Cancer-related Fear and Worry in Patients With Low-risk Thyroid Cancer: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
Patients with LR-TC report lower levels of fear and worry 9 months after surgery regardless of the extent of surgery, suggesting that both surgeries provide an emotional benefit to some patients. Thyroid cancer-related fear and worry do not appear to influence patients' decisions to undergo hemi- or TT.
Authors
- Megan C. Saucke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5133-5295)
- Susan C. Pitt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6978-3408)
- Alexandria D. McDow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2869-4038)
- Brandy Sinco
- Aarti Mathur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9693-7433)
- Sophie Y. Dream (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9738-0796)
- Kyle J. Bushaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6228-1851)
- Corrine I. Voils (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1913-663X)
- Masha J. Livhits (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8436-392X)
- Abbey Fingeret (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0526-6364)
- Alexis G. Antunez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6142-6094)
- Sanziana A. Roman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6911-2508)
- Stephanie S. Lee
Institutions
- University of Nebraska at Omaha (US)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Medical College of Wisconsin (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital (US)
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
- University of San Francisco (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Published
- 2024-10-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgae688
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.55
Funders
- Instituto Nacional do Câncer, Ministério da Saúde