A study to see which quality of life questionnaire people with thyroid cancer find most helpful (DeteQT)

This study is looking at different quality of life questionnaires to see which one people with thyroid cancer prefer.

Treatments for thyroid cancer include surgery and radioactive iodine treatment. After surgery you may also take thyroid hormones.

Doctors try to assess what impact treatment has on peoples’ quality of life. They usually do this by asking people to fill in questionnaires asking about how they are feeling, any side effects they have and how their illness or treatment is affecting their lives.

But there are different quality of life questionnaires in use. In this study, researchers want to find out

• Which questionnaire people with thyroid cancer find most helpful

• If it would be better to design a new questionnaire, taking the most useful parts from each of the others

The people taking part have the most common types of thyroid cancer called papillary thyroid cancer and follicular thyroid cancer.