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Observational studyThyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association2024

Decision Regret Following the Choice of Surgery or Active Surveillance for Small, Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Anna M Sawka, Sangeet Ghai, Lorne Rotstein, Jonathan C Irish, Jesse D Pasternak, Eric Monteiro, Janet Chung, Afshan Zahedi, Jie Su, Wei Xu and 4 more

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In one paragraph

Observational study in Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03271892 (Deciding on Active Surveillance as an Alternative Option to Surgery in the Primary Management of Low Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
17.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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.

NCT03271892 active not recruitingnot on this map

Deciding on Active Surveillance as an Alternative Option to Surgery in the Primary Management of Low Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer

TypeobservationalSponsorUniversity Health Network, TorontoRan2016 to 2031Enrolled200ConditionsThyroid Cancer Stage I
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Summary of the Year in Review Lectures at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Thyroid Association.Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Anna M SawkaDivision of Endocrinology, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Sangeet GhaiJoint Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network-Mt Sinai Hospital-Women's College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Lorne RotsteinDepartment of Surgery, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Jonathan C IrishDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery/Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
Jesse D PasternakDepartment of Surgery, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Eric MonteiroDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Mount Sinai Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Janet ChungDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Trillium Health Partners and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Afshan ZahediDivision of Endocrinology, Women's College Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Jie SuDepartment of Biostatistics, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
Wei XuDepartment of Biostatistics, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
Jennifer M JonesDepartment of Psychosocial Oncology, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Amiram GafniCentre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Nancy N BaxterMelbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
David P GoldsteinDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery/Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
University Health Network · CAPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre · CAMount Sinai Hospital · CAThe Centre for Health (New Zealand) · NZThe University of Melbourne · AUTrillium Health Centre · CAWomen's College Hospital · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

EmotionsQuality of LifeThyroid Cancer, PapillaryThyroid NeoplasmsWatchful WaitingAdultAgedBody ImageCanadaDecision MakingDisease ProgressionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective Studiesactive surveillancedecision regretpapillary thyroid cancerprospective studythyroidectomy

Identifiers

PMID38481111
PMCPMC11296158
OpenAlexW4392828201

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Registered trials

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