作者
Brooke Nickel, Tessa Tan, Erin Cvejic, Peter Baade, Donald SA McLeod, Nirmala Pandeya, Philippa Youl, Kirsten McCaffery, Susan Jordan
发表日期
2019/3/1
期刊
JAMA otolaryngology–head & neck surgery
卷号
145
期号
3
页码范围
231-238
出版商
American Medical Association
简介
Importance
Concerns around possible overdiagnosis and overtreatment of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) have been raised. Issues concerning health-related quality of life (HRQOL) after diagnosis and treatment of DTC are understudied in this patient group.
Objective
To better understand the range of HRQOL outcomes, including possible adverse effects of treatment, associated with diagnosis and treatment of DTC and whether these outcomes vary by type of surgery received.
Design, Setting, and Participants
This content analysis assessed responses to an open-ended question about outcomes and concerns after DTC diagnosis and treatment among patients ascertained from the major postsurgical thyroid cancer treatment center and the population-based Cancer Registry in Queensland, Australia. Participants were aged 18 to 79 years and recently diagnosed with throid cancer. Responses underwent analysis …
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