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The Case Against Early Cancer Detection
South Korea has a thyroid cancer problem. Incidence of the disease there has climbed 15-fold over the past 20 years - faster than any other cancer worldwide. South Korea also has a thyroid cancer diagnosis problem. In a study published this month in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers identified the cause of the country's alarming epidemic: South Korea's high-tech health care system.