The Claim
In April 2015, South Korea’s national cancer screening guidelines recommended against the routine use of thyroid ultrasonography for healthy individuals, indicating a policy shift away from population-wide thyroid cancer screening.
What the research says
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In 2015, South Korea decided not to routinely scan healthy people’s necks with ultrasound to check for thyroid cancer, because they thought it wasn’t helpful for most people.
See the scientific wording
In April 2015, South Korea’s national cancer screening guidelines concluded that thyroid ultrasonography should not be routinely recommended for healthy individuals, reflecting a policy shift away from population-wide screening.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: South Korea's Thyroid-Cancer "Epidemic"--Turning the Tide.
Doctors in South Korea told people not to get routine thyroid ultrasounds anymore, and as a result, far fewer people had thyroid surgery—this matches the claim that the government changed its rules to stop screening healthy people.
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