Evelyn M Monninkhof

..Early detection of exacerbations by COPD patients initiating prompt interventions has shown to be clinically relevant. Until now, research failed to identify the effectiveness of a written individualized Action Plan (AP) to achieve this...

..To examine the effects of a 1-year exercise intervention on sex hormone levels in postmenopausal women and whether any effects are mediated by changes in body fat composition...

..Many epidemiologic studies have found an association between physical activity and breast cancer risk, although this has not been a consistent finding...

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..The Modified Baecke Questionnaire results in a score to classify people as high, moderate, or low in daily physical activity, based on tertiles...

..To assess the influence of dose on the risk of acute urinary retention (AUR) after iodine-125 prostate brachytherapy...

..To assess the influence of dose in different prostate regions, and the influence of anatomic variation on the risk of acute urinary retention (AUR) after I-125 prostate brachytherapy...

..Acute urinary retention (AUR) after iodine-125 (I-125) prostate brachytherapy negatively influences long-term quality of life and therefore should be prevented. We aimed to develop a nomogram to preoperatively predict the risk of AUR...

..Recently, the authors developed a nomogram to predict the risk of AUR preoperatively. The aim of this study was to assess the external validity of the nomogram...

..We explored the underlying mechanism further by determining the effects of HT on mammographic density, a measure of dense tissue in the breast and a consistent breast cancer risk factor...

..To investigate the association between prostate specific antigen (PSA) bounce and disease outcome after prostate brachytherapy...

..We discuss four alternatives for conventional randomization: single and double randomized consent design, two-stage randomized consent design, and the design with consent to postponed information...

..In conclusion, our results suggest that specific polymorphisms in the ESR1 and PGR genes may make women more susceptible to the effects of hormone therapy use on mammographic density...

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..In this study, we examined the association between usual physical activity and plasma levels of estrogens, androgens, dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS), and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) in postmenopausal women...

..The current prospective study aims at determining the relative incidence, timing and determinants of three types of patient responses...

..This multicentre randomised controlled trial evaluates the hypothesis that individualised APs reduce exacerbation recovery time...

..These changes in the control group and changes in addition to the intended in the intervention group can lead to undesirable confounding effects...

..Therefore, the primary aim of our study is to assess the effect of exercise during cancer treatment on reducing complaints of fatigue and on reducing health service utilisation and sick leave...

..This systematic review was conducted to provide treatment recommendations for patients with a diagnosis of columnar cell lesions (CCLs) in a breast core needle biopsy (CNB)...

..We assessed the sustained effect of participating in an exercise program on physical activity behavior 1 yr after completion of the program. Furthermore, we aimed to identify factors that predict sustained exercise participation...

..The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a 12-month moderate-to-vigorous exercise program combining aerobic and muscle strength training on body composition among sedentary, postmenopausal women...

..To compare patient-reported xerostomia during daytime and during nighttime with objectively measured parotid and submandibular gland function in a cohort of head-and-neck cancer (HNC) patients treated with RT...

..CONCLUSIONS: The result does not support a relation between current physical activity and mammographic density in postmenopausal women...

..Here, depression and coping up to 8 years posttreatment are described for patients treated with (125)I brachytherapy for localized prostate cancer...

..To assess clinical outcome in terms of biochemical No evidence of disease (bNED) for patients with stranded seed implants versus loose seed implants in prostate brachytherapy...

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..Little is known whether (low burden) strategies are able to capture these unreported exacerbations...

..The discrimination of the rule after correction for over-optimism was good (receiver operating curve (ROC)=ROC area=0.79). This simple rule may be helpful to select patients who need further osteoporosis assessment...

..To assess the epidemiologic evidence for the association between physical activity and endometrial cancer risk, taking into account the methodologic quality of each study...