Bae Jong-Myon
Department of Preventive Medicine, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.
Epidemiol Health. 2015 Apr 8;37:e2015018. doi: 10.4178/epih/e2015018. eCollection 2015.
With the current overdiagnosis of thyroid cancer resulting from routine screening in Korea, it is necessary to educate the public that not all cancers are malignant. The exposure to patient decision aids (PtDAs) compared to usual care reduced the number of people choosing to undergo prostate-specific antigen screening. This article introduces the definition, usefulness, and developmental processes of PtDAs and suggests the urgent need for a Korean PtDA related to thyroid cancer screening.
鉴于韩国目前因常规筛查导致甲状腺癌过度诊断的情况,有必要向公众宣传并非所有癌症都是恶性的。与常规护理相比,使用患者决策辅助工具(PtDAs)减少了选择进行前列腺特异性抗原筛查的人数。本文介绍了PtDAs的定义、用途和开发过程,并提出迫切需要开发与甲状腺癌筛查相关的韩国版PtDA。