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The Preferred Route for the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Carcinoma Among the General Population in Saudi Arabia
Background: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common type of thyroid cancer. Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) is a specific subgroup of PTC. Given their small size, PTMCs are often asymptomatic and behave benignly. This puts physicians in a challenging situation about how to preve...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10024201/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36942190 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35043 |
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author | Aldharman, Sarah S Albalawi, Danah M Daghistani, Ghadeer Almutairi, Meshari S Alharbi, Sarah A Alreshidi, Nahlah f |
author_facet | Aldharman, Sarah S Albalawi, Danah M Daghistani, Ghadeer Almutairi, Meshari S Alharbi, Sarah A Alreshidi, Nahlah f |
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description | Background: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common type of thyroid cancer. Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) is a specific subgroup of PTC. Given their small size, PTMCs are often asymptomatic and behave benignly. This puts physicians in a challenging situation about how to prevent overdiagnosis and overtreatment of PTMC. This study aimed to assess the preferences regarding the route of PTMC diagnosis and treatment among Saudi Arabia's general population. Methods: This is a cross-sectional questionnaire-based-study conducted among the general population in Saudi Arabia. The target subjects were the general population of Saudi Arabia both genders and different age groups from various regions of Saudi Arabia (Western, Central, Eastern, Southern, and North). Participants who did not complete the questionnaire or did not agree to participate were excluded. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed on different social media platforms to collect data from different regions. Data analysis was conducted by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 24.0 version (IBM Inc., Chicago, USA) statistical software. A Chi-square test was used to compare categorical variables. Results: A total of 1,428 participants were included. The majority of them were females (64.4%), and most of them were aged between 19 and 25 years. Moreover, we found that 4.8% of the study population had a medical history of thyroid cancer. Our results revealed that more than half of respondents (54.6%) would select surgical operation immediately if they have a thyroid nodule less than 1 cm in maximal diameter, which turns out to be a PTC. The vast majority of participants (90.1%) would prefer to do cytologic confirmation immediately if they have a thyroid nodule less than 1 cm in maximal diameter, which has suspicious characteristics of PTC in neck ultrasound examination. Regarding PTMC operation, 59.8% of responders were more concerned about complications than recurrences. We found that neither age nor gender significantly affects decision-making for management or operative extent for PTC. There was a significant difference between age and decision-making for the diagnosis of suspicious thyroid nodules (p value = 0.041). Conclusion: Our results concluded that most of the participants preferred to select immediate surgery and cytologic confirmation regarding the management and diagnosis of PTC. More research is advised. The need to inform patients about their disease state and treatment options should be highlighted more. |
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spelling | pubmed-100242012023-03-19 The Preferred Route for the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Carcinoma Among the General Population in Saudi Arabia Aldharman, Sarah S Albalawi, Danah M Daghistani, Ghadeer Almutairi, Meshari S Alharbi, Sarah A Alreshidi, Nahlah f Cureus General Surgery Background: Papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) is the most common type of thyroid cancer. Papillary thyroid microcarcinoma (PTMC) is a specific subgroup of PTC. Given their small size, PTMCs are often asymptomatic and behave benignly. This puts physicians in a challenging situation about how to prevent overdiagnosis and overtreatment of PTMC. This study aimed to assess the preferences regarding the route of PTMC diagnosis and treatment among Saudi Arabia's general population. Methods: This is a cross-sectional questionnaire-based-study conducted among the general population in Saudi Arabia. The target subjects were the general population of Saudi Arabia both genders and different age groups from various regions of Saudi Arabia (Western, Central, Eastern, Southern, and North). Participants who did not complete the questionnaire or did not agree to participate were excluded. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed on different social media platforms to collect data from different regions. Data analysis was conducted by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 24.0 version (IBM Inc., Chicago, USA) statistical software. A Chi-square test was used to compare categorical variables. Results: A total of 1,428 participants were included. The majority of them were females (64.4%), and most of them were aged between 19 and 25 years. Moreover, we found that 4.8% of the study population had a medical history of thyroid cancer. Our results revealed that more than half of respondents (54.6%) would select surgical operation immediately if they have a thyroid nodule less than 1 cm in maximal diameter, which turns out to be a PTC. The vast majority of participants (90.1%) would prefer to do cytologic confirmation immediately if they have a thyroid nodule less than 1 cm in maximal diameter, which has suspicious characteristics of PTC in neck ultrasound examination. Regarding PTMC operation, 59.8% of responders were more concerned about complications than recurrences. We found that neither age nor gender significantly affects decision-making for management or operative extent for PTC. There was a significant difference between age and decision-making for the diagnosis of suspicious thyroid nodules (p value = 0.041). Conclusion: Our results concluded that most of the participants preferred to select immediate surgery and cytologic confirmation regarding the management and diagnosis of PTC. More research is advised. The need to inform patients about their disease state and treatment options should be highlighted more. Cureus 2023-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC10024201/ /pubmed/36942190 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35043 Text en Copyright © 2023, Aldharman et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | General Surgery Aldharman, Sarah S Albalawi, Danah M Daghistani, Ghadeer Almutairi, Meshari S Alharbi, Sarah A Alreshidi, Nahlah f The Preferred Route for the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Carcinoma Among the General Population in Saudi Arabia |
title | The Preferred Route for the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Carcinoma Among the General Population in Saudi Arabia |
title_full | The Preferred Route for the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Carcinoma Among the General Population in Saudi Arabia |
title_fullStr | The Preferred Route for the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Carcinoma Among the General Population in Saudi Arabia |
title_full_unstemmed | The Preferred Route for the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Carcinoma Among the General Population in Saudi Arabia |
title_short | The Preferred Route for the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Carcinoma Among the General Population in Saudi Arabia |
title_sort | preferred route for the diagnosis and management of thyroid carcinoma among the general population in saudi arabia |
topic | General Surgery |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10024201/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36942190 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.35043 |
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