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SynthesisTumori2022

Systematic review of health-related quality of life following thyroid cancer.

Emma G Walshaw, Mike Smith, Dae Kim, Jonathan Wadsley, Anastasios Kanatas, Simon N Rogers

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Tumori, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Validation for use in Colombia of the EORTC QLQ-THY34 questionnaire to measure quality of life in patients with thyroid cancer.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2026
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  14. Assessment of quality of life in thyroid cancer patients using the EORTC thyroid-specific questionnaire: a prospective cross-sectional study.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Emma G WalshawMedical student, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0811-2317
Mike SmithDental student, Liverpool University, Liverpool, UK.
Dae KimConsultant ENT and head & neck surgeon, St George's University Hospital, London, UK.
Jonathan WadsleyConsultant clinical oncologist, Weston Park Cancer Centre, Sheffield, UK.
Anastasios KanatasOral and maxillofacial surgery consultant, Leeds Teaching Hospitals and St James Institute of Oncology, Leeds Dental Institute and Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds, UK.
Simon N RogersFaculty of Health and Social Care, Edge Hill University, Liverpool, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This systematic review provides a summary of all studies published between 2000 and 2019 using a health-related quality of life (HRQOL) patient-completed questionnaire to report outcomes following diagnosis and treatment of thyroid cancer. The search terms were "thyroid cancer" or "thyroid carcinoma," "quality of life" or "health related quality of life," and "questionnaire" or "patient reported outcome." EMBASE, PubMed, Medline, PsycINFO, CINAHL, and HaNDLE-On-QOL search engines were searched between 2 February and 23 February 2020. A total of 811 identified articles were reduced to 314 when duplicates were removed. After exclusion criteria (not thyroid specific, no quality of life questionnaires, and conference abstracts) were applied, 92 remained. Hand searching identified a further 2 articles. Of the 94 included, 16 had a surgical, 26 a primarily medical, and 52 a general focus. There were articles from 27 countries. A total of 49 articles were published from 2015 through 2019 inclusive. A total of 72 questionnaires were used among the articles and a range of 7 to 2215 participants were included within each article. This review demonstrated an increasing number of publications annually. The scope of enquiry into aspects of HRQOL following thyroid cancer is broad, with relatively few addressing surgical aspects and many focusing on the impact of radio-iodine. More research is required into shared decision-making in initial management decisions and HRQOL and interventions aimed specifically at addressing long-term HRQOL difficulties.

Indexed as

Quality of LifeThyroid NeoplasmsHumansPatient Reported Outcome MeasuresSurveys and Questionnairespatient-reported outcomesquality of lifequestionnairereviewThyroid cancer

Identifiers

PMID34387109
PMCPMC9310144

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