"No such thing as good cancer": a qualitative exploration of the experience of early-onset thyroid cancer in survivors.

Background: The incidence of thyroid cancer has increased exponentially in recent decades. At the same time, there is a growing concern surrounding the overdiagnosis of indolent thyroid cancer, leading to invasive and potentially unnecessary interventions that can significantly impact young patients' lives. Yet, the experiences of survivors of thyroid cancer have been largely understudied.

Health related quality of life in children with sickle cell disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

This review had three aims: 1) describe the measures used to assess health-related quality of life (HRQL) in pediatric patients diagnosed with sickle cell disease (SCD); 2) document the biopsychosocial factors related to HRQL in pediatric patients diagnosed with SCD; and 3) complete a meta-analysis comparing HRQL in pediatric patients diagnosed with SCD to healthy controls. Included studies were published in English, quantitatively assessed HRQL as a primary aim, in both SCD and controls, and included participants between 0 and 21 years of age. The final review included 66 articles, with a total of 8642 participants with SCD, 4 months-21 years of age, and 62,458 controls, 5-27 years of age.