dr. K.A.E. Wijlens (Kim)

Researcher
EEMCS-EE-BSS
Horst - Zuidhorst
k.a.e.wijlens@utwente.nl
+31534899174
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Expertise

  • Psychology

    • Breast Cancer
    • Treatment
    • Practitioners

  • Medicine and Dentistry

    • Cancer-Related Fatigue
    • Patient
    • Learning

  • Nursing and Health Professions

    • Fatigue
    • Malignant Neoplasm

Organisations

During my PhD I worked on the PARTNR project (Personalized cAnceR TreatmeNt and caRe, https://www.utwente.nl/nl/techmed/partnr/) to holistically assess cancer-related fatigue in the individual breast cancer survivor.Ā 

During my PostDoc I continue the project (PARTNR proof-of-concept), by exploring the route towards implementation for the personalized treatment advice for cancer-related fatigue after breast cancer.

Publications

2025

Holistic assessment of cancer-related fatigue after breast cancer: Working towards monitoring and personalized treatment advice (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Wijlens, K. A. E.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036567725A holistic profile for cancer-related fatigue for women with breast cancerā€“a qualitative study (2025)Psychology & health, 40(6), 1037-1061. Wijlens, K. A. E., Beenhakker, L., Witteveen, A., Siemerink, E. J. M., Jansen, L., Gernaat, C., Schellekens, M. P. J., Siesling, S., Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R. & Bode, C.https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2023.2289457Development of machine learning models to predict cancer-related fatigue in Dutch breast cancer survivors up to 15Ā years after diagnosis (2025)Journal of cancer survivorship, 19(2), 580-593. Beenhakker, L., Wijlens, K. A. E., Witteveen, A., Heins, M., Korevaar, J. C., de Ligt, K. M., Bode, C., Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R. & Siesling, S.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11764-023-01491-1Working toward Personalized Intervention Advice: A Survey Study on Preference Heterogeneity in Patients with Breast Cancerā€“Related Fatigue (2025)MDM Policy and Practice, 10(1). Beenhakker, L., Wijlens, K. A. E., Bode, C., Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R., Siesling, S., van Til, J. & Witteveen, A.https://doi.org/10.1177/23814683241309676

2024

Face and content validity of a holistic assessment questionnaire to assess cancer-related fatigue after breast cancer (2024)Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health and Behavior, 12(4), 293-307. Wijlens, K. A. E., Witteveen, A., Beenhakker, L., Siemerink, E. J. M., Achterkamp, R., Siesling, S., Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R. & Bode, C.https://doi.org/10.1080/21641846.2024.2389007Development of a holistic questionnaire to monitor cancer-related fatigue after breast cancer in daily-life (2024)[Contribution to conference › Poster] MASCC/ISOO Annual Meeting on Supportive Care in Cancer 2024. Wijlens, K. A. E., Beenhakker, L., Witteveen, A., Siesling, S., Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R. & Bode, C.Decision support towards optimal intervention for breast cancer patients who experience cancer-related fatigue (2024)Medical decision making, 44(3), NP182-NP182. Beenhakker, L., Wijlens, K. A. E., Witteveen, A., Bode, C., Siesling, S. & Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R.https://doi.org/10.1177/0272989X241236400Development Process of a Holistic Assessment Questionnaire to Measure and Monitor Cancer-Related Fatigue (2024)European journal of cancer care, 2024. Article 2671255. Wijlens, K. A. E., Witteveen, A., Beenhakker, L., Siesling, S., Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R. & Bode, C.https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/2671255

2023

Psychological Coping Factors Associated With Breast Cancer-Related Fatigue: A Systematic Review of Recent Evidence for Stages 0 to III (2023)Clinical breast cancer, 23(7), E401-E411. Schaab, M., Wijlens, K. A. E. & Bode, C.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clbc.2023.06.005Monitoring of cancer-related fatigue after breast cancer in daily-life: from development towards implementation (2023)[Contribution to conference › Poster] 12th Supporting Health by Technology Conference 2023. Wijlens, K. A. E., Beenhakker, L., Witteveen, A., Siesling, S., Vollenbroek-Hutten, M. M. R. & Bode, C.

Research profiles

One in seven women in the Netherlands will be diagnosed with breast cancer at some point in her life. Up to 90% of the patients experience some form of cancer-related fatigue (CRF) after diagnosis and for 30%, this fatigue remainsĀ problematicĀ up to 10 years after diagnosis. As fatigue is a multi-dimensional problem, the patient should be assessed holistically.Ā Early treatment is important, to keep it from becoming chronic.Ā Based on the Holistic Assessment of CRF (HA-CRF) questionnaire and preferences for attributes of treatment (i.e., costs, contact with therapist, proven effectivenees), a personalized advice for a CRF treatment will be provided.

During my PhD, I worked on theĀ Personalized cAnceRĀ TreatmeNt and caRe (PARTNR). I developed and validated the HA-CRF questionnaire with patients and healthcare professionals.Ā 

During my postdoc, I will explore the route towards implementation of this personalized treatment advice.

Address

University of Twente

Horst - Zuidhorst (building no. 28)
De Horst 2
7522 LW Enschede
Netherlands

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