Feelings of Disenfranchisement and Support Needs Among Patients With Thyroid Cancer

Thyroid cancer has been identified as the most rapidly growing form of cancer and is particularly prevalent in women aged 15–29 years (American Cancer Society, 2018; Canadian Cancer Society, 2012). Generally associated with a favorable prognosis, thyroid cancer usually involves medically focused treatment with hemithyroidectomy or total thyroidectomy, with or without adjuvant radioactive iodine treatments (nuclear medicine), and is followed by levothyroxine thyroid hormone replacement therapy and lifelong follow-up (Haugen et al., 2016).