Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The Difficult Reality of Active Surveillance and the Urgent Need for Ongoing Research

  • ASO Research Letter
  • Published:
Annals of Surgical Oncology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Fig. 1

References

  1. Haymart MR, Miller DC, Hawley ST. Active surveillance for low-risk cancers: a viable solution to overtreatment? N Engl J Med 2017;377:203–206.

  2. Hughes DT, Reyes-Gastelum D, Ward KC, Hamilton AS, Haymart MR. Barriers to the use of active surveillance for thyroid cancer. Ann Surg 2020. doi:https://doi.org/10.1097/sla.0000000000004417.

  3. Davies L, Chang CH, Sirovich B, et al. Thyroid cancer active surveillance program retention and adherence in Japan. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2021;147:77–84. doi:https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoto.2020.4200.

  4. Endo T, Kawai K, Kamba T, et al. Risk factors for loss to follow-up during active surveillance of patients with stage I seminoma. Jpn J Clin Oncol 2014;44:355–9. doi:https://doi.org/10.1093/jjco/hyu001.

  5. Faries MB, Thompson JF, Cochran AJ, et al. Completion dissection or observation for sentinel-node metastasis in melanoma. N Engl J Med 2017;376:2211–22. doi:https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1613210.

  6. Leiter U, Stadler R, Mauch C, et al. Complete lymph node dissection versus no dissection in patients with sentinel lymph node biopsy-positive melanoma (DeCOG-SLT): a multicentre, randomised, phase 3 trial. Artic Lancet Oncol 2016;17:757–67. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(16)00141-8.

Download references

Acknowledgements

Dr. Herb is supported by a National Research Service Award Post-Doctoral Traineeship from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality sponsored by the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Grant No. 5T32 HS000032.

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Joshua Herb MD MSCR, Kristin O’Shea BS & Karyn Stitzenberg MD MPH

  2. Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Joshua Herb MD MSCR & David W. Ollila MD

  3. School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Alison Hollis BS

  4. Department of Pathology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Paul Googe MD

Authors
  1. Joshua Herb MD MSCR
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. David W. Ollila MD
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Alison Hollis BS
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Kristin O’Shea BS
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Paul Googe MD
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Karyn Stitzenberg MD MPH
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Joshua Herb MD MSCR.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Herb, J., Ollila, D.W., Hollis, A. et al. The Difficult Reality of Active Surveillance and the Urgent Need for Ongoing Research. Ann Surg Oncol 29, 42–44 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-10305-6

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-021-10305-6

Search

Navigation