Papillary Thyroid Cancer: The Good and Bad of the "Good Cancer".

ABSTRACT:

Background

Papillary thyroid cancer is often described as the "good cancer" because of its treatability and relatively favorable survival rates. This study sought to characterize the thoughts of papillary thyroid cancer patients as they relate to having the "good cancer."

Methods

This qualitative study included 31 papillary thyroid cancer patients enrolled in an ongoing randomized trial. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants at the preoperative visit and two weeks, six weeks, six months, and one year after thyroidectomy. Grounded theory was used, inductively coding the first 113 interview transcripts with NVivo 11.

Results

The concept of thyroid cancer as "good cancer" emerged unprompted from 94% (n = 29) of participants, mostly concentrated arou

SUBMITTER: Randle RW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5561445 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature