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ArticleBreast cancer research and treatment2022

Health care professionals overestimate the risk for locoregional recurrences after breast cancer treatment depending on their specialty.

Jet W Ankersmid, Pauline E R Spronk, Anneke M Zeillemaker, Sabine Siesling

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Article in Breast cancer research and treatment, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The effectiveness of personalised surveillance and aftercare in breast cancer follow-up: a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jet W Ankersmid *Department of Health Technology and Services Research, Technical Medical Center, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. j.w.ankersmid@utwente.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4562-8147
Pauline E R Spronk *Department of Surgery, Alrijne Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Anneke M ZeillemakerDepartment of Surgery, Alrijne Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Sabine SieslingDepartment of Health Technology and Services Research, Technical Medical Center, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
Alrijne Ziekenhuis · NLNetherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation · NLSanteon (Netherlands) · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeFor the implementation of personalised surveillance, it is important to create more awareness among HCPs with regard to the risk for locoregional recurrences (LRRs). The aim of this study is to evaluate the current awareness and estimations of individual risks for LRRs after completion of primary treatment for breast cancer among health care professionals (HCPs) in the Netherlands, without using any prediction tools.

methodsA cross-sectional survey was performed among 60 HCPs working in breast cancer care in seven Dutch hospitals and 25 general practitioners (GPs). The survey consisted of eleven realistic surgically treated breast cancer cases. HCPs were asked to estimate the 5-year risk for LRRs for each case, which was compared to the estimations by the INFLUENCE-nomogram using one-sample Wilcoxon tests. Differences in estimations between HCPs with different specialities were determined using Kruskal-Wallis tests and Dunn tests.

resultsHCPs tended to structurally overestimate the 5-year risk for LRR on each case. Average overestimations ranged from 4.8 to 26.1%. Groups of HCPs with varying specialities differed significantly in risk estimations. GPs tended to overestimate the risk for LRRs on average the most (15.0%) and medical oncologists had the lowest average overestimation (2.7%).

conclusionsIt is important to create more awareness of the risk for LRRs, which is a pre-requisite for the implementation of personalised surveillance after breast cancer. Besides education for HCPs, the use of prediction models such as the INFLUENCE-nomogram can support in estimating an objective estimate of each individual patient's risk.

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Breast NeoplasmsCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth PersonnelHumansNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalNomogramsBreast cancerHealth care providersRecurrenceRiskSurveillance

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PMCPMC9090881
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