Cancer Overdiagnosis Awareness is needed because a lot of cancers diagnosed by screening tests will never kill you. That’s when doctors diagnose a disease that won’t cause the death of a patient during the patient’s lifetime...
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Image: Microfollicular pattern instead of a papillary cell pattern is usually associated with NIFT–P Preoperative Cytologic Diagnosis of Noninvasive Follicular Thyroid Neoplasm with Papillary-Like Nuclear Features: A Prospective Analysis...
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Gathering Medical Records Made Easy with the TCC October 05, 2016 Ron Lieber, a columnist for the New York Times, decided to take on the challenge of gathering all of his medical records from various medical encounters throughout his life. Lieber...
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Image of my thyroid and neck trained sonographer Matthew Foss who assists me when I see my patients, do diagnostic US, USGFNA, Ethanol ablations for lateral neck recurrent cancer lymph nodes. Thousands of Patients Spared from Risk of Misdiagnosis...
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1000th Patient Added to TCCC May 13, 2015 The TCCC hit a major milestone this past week when the 1000th patient record was entered by a participating physician. Each patient entered into the TCCC represents a vast amount of discrete data that can...
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The TCCC Crosses the Institute of Medicine’s Quality Chasm August 15, 2014 A review article published in April of 2014 described the TCCC as an “innovative web-based program” with the potential to improve the quality of healthcare delivery...
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) How do I sign up for the TCCC? If you are a patient not yet registered with the TCCC, but are interested in joining our free and comprehensive program, please complete and submit the online form below. Will all of...
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