Words similar to overdiagnosis

Example sentences for: overdiagnosis

How can you use “overdiagnosis” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

2. To avoid overdiagnosis bias, cases should be diagnosed as a result of symptoms rather than on screening
To avoid different rates of overdiagnosis between comparison groups, PSE compares population cancer mortality rates in two hypothetical scenarios involving full compliance: Scenario , periodic screening from age a until age b and Scenario , no periodic screening from age a to age b -1 followed by screening at age b . Scenario involves either detection on the first screen at age a or detection in the interval or on subsequent screens to age b . Scenario involves either detection in the absence of screening from ages a to b - 1 or detection on a first screen at age b.
If the prostate cancer cases were detected as the result of screening, say with ultrasound, the TPR could be artificially elevated if there were overdiagnosis, as previously discussed.
Continuing with the analogy, suppose there is only one type of bus (so there is no length-bias or overdiagnosis bias), but you only board it at stop B in the morning when the traffic is heaviest.
Screening at age b in both Scenarios and avoids differential overdiagnosis rates because, if Assumption 1 holds, both scenarios and specify equal probabilities of detecting cancer by age b .