• Androgen receptor as potential therapeutic target in metastatic endometrial cancer 

      Tangen, Ingvild Løberg; Onyango, Therese Bredholt; Kopperud, Reidun Kristin; Berg, Anna; Halle, Mari Kyllesø; Øyan, Anne Margrete; Werner, Henrica Maria Johanna; Trovik, Jone; Kalland, Karl-Henning; Salvesen, Helga Birgitte; Krakstad, Camilla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-06-30)
      Purpose: The expression and involvement of estrogen (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) is extensively studied in endometrial cancer. Androgen receptor (AR) is a hormone receptor less studied in female cancers, and we here ...
    • A New Method for Isolation of Interstitial Fluid from Human Solid Tumors Applied to Proteomic Analysis of Ovarian Carcinoma Tissue 

      Haslene-Hox, Hanne; Oveland, Eystein; Berg, Kaja Christine Graue; Kolmannskog, Odd; Woie, Kathrine; Salvesen, Helga Birgitte; Tenstad, Olav; Wiig, Helge (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2011-04-26)
      Major efforts have been invested in the identification of cancer biomarkers in plasma, but the extraordinary dynamic range in protein composition, and the dilution of disease specific proteins make discovery in plasma ...
    • Quantification of the concentration gradient of biomarkers between ovarian carcinoma interstitial fluid and blood 

      Haslene-Hox, Hanne; Madani, Amina; Berg, Kaja Christine Graue; Woie, Kathrine; Salvesen, Helga Birgitte; Wiig, Helge; Tenstad, Olav (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12)
      Background: Tumor interstitial fluid (TIF) rather than plasma should be used in cancer biomarker discovery because of the anticipated higher concentration of locally produced proteins in the tumor microenvironment. ...