confusion between risk and disease |
• Physician’s fear of missing a disease or their patients expectations |
• Financial incentives by pharmaceutical and diagnostic test industries |
• Insufficient knowledge of the natural history of the disease |