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haghighi M, ganjali A, heydari F, Haghighi G. Cancer overdiagnosis: The creation of disease in the modern world: A letter to the editor (Perspective). Multidiscip Cancer Investig 2025;
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1- Faculty of Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran
2- Food and Drug Deputy, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran ,abbasganjali1363@gmail.com
3- Faculty Affairs Expert, Vice of Education, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran
4- Assistant Professor of Traditional Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Zabol University of Medical Sciences
2- Food and Drug Deputy, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran ,
3- Faculty Affairs Expert, Vice of Education, Zabol University of Medical Sciences, Zabol, Iran
4- Assistant Professor of Traditional Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Zabol University of Medical Sciences
Abstract: (11 Views)
One of the unavoidable harms of cancer screening is overdiagnosis, that is, the diagnosis and identification of a disease that will not lead to symptoms or death during the patient's lifetime. The critique of overdiagnosis is not just a critique of a scientific error, but a critique of a civilizational paradigm that has turned health into a commodity and humans into customers. The future of medicine depends on returning to a wise perspective that sees humans as (Transcendent beings in the process of transcendence) rather than as (potential diseases) commodities. Modern medicine, by relentlessly expanding the scope of disease and, under the pretext of early diagnosis, redefining normal life and natural phenomena as "disorder" and "disease," results in the deprivation of peace and transforms society into a "sick society." It is no secret that new technologies in medical science have the potential to revolutionize the way health care is provided, but to what extent can overdiagnosis and the use of advanced technology to diagnose diseases that do not need to be diagnosed because they will not cause problems for individuals in the future control the individual and social dimensions of the issues? Therefore, we suggest that health policymakers design and implement any future cancer screening program with the utmost care, emphasizing minimizing the harms of overdiagnosis.
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Prevention, Early Detection and Screening
Received: 2025/10/26 | Accepted: 2025/11/8 | ePublished: 2026/02/14
Received: 2025/10/26 | Accepted: 2025/11/8 | ePublished: 2026/02/14
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