Removing the word “cancer” from certain thyroid tumors expected to reduce overtreatment to more than 45.000 patients worldwide each year

Nomenclature Revision for Encapsulated Follicular Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: A Paradigm Shift to Reduce Overtreatment of Indolent Tumors – JAMA Oncology (free)

It’s Not Cancer: Doctors Reclassify a Thyroid Tumor – New York Times commentary (free)

“Cancer” Should be Removed from Certain Thyroid Tumor’s Name, Experts – NEJM Journal Watch commentary (free)