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Table 1 Study inclusion and exclusion criteria

From: Improving the quality and efficiency of follow-up after curative treatment for breast cancer – rationale and study design of the MaCare trial

Inclusion criteria

• Female patients with breast cancer without distant metastases

• WHO performance scale 0–2

• Treated with curative intent (i.e. lumpectomy or mastectomy, with or without radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy)

• Treatment completed < 6 weeks prior to randomisation

• Able to speak and read fluently in Dutch

 

Exclusion criteria

• Participation in another trial, requiring more frequent follow-up

• Medical diseases (treatment-related side-effects, concomitant tumours) requiring frequent follow-up