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=== Removing cancer from names of low-risk diagnoses === It has been proposed that some conditions that are indolent (i.e., unlikely to cause appreciable harm during the patient's lifetime) should have the words "cancer" or "carcinoma" removed from their accepted/preferred medical name. Such a proposal is to name conditions as indolent lesions of epithelial origin or IDLE.
== Medical complexity == If a person is medically complex (multiple comorbidities) and may expect to live for less than ten years, then there may be a net harm (benefit less harm) in diagnosing and treating one or more of their morbidities, eg prostate cancer. The principal, however, can apply to all cancers and other illnesses.
== See also == Disease mongering – Pejorative term for expanding a disease's market for treatment False positive – Types of error in data reportingPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Medicalization – Categorization of human problems as medical Interventionism (medicine) Patient education – Teaching or training of patients concerning their own health needs Schooliosis – Misdiagnosis of scoliosis Screening (medicine) – Brief medical evaluation to detect unnoticed health problems
== References ==
== Further reading == Welch, H. Gilbert, Schwartz, Lisa. Overdiagnosed: Making People Sick in the Pursuit of Health. Beacon Press; 2011-01-18. ISBN 9780807022009.