Proceedings of the Canadian Thyroid Cancer Active Surveillance Study Group 2019 national investigator meeting

David P Goldstein; Sangeet Ghai; Martin Corsten; Eric Bissada; Nathalie Audet; Han Zhang; Anthony Nichols; Deric Morrison; Stephanie Johnson-Obeski; Donald W Anderson; Eitan Prisman; Nancy N Baxter; Jennifer Jones; Amiram Gafni; Ian Witterick; Anna M Sawka

doi:10.1186/s40463-021-00514-0

Proceedings of the Canadian Thyroid Cancer Active Surveillance Study Group 2019 national investigator meeting

J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2021 Jun 25;50(1):40. doi: 10.1186/s40463-021-00514-0.

Authors

David P Goldstein¹, Sangeet Ghai², Martin Corsten³, Eric Bissada⁴, Nathalie Audet⁵, Han Zhang⁶, Anthony Nichols⁷, Deric Morrison⁸, Stephanie Johnson-Obeski⁹, Donald W Anderson¹⁰, Eitan Prisman¹⁰, Nancy N Baxter¹¹, Jennifer Jones¹², Amiram Gafni¹³, Ian Witterick¹⁴, Anna M Sawka¹⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth St., 8NU-885, Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4, Canada. david.goldstein@uhn.ca.
² Joint Department of Medical Imaging, University Health Network-Mt Sinai Hospital-Women's College Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
³ Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
⁴ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁵ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
⁶ Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ Division of Endocrinology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
⁹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
¹⁰ Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
¹¹ Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
¹² Department of Psychosocial Oncology, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
¹³ Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, Department of Health Research Methods, Evaluation and Implementation, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
¹⁴ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Sinai Health System, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
¹⁵ Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

Abstract

Active surveillance (AS) in the management of small, low risk papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) as an alternative option to thyroidectomy, is an area of active research. A national Canadian study is proposed to evaluate the long-term outcomes of patients with small, low risk PTC who choose AS or surgery. This letter describes the proceedings of a national investigator meeting to plan the study.

Keywords: Active surveillance; Conference proceeding; Thyroid cancer; Thyroidectomy.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Canada / epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
Population Surveillance / methods*
Registries*
Thyroid Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Thyroid Neoplasms / epidemiology
Watchful Waiting / statistics & numerical data*

Grants and funding

FRN PCS 161831/CAPMC/ CIHR/Canada