Gender Differences in Fears Related to Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer and Its Treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Fear is commonly experienced by individuals newly diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC).

Objective

To explore the association between gender and fears of low-risk PTC disease progression, as well as its potential surgical treatment.

Design, setting, and participants

This single-center prospective cohort study was conducted at a tertiary care referral hospital in Toronto, Canada, and enrolled patients with untreated small low risk PTC (<2 cm in maximal diameter) that was confined to the thyroid. All patients had a surgical consultation. Study participants were enrolled between May 2016 and February 2021. Data analysis was performed from December 16, 2022, to May 8, 2023.

Exposures

Gender was self-reported by patients with low-risk PTC who were

SUBMITTER: Sawka AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10326729 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature