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Frederik A. Verburg

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European perspective on the 2015 American Thyroid Association Management Guidelines for Adult Patients with Thyroid Nodules and Differentiated Thyroi…

2018

The American Thyroid Association (ATA) management guidelines for patients with thyroid nodules and differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC) are highly influential practice recommendations. The latest revision appeared in 2015 ("ATA 2015"). These guidelines were developed predominantly by North American experts. European experts frequently have different perspectives, given epidemiological, technological/methodological, practice organization, and medicolegal differences between the respective regions.Divergent viewpoints were the focus of an invited symposium organized by the European Association of Nuclear Medicine involving 17 European thyroidologists, four ATA Guidelines Taskforce members, and…

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Results of the Thyroid Cancer Alliance international patient/survivor survey: Psychosocial/informational support needs, treatment side effects and in…

2013

To comprehensively assess the experience of a large, diverse cohort and identify potential care improvements, the Thyroid Cancer Alliance, an international patient/survivor group coalition, surveyed thyroid cancer patients/survivors worldwide.English, German, French or Spanish versions of a self-developed 43-item questionnaire were completed, predominantly online, by 2398 respondents from the US (37.9%), Germany (21.3%), the UK (11.5%), Canada (11.4%), France (9%), and 35 other countries. Females and differentiated thyroid carcinoma patients each comprised ~87% of respondents. Diagnosis occurred at age 30-59 years in 71.8%, within1 (1-5) year(s) before survey completion in 16.4% (55%).At di…

AdultMalemedicine.medical_specialtyCanadaReferralCross-sectional studyEndocrinology Diabetes and MetabolismThyroid carcinomaCohort StudiesIodine RadioisotopesSocial supportGermanySurveys and QuestionnairesmedicineHumansSurvivorsThyroid NeoplasmsThyroid cancerReferral and Consultationbusiness.industrySocial SupportGeneral MedicineMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseUnited KingdomUnited StatesCross-Sectional StudiesFamily medicineCohortThyroidectomyFemaleFrancebusinessPsychosocialStress PsychologicalCohort studyHormones (Athens, Greece)
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