Faculty

Patricia A. Cronin, M.D.

Clinical Studies

Patient Reported Quality of Life Outcomes following Thyroid Cancer Surgery and Association with Extent of Surgery (TCQOL) Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.
The purpose of this study is to create a prospectively maintained database of patient and clinical factors, as well as collect survey data using validated quality-of-life metrics, to determine the impact and factors associated with quality of life after thyroid surgery for thyroid cancer.

AFT-25, Comparing an Operation to Monitoring, with and without Endocrine Therapy (COMET) Trial For Low Risk DCIS: A Phase III Prospective Randomized Trial (COMET) Rochester, Minn., Jacksonville, Fla., Scottsdale/Phoenix, Ariz.
This study looks at the risks and benefits of active surveillance (AS) compared to guideline concordant care (GCC) in the setting of a pragmatic prospective randomized trial for low risk DCIS. Our overarching hypothesis is that management of low-risk Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) using an AS approach does not yield inferior cancer or quality of life outcomes compared to GCC.