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August 10, 2025

Trends in use of the new MeSH term "overdiagnosis": A bibliometric review.

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EGEmma Grundtvig GramBKBarnett S. KramerKJKarsten Juhl Jørgensen

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Bibliometric review highlights definitional alignment in overdiagnosis literature, suggesting improved MeSH indexing accuracy.

Key Points

  • A new MeSH term for overdiagnosis was introduced in 2021 to standardize definitions and improve literature searches.
  • Citations using the MeSH term adhered to its definition 73.2% of the time compared to 49.5% for other searches.
  • Most of the indexed citations were descriptive, focusing on oncology (54.2%) and screening practices (31.2%).
  • The review identifies gaps in the overdiagnosis field, indicating opportunities for expanded research on prevention strategies.

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Gram et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/689e03d9d61984b91e13ca9chttps://doi.org/10.1111/hir.70000
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