Definitions surrounding surgical de-escalation
| Radiologic-pathologic concordance | The imaging and pathologic findings are considered to be concordant when the pathologic result provides an acceptable explanation for the imaging feature and discordant when they do not |
| Overdiagnosis | Finding cases of cancer with a screening test (such as a mammography) that will never cause any symptoms |
| Overtreatment | Interventions that do not benefit the patient or where the risk of harm from the intervention is likely to outweigh any benefit the patient will receive |