Physician Confidence in Neck Ultrasonography for Surveillance of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer Recurrence.

ABSTRACT: Neck ultrasonography, a mainstay of long-term surveillance for recurrence of differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), is routinely used by endocrinologists, general surgeons, and otolaryngologists; however, physician confidence in their ability to use ultrasonography to identify lymph nodes suggestive of cancer recurrence remains unknown. To evaluate physicians' posttreatment surveillance practices for DTC recurrence, specifically their use of and confidence in ultrasonography. Cross-sectional study of 448 physicians in private and academic hospitals who completed a survey on DTC posttreatment practices from October 2018 to August 2019 (response rate, 69%) and self-reported involvement in long-term surveillance for thyroid cancer recurrence. Physicians were identified by patients affiliated wi

SUBMITTER: Kovatch KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7758830 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature