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Long-Term Psychosocial Consequences of False-Positive Screening Mammography by Brodersen, John, PhD, Siersma, Volkert Dirk, PhD

“…Abstract Purpose Cancer screening programs have the potential of intended beneficial effects, but they also inevitably have unintended harmful effects. In the…”
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Using a Deliberative Poll on breast cancer screening to assess and improve the decision quality of laypeople by Manja D Jensen, Kasper M Hansen, Volkert Siersma, John Brodersen

“…Balancing the benefits and harms of mammography screening is difficult and involves a value judgement. Screening is both a medical and a social intervention,…”
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Long-term psychosocial consequences of false-positive screening mammography: a cohort study with follow-up of 12–14 years in Denmark by Gram, Emma Grundtvig, Siersma, Volkert, Brodersen, John Brandt

“…ObjectiveTo compare the long-term psychosocial consequences of mammography screening among women with breast cancer, normal results and false-positive…”
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Benefits and harms of screening men for abdominal aortic aneurysm in Sweden: a registry-based cohort study by Johansson, Minna, Zahl, Per Henrik, Siersma, Volkert, Jørgensen, Karsten Juhl, Marklund, Bertil, Brodersen, John

“…Large reductions in the incidence of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and AAA-related mortality mean that results from randomised trials of screening for the…”
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Diagnosis of urinary tract infection based on symptoms: how are likelihood ratios affected by age? a diagnostic accuracy study by Holm, Anne, Siersma, Volkert, Cordoba, Gloria Cristina

“…ObjectivesThe aim of this study was to investigate the impact of age on the diagnostic properties of typical symptoms of urinary tract infection (UTI) in women…”
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Clinical indications for antibiotic use in Danish general practice: results from a nationwide electronic prescription database by Aabenhus, Rune, Hansen, Malene Plejdrup, Siersma, Volkert, Bjerrum, Lars

“…Objective: To assess the availability and applicability of clinical indications from electronic prescriptions on antibiotic use in Danish general practice…”
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Labour market attachment dynamics in patients with concussion: a Danish nationwide register-based cohort study by Graff, Heidi Jeannet, Siersma, Volkert, Møller, Anne, Waldorff, Frans Boch, Modin, Frederikke Agerbo, Rytter, Hana Malá

“…Concussion may lead to persisting post-concussive symptoms affecting work ability and employment. This study examined the transitions between labour market…”
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Use and diagnostic outcomes of cancer patient pathways in Denmark - is the place of initial diagnostic work-up an important factor? by Damhus, Christina Sadolin, Siersma, Volkert, Birkmose, Anna Rubach, Dalton, Susanne Oksbjerg, Brodersen, John

“…The Cancer Patient Pathway for Non-specific Symptoms and Signs of Cancer (NSSC-CPP) has been implemented in Denmark with regional and intra-regional…”
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The risk of bleeding and perforation from sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy in colorectal cancer screening: A systematic review and meta-analyses by Kindt, Isabella Skaarup, Martiny, Frederik Handberg Juul, Gram, Emma Grundtvig, Bie, Anne Katrine Lykke, Jauernik, Christian Patrick, Rahbek, Or Joseph, Nielsen, Sigrid Brisson, Siersma, Volkert, Bang, Christine Winther, Brodersen, John Brandt

“…Introduction Physical harm from Colorectal Cancer Screening tends to be inadequately measured and reported in clinical trials. Also, studies of ongoing…”
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Assessment of content validity and psychometric properties of VISA-A for Achilles tendinopathy by Comins, Jonathan, Siersma, Volkert, Couppe, Christian, Svensson, Rene B, Johansen, Finn, Malmgaard-Clausen, Nikolaj M, Magnusson, S Peter

“…A recent COSMIN review found that the Victorian Institute of Sports Assessment-Achilles tendinopathy questionnaire (VISA-A) has flawed construct validity. The…”
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A Retrospective Review of Conjunctival Melanoma Presentation, Treatment, and Outcome and an Investigation of Features Associated With BRAF Mutations by Larsen, Ann-Cathrine, Dahmcke, Christina M, Dahl, Christina, Siersma, Volkert D, Toft, Peter B, Coupland, Sarah E, Prause, Jan U, Guldberg, Per, Heegaard, Steffen

