Descriptions and examples of context of overdiagnosis discussion
| Overdiagnosis context | Description | Example |
| Overdiagnosis estimation | Providing a quantitative estimate of overdiagnosis | Estimation of overdiagnosis in low-dose CT screening for lung cancer66 |
| Disease definition | Setting thresholds to define the absence or presence of a disease, or distinguishing between two subcategories within a disease | Current definitions of airflow obstruction and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease yield overdiagnosis in primary care67 |
| Overdiagnosis communication | Assessing and improving the understanding of overdiagnosis in the general public and improving overdiagnosis dissemination by the healthcare professionals | Assessing what the general public thinks is meant by the term ‘overdiagnosis’43 |
| Incidental findings | An abnormality found of an unrelated condition during either diagnostic testing or surgery | Relevance of incidental findings when screening for a disorder in the abdominal area using multidetector contrast-enhanced CT68 |
| Genomics | Spurious genetic abnormalities | Implications of genetic screening for common cancers in children69 |