• Addition of eGFR and age improves the prognostic absolute renal risk-model in 1,134 norwegian patients with IgA nephropathy 

      Knoop, Thomas; Vågane, Ann Merethe; Vikse, Bjørn Egil; Svarstad, Einar; Magnusdottir, Bergrun Tinna; Leh, Sabine Maria; Reisæter, Anna Varberg; Bjørneklett, Rune (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-05)
      Background: Predicting outcome in individual patients with IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is difficult but important. For this purpose, the absolute renal risk (ARR) model has been developed in a French cohort to calculate the ...
    • Characterization of FGD5 expression in primary breast cancers and lymph node metastases 

      Valla, Marit; Mjønes, Patricia; Engstrøm, Monica J; Ytterhus, Borgny; Bordin, Diana Lilian; van Loon, Barbara; Akslen, Lars A.; Vatten, Lars Johan; Opdahl, Signe; Bofin, Anna M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      Faciogenital dysplasia 5 (FGD5) amplification drives tumor cell proliferation, and is present in 9.5% of breast cancers. We describe FGD5 expression, assess associations between FGD5 amplification and FGD5 expression, and ...
    • Comparing withdrawal and non-withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment among patients who died from stroke 

      Helvig, Eirik; Thomassen, Lars; Waje-Andreassen, Ulrike; Næss, Halvor (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      Background: In severe stroke, a decision to withdraw life-sustaining treatment is sometimes made in cooperation with the family. The aim of this study was to study the time from withdrawing life-sustaining treatment to ...
    • Cumulative prognostic score predicting mortality in patients older than 80 years admitted to the ICU 

      de Lange, Dylan W.; Brinkman, Sylvia; Flaatten, Hans; Boumendil, Ariane; Morandi, Alessandro; Andersen, Finn Husøy; Artigas, Antonio; Bertolini, Guido; Cecconi, Maurizio; Christensen, Steffen; Faraldi, Loredana; Fjølner, Jesper; Jung, Christian; Marsh, Brian; Moreno, Rui; Oeyen, Sandra; Öhman, Christina Agwald; Bollen Pinto, Bernardo; de Smet, Anne Marie G.A.; Soliman, Ivo W.; Szczeklik, Wojciech; Valentin, Andreas; Watson, Ximena; Zafeiridis, Tilemachos; Guidet, Bertrand (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-06)
      OBJECTIVES To develop a scoring system model that predicts mortality within 30 days of admission of patients older than 80 years admitted to intensive care units (ICUs). DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING A total of ...
    • FGD5 amplification in breast cancer patients is associated with tumor proliferation and a poorer prognosis 

      Valla, Marit; Engstrøm, Monica J; Ytterhus, Borgny; Hansen, Åse Kristin Skain; Akslen, Lars A.; Vatten, Lars Johan; Opdahl, Signe; Bofin, Anna M. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-04)
      Purpose: Proliferation is a hallmark of cancer. Using a combined genomic approach, FGD5 amplification has been identified as a driver of proliferation in Luminal breast cancer. We aimed to describe FGD5 copy number change ...
    • Hepatoid adenocarcinoma of the stomach - Proper identification and treatment remain a challenge 

      Søreide, Jon Arne; Greve, Ole Jacob; Gudlaugsson, Einar; Størset, Svein (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      Objective: The term hepatoid adenocarcinoma (HAC) of the stomach was introduced three decades ago with the observation of high serum α-fetoprotein (AFP) levels in some gastric adenocarcinoma patients. This very rare gastric ...
    • Hormone receptor loss in endometrial carcinoma curettage predicts lymph node metastasis and poor outcome in prospective multicentre trial 

      Trovik, Jone; Wik, Elisabeth; Werner, Henrica Maria Johanna; Krakstad, Camilla; Helland, Harald; Vandenput, Ingrid; Njølstad, Tormund Salvesen; Stefansson, Ingunn; Marcickiewicz, Janusz; Tingulstad, Solveig; Staff, Anne Cathrine; Amant, Frédéric; Akslen, Lars A.; Salvesen, Helga Birgitte (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-11)
      Background: Preoperative histologic examination of tumour tissue is essential when deciding if endometrial cancer surgery should include lymph node sampling. We wanted to investigate if biomarkers could improve prediction ...
    • IGHV gene usage and mutational status in follicular lymphoma: Correlations with prognosis and patient age 

