• Longitudinal effects of adjuvant chemotherapy and lymph node staging on patient-reported outcomes in endometrial cancer survivors: a prospective cohort study 

      Forsse, David Erik; Barbero, Mark L.; Werner, Henrica Maria Johanna; Woie, Kathrine; Nordskar, Nina Jebens; Berge Nilsen, Elisabeth; Ellstrøm Engh, Marie; Vistad, Ingvild; Rege, Astri; Sævik-Lode, Margaret; Andreasen, Stine; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Trovik, Jone; Krakstad, Camilla (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background: Most patients with endometrial cancer with localized disease are effectively treated and survive for a long time. The primary treatment is hysterectomy, to which surgical staging procedures may be added to ...
    • Maintained survival outcome after reducing lymphadenectomy rates and optimizing adjuvant treatment in endometrial cancer 

      Forsse, David Erik; Berg, Hege Fredriksen; Bozickovic, Olivera; Engerud, Hilde Renate; Halle, Mari Kyllesø; Høivik, Erling Andre; Woie, Kathrine; Werner, Henrica Maria Johanna; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Trovik, Jone; Krakstad, Camilla (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Objective: Main controversies in endometrial cancer treatment include the role of lymphadenectomy and optimal adjuvant treatment. We assessed clinical outcome in a population-based endometrial cancer cohort in relation to ...
    • Mismatch repair markers in preoperative and operative endometrial cancer samples; expression concordance and prognostic value 

      Berg, Hege Fredriksen; Engerud, Hilde Renate; Myrvold, Madeleine; Lien, Hilde Eide; Hjelmeland, Marta Espevold; Halle, Mari Kyllesø; Woie, Kathrine; Høivik, Erling Andre; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Vintermyr, Olav Karsten; Trovik, Jone; Krakstad, Camilla (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background The endometrial cancer mismatch repair (MMR) deficient subgroup is defined by loss of MSH6, MSH2, PMS2 or MLH1. We compare MMR status in paired preoperative and operative samples and investigate the prognostic ...
    • Molecular and phenotypic characteristics influencing the degree of cytoreduction in high-grade serous ovarian carcinomas 

      Torkildsen, Cecilie Fredvik; Thomsen, Liv Cecilie Vestrheim; Sande, Ragnar; Krakstad, Camilla; Stefansson, Ingunn Marie; Lamark, Eva Karin; Knappskog, Stian; Bjørge, Line (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background: High-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) is the deadliest ovarian cancer subtype, and survival relates to initial cytoreductive surgical treatment. The existing tools for surgical outcome prediction remain ...
    • Molecular profiling of circulating tumor cells links plasticity to the metastatic process in endometrial cancer 

      Alonso-Alconada, Lorena; Muinelo-Romay, Laura; Madissoo, Kadri; Diaz-Lopez, Antonio; Krakstad, Camilla; Trovik, Jone; Wik, Elisabeth; Hapangama, Dharani; Coenegrachts, Lieve; Cano, Amparo; Gil-Moreno, Antonio; Chiva, Luis; Cueva, Juan; Vieito, Maria; Ortega, Eugenia; Mariscal, Javier; Colas, Eva; Castellvi, Josep; Cusido, Maite; Dolcet, Xavier; Nijman, Hans W.; Bosse, Tjalling; Green, John A.; Romano, Andrea; Reventos, Jaume; Lopez-Lopez, Rafael; Salvesen, Helga Birgitte; Amant, Frederic; Matias-Guiu, Xavier; Moreno-Bueno, Gema; Abal, Miguel; on behalf of ENITEC Consortium (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-09-27)
      Background: About 20% of patients diagnosed with endometrial cancer (EC) are considered high-risk with unfavorable prognosis. In the framework of the European Network for Individualized Treatment in EC (ENITEC), we ...
    • MRI-assessed tumor-free distance to serosa predicts deep myometrial invasion and poor outcome in endometrial cancer 

      Dybvik, Julie Andrea; Fasmer, Kristine Eldevik; Ytre-Hauge, Sigmund; Husby, Jenny Hild Aase; Salvesen, Øyvind; Stefansson, Ingunn Marie; Krakstad, Camilla; Trovik, Jone; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Objectives To explore the diagnostic accuracy of preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-derived tumor measurements for the prediction of histopathological deep (≥ 50%) myometrial invasion (pDMI) and prognostication ...
    • An mri-based radiomic prognostic index predicts poor outcome and specific genetic alterations in endometrial cancer 

      Jacob, Havjin; Dybvik, Julie Andrea; Ytre-Hauge, Sigmund; Fasmer, Kristine E.; Høivik, Erling Andre; Trovik, Jone; Krakstad, Camilla; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Integrative tumor characterization linking radiomic profiles to corresponding gene expression profiles has the potential to identify specific genetic alterations based on non-invasive radiomic profiling in cancer. The aim ...
    • MRI-based radiomic signatures for pretreatment prognostication in cervical cancer 

