title: Development and application of patient decision aids.
abstract: 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.
authors: Department of Preventive Medicine, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.
authors: Jong-Myon
authors: JM
authors: Bae
keywords: Clinical decision support systems; Decision aids; Early detection of cancer; Thyroid neoplasms