      Berget, Ellen; Molven, Anders; Løkeland, Turid; Helgeland, Lars; Vintermyr, Olav Karsten (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-07)
      Follicular lymphoma (FL) is a heterogeneous disease with some patients developing progressively or transformed disease early, whereas others follow an indolent clinical course. We evaluated the prognostic value of ...
    • Improved prognosis in Norwegian patients with glomerulonephritis associated with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies 

      Sriskandarajah, Sanjeevan; Aasarød, Knut; Skrede, Steinar; Knoop, Thomas; Reisæter, Anna Varberg; Bjørneklett, Rune (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-02-17)
      Background. Glomerulonephritis associated with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) is associated with increased mortality and a high risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Here, we investigated whether the ...
    • KRAS gene amplification and overexpression but not mutation associates with aggressive and metastatic endometrial cancer 

      Birkeland, Even; Wik, Elisabeth; Mjøs, Siv; Høivik, Erling Andre; Trovik, Jone; Werner, Henrica Maria Johanna; Kusonmano, Kanthida; Petersen, Kjell; Ræder, Maria B.; Holst, Frederik; Øyan, Anne Margrete; Kalland, Karl-Henning; Akslen, Lars A.; Simon, Ronald; Krakstad, Camilla; Salvesen, Helga Birgitte (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012)
      BACKGROUND: Three quarter of endometrial carcinomas are treated at early stage. Still, 15 to 20% of these patients experience recurrence, with little effect from systemic therapies. Homo sapiens v-Ki-ras2 Kirsten rat sarcoma ...
    • A multicenter study on Leigh syndrome: disease course and predictors of survival 

      Sofou, Kalliopi; De Coo, Irenaeus F. M.; Isohanni, Pirjo; Ostergaard, Elsebet; Naess, Karin; De Meirleir, Linda; Tzoulis, Charalampos; Uusimaa, Johanna; De Angst, Isabell B.; Lönnqvist, Tuula; Pihko, Helena; Mankinen, Katariina; Bindoff, Laurence; Tulinius, Már; Darin, Niklas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-15)
      Background: Leigh syndrome is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, associated with primary or secondary dysfunction of the mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. Despite the fact that Leigh syndrome is the most ...
    • Predicting outcomes in patients with perforated gastroduodenal ulcers: artificial neural network modelling indicates a highly complex disease 

      Søreide, Kjetil; Thorsen, Kenneth; Søreide, Jon Arne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-06-14)
      Purpose Mortality prediction models for patients with perforated peptic ulcer (PPU) have not yielded consistent or highly accurate results. Given the complex nature of this disease, which has many non-linear associations ...
    • Preoperative tumor size at MRI predicts deep myometrial invasion, lymph node metastases, and patient outcome in endometrial carcinomas 

      Ytre-Hauge, Sigmund; Husby, Jenny Hild Aase; Magnussen, Inger Johanne; Werner, Henrica Maria Johanna; Salvesen, Øyvind; Bjørge, Line; Trovik, Jone; Stefansson, Ingunn; Salvesen, Helga Birgitte; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)
      OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to explore the relation between preoperative tumor size based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the surgical pathologic staging parameters (deep myometrial invasion, cervical ...
    • Prevalence and implications of elevated microsatellite alterations at selected tetranucleotides in cancer 

      Watson, Martin M; Berg, Marianne; Søreide, Kjetil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-01)
      Elevated microsatellite alterations at selected tetranucleotides (EMAST), a variation of microsatellite instability (MSI), has been reported in a variety of malignancies (e.g., neoplasias of the lung, head and neck, ...
    • Prognostic relevance of an epigenetic biomarker panel in sentinel lymph nodes from colon cancer patients 

      Lind, Guro Elisabeth; Guriby, Marianne; Ahlquist, Terje Cruickshank; Hussain, Israr; Jeanmougin, Marine; Søreide, Kjetil; Kørner, Hartwig; Lothe, Ragnhild A; Nordgård, Oddmund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-09-05)
      Background: Patients with early colorectal cancer (stages I–II) generally have a good prognosis, but a subgroup of 15–20% experiences relapse and eventually die of disease. Occult metastases have been suggested as a marker ...
    • Severe traumatic brain injury in Norway: Impact of age on outcome 

      Røe, Cecilie; Skandsen, Toril; Anke, Audny; Ader, Tiina; Vik, Anne; Lund, Stine Borgen; Manskow, Unn Sollid; Sollid, Snorre; Sundstrøm, Terje; Hestnes, Morten; Andelic, Nada (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-04-23)
      Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of age on mortality and 3-month outcome in a Norwegian cohort of patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods: Norwegian residents ≥ 16 years ...