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Media attention for the INFLUENCE nomogram

2018-11-07

The INFLUENCE nomogram predicts the 5-year risk of locoregional recurrence in patients who received curative treatment for breast cancer. The nomogram was developed in 2015 by Witteveen et al. at the University of Twente. November 2nd, Annemiek Witteveen succesfully defended her PhD thesis. In her thesis, Witteveen shows that the risk for locoregional recurrence is often quite low (i.e. on average around 3% risk). However, some patients have a 5-year risk lower than 1% where others have a 5-year risk higher than 10%. Besides, some patients prefer to see a physician every now and then to have a sense of security. Other patients are terrified to go back to the hospital for another follow-up meeting. Witteveen concluded that the follow-up schemes for patients treated for breast cancer can be more personalized according to a.o. the patients' risk and preferences. Her message was picked up by several Dutch news papers such as Trouw (article in Dutch).   Click here to see the INFLUENCE nomogram on the Evidencio platform. 

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