Gender Differences in Fears Related to Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer and Its Treatment.

Importance: Fear is commonly experienced by individuals newly diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC).

Objective: To explore the association between gender and fears of low-risk PTC disease progression, as well as its potential surgical treatment.

Design, Setting, And Participants: This single-center prospective cohort study was conducted at a tertiary care referral hospital in Toronto, Canada, and enrolled patients with untreated small low risk PTC (<2 cm in maximal diameter) that was confined to the thyroid.

A Quantitative Analysis Examining Patients' Choice of Active Surveillance or Surgery for Managing Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer.

It is important to understand patient preferences on managing low-risk papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). We prospectively followed patients with low-risk PTC <2 cm in maximal diameter, who were offered the choice of thyroidectomy or active surveillance (AS) at the University Health Network (UHN), in Toronto, Canada. The primary outcome was the frequency of AS choice (percentage with confidence interval [CI]).

Inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility: From organizational responsibility to leadership competency.

An awakening to systemic anti-Black racism, anti-Indigenous racism, and harmful colonial structures in the context of a pandemic has made health inequities and injustices impossible to ignore, and is driving healthcare organizations to establish and strengthen approaches to inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA). Health research and care organizations, which are shaping the future of healthcare, have a responsibility to make IDEA central to their missions. Many organizations are taking concrete action critically important to embedding IDEA principles, but durable change will not be achieved until IDEA becomes a core leadership competency.

A Prospective Mixed-Methods Study of Decision-Making on Surgery or Active Surveillance for Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer.

Active surveillance (AS) of small, low-risk papillary thyroid cancers (PTCs) is increasingly being considered. There is limited understanding of why individuals with low-risk PTC may choose AS over traditional surgical management. We present a mixed-methods analysis of a prospective observational real-life decision-making study regarding the choice of thyroidectomy or AS for management of localized, low-risk PTCs <2 cm in maximum diameter (NCT03271892).

Retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis: case report and review of literature.

Retropharyngeal calcific tendinitis, also known as acute calcific prevertebral tendinitis or longus colli tendinitis, is an uncommon benign condition presenting as acute neck pain. Clinically, it can be misdiagnosed as retropharyngeal abscess, traumatic injury, or infectious spondylitis. The diagnosis is made radiographically by an amorphous calcification anterior to C1-C2 and prevertebral soft tissue swelling.

Otolaryngology manpower in Canada: a crisis in the making?

Physician manpower issues have been of interest to Canadians and government officials for several decades. Since the first otolaryngology manpower survey was completed by Dr. Percy Ireland in 1962, there have been progressive declines in the physician-to-population ratio across Canada from 1 in 42 000 in 1962 to approximately 1 in 75 000 in 2000.

Parotid gland tumours in 255 consecutive patients: Mount Sinai Hospital's quality assurance review.

Parotid neoplasms represent a diverse group of tumours found in the head and neck. Complications following parotidectomy, including Frey's syndrome, facial nerve paralysis, sialoceles, and parotid fistulae, have been well documented. A retrospective review of 255 patients treated surgically for parotid masses over an 8-year period at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto was reviewed as part of a quality assurance program.