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ArticleThyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association2021

The Influence of Emotions on Treatment Decisions About Low-Risk Thyroid Cancer: A Qualitative Study.

Susan C Pitt, Megan C Saucke, Benjamin R Roman, Stewart C Alexander, Corrine I Voils

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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 27 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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

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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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  11. Communication of Voice-Related Complications in Thyroidectomy: A Qualitative Analysis.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2025
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  16. 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

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Susan C PittDepartment of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6978-3408
Megan C SauckeDepartment of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5133-5295
Benjamin R RomanDivision of Head and Neck, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
Stewart C AlexanderDepartment of Public Health, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
Corrine I VoilsDepartment of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
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 CA230204NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Decision MakingEmotionsPhysician-Patient RelationsAcademic Medical CentersAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedThyroid NeoplasmsYoung Adultdecisionemotionlow-riskovertreatmentthyroid cancer

Identifiers

PMID34641715
PMCPMC8721509

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