… A major cause of this discomfort is the inability to know prospectively with certainty which
cancers are overdiagnosed. In thyroid cancer, as patients have begun to understand this …

… who consented to participate in the trial, 32 participated in a semistructured interview before
undergoing surgery and are included in this analysis. Five patients withdrew from the trial …

… In this study, the comparative analyses were performed by LM; the identification of themes
and theories was performed by LM. The identified themes from the qualitative analysis were …

… the thoughts of papillary thyroid cancer patients as they relate to having the “good cancer.” …
Therefore, the present study aimed to characterize how patients with papillary thyroid cancer …

… A qualitative analysis of the preoperative needs of patients with papillary thyroid cancer. J
… Patients' experiences following local—Regional recurrence of thyroid cancer: A qualitative …

… The psychosocial impact of local–regional thyroid cancer recurrence is not known. The
aim of this study was to explore thyroid cancer patients' experiences relating to diagnosis and …

… for thyroid cancer. We … thyroid cancer treatment. Methods: We audio-recorded conversations
about treatment for clinically low-risk thyroid cancer or biopsy suspicious for thyroid cancer …

… To characterize the barriers and facilitators of active surveillance for low-risk thyroid
cancer, we conducted semi-structured interviews with actively practicing thyroid surgeons and …

… This qualitative analysis also reveals that default thinking likely contributes to overtreatment.
While similar to habit and so-called “fast thinking,” default thoughts represent simplified …

… This rise of thyroid cancer incidence and the preferred used of thyroid surgery as a
treatment option for low-risk PTC has raised concerns about thyroid cancer overdiagnosis and …