“…Large studies investigating clinical presentation and treatment in primary conjunctival melanoma (CM) are rare. Clinicopathological characteristics of…”
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Non-specific symptoms and signs of cancer: different organisations of a cancer patient pathway in Denmark by Damhus, Christina Sadolin, Siersma, Volkert, Dalton, Susanne Oksbjerg, Brodersen, John

“…We aimed to investigate the Non-specific Symptoms and Signs of Cancer-Cancer Patient Pathway (NSSC-CPP) in order to describe organisational and clinical…”
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Overdiagnosis of lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography screening: meta-analysis of the randomised clinical trials by Brodersen, John, Voss, Theis, Martiny, Frederik, Siersma, Volkert, Barratt, Alexandra, Heleno, Bruno

“…In low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening for lung cancer, all three main conditions for overdiagnosis in cancer screening are present: 1) a reservoir…”
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Subjective memory complaints in general practice predicts future dementia: a 4-year follow-up study by Waldorff, Frans Boch, Siersma, Volkert, Vogel, Asmus, Waldemar, Gunhild

“…Objective Many older patients in general practice have subjective memory complaints (SMC); however, not all share this information with their general…”
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Diabetic foot disease: impact of ulcer location on ulcer healing by Pickwell, Kristy M., Siersma, Volkert D., Kars, Marleen, Holstein, Per E., Schaper, Nicolaas C.

“…Background Healing of heel ulcers in patients with diabetes is considered to be poor, but there is relatively little information on the influence of ulcer…”
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Maternal stress and placental function, a study using questionnaires and biomarkers at birth by Dahlerup, Birthe R, Egsmose, Emilie L, Siersma, Volkert, Mortensen, Erik L, Hedegaard, Morten, Knudsen, Lisbeth E, Mathiesen, Line

“…Prenatal stress affects the health of the pregnant woman and the fetus. Cortisol blood levels are elevated in pregnancy, and fetal exposure to cortisol is…”
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Developing a prediction model to identify people with severe mental illness without regular contact to their GP - a study based on data from the Danish national registers by Naesager, Astrid Helene Deleuran, Damgaard, Sofie Norgil, Rozing, Maarten Pieter, Siersma, Volkert, Møller, Anne, Tranberg, Katrine

“…People with severe mental illness (SMI) face a higher risk of premature mortality due to physical morbidity compared to the general population. Establishing…”
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BRAF mutations in conjunctival melanoma: investigation of incidence, clinicopathological features, prognosis and paired premalignant lesions by Larsen, Ann‐Cathrine, Dahl, Christina, Dahmcke, Christina M., Lade‐Keller, Johanne, Siersma, Volkert D., Toft, Peter B., Coupland, Sarah E., Prause, Jan U., Guldberg, Per, Heegaard, Steffen

“…Purpose To investigate incidence, clinicopathological features and prognosis of BRAF‐mutated conjunctival melanoma in Denmark. Furthermore, to determine BRAF…”
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Using a Deliberative Poll on breast cancer screening to assess and improve the decision quality of laypeople by Jensen, Manja D, Hansen, Kasper M, Siersma, Volkert, Brodersen, John

“…Balancing the benefits and harms of mammography screening is difficult and involves a value judgement. Screening is both a medical and a social intervention,…”
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How to translate and locally adapt a PROM. Assessment of cross‐cultural differential item functioning by Krogsgaard, Michael R., Brodersen, John, Christensen, Karl B., Siersma, Volkert, Jensen, Jonas, Hansen, Christian Fugl, Engebretsen, Lars, Visnes, Håvard, Forssblad, Magnus, Comins, Jonathan D.

“…Translating patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) can alter the meaning of items and undermine the PROM's psychometric properties (quantified as…”
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