Occurrence of metachronous basal cell carcinomas: a prognostic model.

Background: A third of patients with a first basal cell carcinoma (BCC) will develop subsequent (metachronous) BCCs.

Objectives: To study the prognostic effect of the number of previous BCC diagnosis dates a patient has experienced to derive a prediction model to assess the risk of metachronous BCCs that may inform individualized decision making on surveillance.

Methods: We considered participants of north-western European ancestry from a prospective population-based cohort study (Rotterdam Study).

Prediction of Multiple Recurrent Events: A Comparison of Extended Cox Models in Bladder Cancer.

Recurrence of bladder cancer can occur repeatedly in the same patient after treatment of the primary tumor. Models predicting the risk of a next recurrence may inform individualized decision-making on surveillance frequency. We aimed to assess the usefulness of extensions of the Cox proportional hazards model for repeated events in this context.

Predicting the Risk of a Second Basal Cell Carcinoma.

A third of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) patients will develop subsequent BCCs. We aimed to develop a simple model to predict the absolute risk of a second BCC. We observed 14,628 participants of Northern European ancestry from a prospective population-based cohort study.

Prognostic value of age for chronic postoperative inguinal pain.

Purpose: Chronic postoperative inguinal pain (CPIP) is considered the most common and serious long-term problem after inguinal hernia repair. Young age has been described as a risk factor for developing chronic pain after several surgical procedures. Our aim was to assess if age has prognostic value on CPIP.

Affective modulation of attentional switching.

Affective modulation of attentional switching may have developed early in evolution and may therefore have primacy over other affective influences. This behavioral study investigated the influence of affect on attentional switching between emotionally neutral stimuli, whether limited-capacity control processes are involved, and whether attentional flexibility should be distinguished from attentional broadening. Experiment 1 showed that suboptimally presented happy faces facilitated switching from an automatized response routine, whereas angry faces had the opposite effect.