Risk of Cancer Recurrence Exerts the Strongest Influence on Choice Between Active Surveillance and Thyroid Surgery as Initial Treatment for Low‐Risk Thyroid Cancer: Results of a Discrete Choice Experiment
This study demonstrates that when blinded to the actual treatment, patients prefer the trade-offs associated with AS rather than TT or HT. Perceived risk of cancer recurrence exerted the greatest influence. Accurate risk stratification for cancer recurrence is critical to shared decision-making.
Authors
- Nicholas Zdenkowski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8738-8463)
- Jenny Gough
- Gavin Cooper
- Christopher W. Rowe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9652-6562)
- Scott Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9060-6756)
- Jacob Hampton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1198-8670)
- Christine J. O’Neill (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3122-8660)
- Elizabeth A. Fradgley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3535-2885)
- Laura Wall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3070-387X)
- Julie Ann Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4147-2421)
Institutions
- The Royal Melbourne Hospital (AU)
- Wesley Hospital (AU)
- John Hunter Hospital (AU)
- Hunter Medical Research Institute (AU)
- University of Newcastle Australia (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Surgery
- Published
- 2025-03-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/wjs.12520
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 19.71