# OnCo record idea-prev-thyroid-no-screening-no-small-biopsy (idea). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-prev-thyroid-no-screening-no-small-biopsy/>
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  onco:kind "idea" ;
  schema:identifier "idea-prev-thyroid-no-screening-no-small-biopsy" ;
  schema:name "Stop biopsying small thyroid nodules and never screen the thyroid"@en ;
  schema:description "South Korea's thyroid cancer rate rose 15-fold after ultrasound screening, with no fall in deaths. A firm rule not to biopsy nodules under 1 cm, and not to screen, would prevent this harm elsewhere."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/ideas/idea-prev-thyroid-no-screening-no-small-biopsy/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-09-08"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djq099> ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/thyroid/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/early-detection/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/ultrasound/> ;
  onco:bottlenecks <https://onco.cc/bottlenecks/b-overdiagnosis/> ;
  onco:keyPapers <https://onco.cc/key-papers/paper-welch-j-natl-cancer-inst/> .