A Thyroid-Cancer-Specific Utility Index: Development and Valuation of the Thyroid Cancer Quality of Life Index
TCQOLI is a psychometrically robust, thyroid-cancer-specific, preference-based measure with patient-anchored valuation, suitable for health-economic evaluations. This concise index supports comparative-effectiveness research in thyroid cancer and informs resource allocation across clinical and policy settings.
Authors
- Catherine DiGennaro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9452-6000)
- C. Casey Cunningham
- Sarah B. Fisher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6881-2633)
- J. Shannon Swan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1338-9062)
- Miriam N. Lango (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0736-7473)
- Jeena Varghese
- Tianna Herman
- Shaidy Moronta
- Karen Donelan
- Sam van Dijk
- Michelle M. Langer
- Elizabeth G. Grubbs
- Andrea K. Galvan
- Reagan A. Collins
Institutions
- Northwestern University (US)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Danbury Hospital (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Erasmus MC Cancer Institute (NL)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Brandeis University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Thyroid
- Published
- 2026-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10507256261425624
- Primary Topic
- Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00