The impact of surgery refusal on thyroid cancer survival: a SEER-based analysis

M van Gerwen, C Sinclair, M Rahman, E Genden… - Endocrine, 2020 - Springer
Purpose In the current era of de-escalation of surgical treatment for low-risk thyroid cancer, it
is important to ensure that the natural history of thyroid cancer is as benign as has been …

Navigating Choices: Determinants and Outcomes of Surgery Refusal in Thyroid Cancer Patients Using SEER Data

MH Hussein, EA Toraih, IE Ohiomah, N Siddeeque… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine cancer to date, and the
standard treatment involves some form of surgical intervention. Even in cases where the …

Prognosis of patients with thyroid cancer who do not undergo surgical treatment: a SEER database analysis

Á Sanabria, LC Domínguez, V Vega… - Clinical and Translational …, 2011 - Springer
Background The treatment for thyroid cancer is surgical. However, some patients do not
undergo operations because of comorbidities or other reasons. There is little information …

Total thyroidectomy or thyroid lobectomy in patients with low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer: surgical decision analysis of a controversy using a mathematical model

E Kebebew, QY Duh, OH Clark - World journal of surgery, 2000 - Springer
There is a general consensus that total or near-total thyroidectomy is the optimal treatment
for patients with high risk differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), but the optimal extent of …

Extent of surgery for differentiated thyroid cancer

APB Dackiw, M Zeiger - Surgical Clinics, 2004 - surgical.theclinics.com
The extent of surgery for thyroid cancer continues to be an area of controversy in endocrine
surgery. The options for treatment include thyroid lobectomy and isthmusectomy or a total …

Patient preferences around extent of surgery in low-risk thyroid cancer: a discrete choice experiment

S Ahmadi, JM Gonzalez, M Talbott, SD Reed, JC Yang… - Thyroid, 2020 - liebertpub.com
Background: Patient preferences pertaining to surgical options for thyroid cancer
management are not well studied. Our aim was to conduct a discrete choice experiment …

Delay in Surgery for Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Proxy for Lower-Quality Care?

TM Ullmann, JA Sosa - The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Curative intent surgery for cancer is often considered timesensitive out of concern that
delays in care will lead to disease progression and poor outcomes. However, as Chaves …

Delay in surgery and papillary thyroid cancer survival in the United States: a SEER-Medicare analysis

N Chaves, JM Broekhuis, SC Fligor… - The Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Delays in surgery and their impact on survival in papillary thyroid cancer (PTC)
is unclear. We sought to investigate the association between time to surgery and survival in …

Same thyroid cancer, different national practice guidelines: When discordant American Thyroid Association and National Comprehensive Cancer Network surgery …

MA Adam, P Goffredo, L Youngwirth, RP Scheri… - Surgery, 2016 - Elsevier
Background The American Thyroid Association (ATA) and National Comprehensive Cancer
Network (NCCN) guidelines have discordant recommendations for managing patients with …

Long term outcomes of simple clinical risk stratification in management of differentiated thyroid cancer

WL Craig, L Smart, S Fielding, C Ramsay… - The Surgeon, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective To establish the long term outcomes of risk stratified management of differentiated
thyroid cancer (DTC). Background Guidelines for management of DTC lack a strong …