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ArticleThyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association2021

Patients' Reaction to Diagnosis with Thyroid Cancer or an Indeterminate Thyroid Nodule.

Susan C Pitt, Megan C Saucke, Elizabeth M Wendt, David F Schneider, Jason Orne, Cameron L Macdonald, Nadine P Connor, Rebecca S Sippel

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Article in Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. The Effect of a Surgeon Communication Strategy on Treatment Preference for Thyroid Cancer: A Randomized Trial.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2025
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  18. Assessing Fear of Thyroid Cancer in the General U.S. Population: A Cross-Sectional Study.Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Susan C PittDivision of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Megan C SauckeWisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research Program, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Elizabeth M WendtMedical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA.
David F SchneiderDivision of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Jason OrneDepartment of Sociology, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Cameron L MacdonaldQualitative Health Research Consultants, LLC, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Nadine P ConnorDivision of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Rebecca S SippelDivision of Endocrine Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
University of Wisconsin–Madison · USClinical Research Consultants (United States) · USDrexel University · USMedical College of Wisconsin · US

Funding

Impact of Emotions on Treatment Decisions About Low-Risk Thyroid CancerK08CA230204 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI PITT, SUSAN C · 2018 to 2023
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS K08 CA230204
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeAdultAnxietyBiopsy, Fine-NeedleFearFemaleGrounded TheoryHumansInterviews as TopicMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasm StagingPatient Education as TopicPatientsPredictive Value of TestsQualitative Researchactive surveillanceanxietycancer fearindeterminate nodulequalitativethyroid cancerthyroid nodule

Identifiers

PMID33012267
PMCPMC8195875
OpenAlexW3090167114

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.