Patient-Reported Outcomes Three Years After Deciding on Surgery or Active Surveillance for Small, Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer: Results of a Prospective Cohort Study
We observed that PROs do not significantly differ between patients who chose AS and those who chose immediate surgery a few years after the initial disease management choice. However, patients who crossover from AS to surgery may experience greater cancer-related worry and decision regret.
Authors
- Amiram Gafni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8279-8172)
- Anna M. Sawka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4152-5578)
- Nancy N. Baxter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4793-4620)
- Jennifer Michelle Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8670-8514)
- Katherine Lajkosz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3760-5401)
- Lorne Rotstein
- J. Pasternak
- Sangeet Ghai
- David P. Goldstein
- on behalf of the Canadian Active Surveillance Study Group (Greater Toronto Area)
- Jonathan C. Irish
- Wei Xu
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- University Health Network (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Women's College Hospital (CA)
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (CA)
- The Centre for Health (New Zealand) (NZ)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Hamilton Health Sciences (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Thyroid
- Published
- 2026-03-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10507256251408857
- Primary Topic
- Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00