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Modeled estimates of the relative contributions of overdiagnosed and clinically significant cases in black and white persons with A) papillary thyroid cancer using a 65% overall estimated overdiagnosis rate and B) ER/PR+ breast cancer (women only) using a 30% overall estimated overdiagnosis rate. ER/PR+ = estrogen receptor/progesterone receptor positive. Rates listed are per 100 000 age-adjusted population.
