Thyroidectomy

Adults with low-risk thyroid cancer who underwent surgery had significant reductions in cancer-related fear and worry after their procedure compared with before surgery, researchers reported.

Adults with low-risk papillary thyroid cancer reported low levels of decision regret for their disease management choice at 1 year, regardless of whether they chose active surveillance or surgery, according to findings published in Thyroid.

Researchers found that middle-aged adults who adhered closest to a healthy plant-based diet had a reduced risk for developing diabetes.

Adults who develop hypoparathyroidism after a total thyroidectomy have an increased risk for all-cause mortality compared with the general population, but only if the indication for their surgery was cancer, according to study data.

Hemithyroidectomy is associated with better quality of life after surgery than total thyroidectomy for adults with low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer, though more studies are needed, according to findings from a systematic review.

Adults with low-risk thyroid cancer cite concerns about adverse outcomes, psychological distress and a negative response to their diagnosis as reasons they opted for surgery over active surveillance, according to study findings.

Adults who undergo thyroid cancer surgery at clinics performing five or fewer operations per year are more likely to have recurrence or persistent disease than those attending higher-volume centers, according to study data.

Adults with postoperative hypoparathyroidism after thyroid cancer are less likely to sustain a fracture compared with those with preserved parathyroid function, according to findings published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research.

Women with low-risk papillary thyroid cancer are more fearful of undergoing a thyroidectomy compared with men, according to findings from a single-center study published in JAMA Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery.

In a small group of adults diagnosed with medullary thyroid microcarcinoma, few had disease recurrence or died during more than 6 years of follow-up, according to findings from an Australian database.