      Wagner-Larsen, Kari Strøno; Hodneland, Erlend; Fasmer, Kristine Eldevik; Lura, Njål; Woie, Kathrine; Bertelsen, Bjørn; Salvesen, Øyvind Olav; Halle, Mari Kyllesø; Smit, Noeska Natasja; Krakstad, Camilla; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Background Accurate pretherapeutic prognostication is important for tailoring treatment in cervical cancer (CC). Purpose To investigate whether pretreatment MRI-based radiomic signatures predict disease-specific ...
    • Multimodal Imaging of Orthotopic Mouse Model of Endometrial Carcinoma 

      Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Popa, Mihaela Lucia; Fonnes, Tina; Brekke, Njål; Kopperud, Reidun Kristin; Visser, Nicole C.; Rygh, Cecilie Brekke; Pavlin, Tina; Salvesen, Helga Birgitte; McCormack, Emmet; Krakstad, Camilla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-08-07)
      Background: Orthotopic endometrial cancer models provide a unique tool for studies of tumour growth and metastatic spread. Novel preclinical imaging methods also have the potential to quantify functional tumour characteristics ...
    • Near-Infrared Fluorescent Imaging for Monitoring of Treatment Response in Endometrial Carcinoma Patient-Derived Xenograft Models. 

      Fonnes, Tina; Strand, Elin; Fasmer, Kristine Eldevik; Berg, Hege Fredriksen; Espedal, Heidi; Sortland, Kristina; Stefansson, Ingunn; Bjørge, Line; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Krakstad, Camilla; Mc Cormack, Emmet (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Imaging of clinically relevant preclinical animal models is critical to the development of personalized therapeutic strategies for endometrial carcinoma. Although orthotopic patient-derived xenografts (PDXs) reflecting ...
    • Nuclear upregulation of class I phosphoinositide 3-kinase p110β correlates with high 47S rRNA levels in cancer cells 

      Mazloumi Gavgani, Fatemeh; Karlsson, Thomas; Tangen, Ingvild Løberg; Papdine Morovicz, Andrea; Arnesen, Victoria Smith; Turcu, Diana Cornelia; Ninzima, Sandra; Spang, Katharina Maria; Krakstad, Camilla; Guillermet-Guibert, Julie; Lewis, Aurelia Eva (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      The class I phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) catalytic subunits p110α and p110β are ubiquitously expressed but differently targeted in tumours. In cancer, PIK3CB (encoding p110β) is seldom mutated compared with PIK3CA ...
    • Patient-derived organoids reflect the genetic profile of endometrial tumors and predict patient prognosis 

      Berg, Hege Fredriksen; Hjelmeland, Marta Espevold; Lien, Hilde Eide; Espedal, Heidi; Fonnes, Tina; Srivastava, Aashish; Stokowy, Tomasz; Strand, Elin; Bozickovic, Olivera; Stefansson, Ingunn Marie; Bjørge, Line; Trovik, Jone; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Høivik, Erling Andre; Krakstad, Camilla (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Background: A major hurdle in translational endometrial cancer (EC) research is the lack of robust preclinical models that capture both inter- and intra-tumor heterogeneity. This has hampered the development of new treatment ...
    • PIK3CA exon9 mutations associate with reduced survival, and are highly concordant between matching primary tumors and metastases in endometrial cancer 

      Mjøs, Siv; Werner, Henrica Maria Johanna; Birkeland, Even; Holst, Frederik; Berg, Anna; Halle, Mari Kyllesø; Tangen, Ingvild Løberg; Kusonmano, Kanthida; Mauland, Karen Klepsland; Øyan, Anne Margrete; Kalland, Karl-Henning; Lewis, Aurelia Eva; Mills, Gordon B.; Krakstad, Camilla; Trovik, Jone; Salvesen, Helga; Høivik, Erling Andre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-08-31)
      Mutations of the phosphoinositide-3-kinase (PI3K) catalytic subunit alpha gene (PIK3CA) are frequent in endometrial cancer. We sequenced exon9 and exon20 of PIK3CA in 280 primary endometrial cancers to assess the relationship ...
    • PIK3CA mutations and their impact on survival outcomes of patients with endometrial cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis 

      Bredin, Hanna Kosberg; Krakstad, Camilla; Høivik, Erling André (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-03-21)
      Several studies have highlighted the frequent alterations of the PI3K pathway in endometrial cancer leading to increased signaling activation with potential for targeted treatment. The objective of this meta-study was to ...
    • Plasma growth differentiation factor-15 is an independent marker for aggressive disease in endometrial cancer 

      Engerud, Hilde Renate; Hope, Kirsten Øvergaard; Berg, Hege Fredriksen; Fasmer, Kristine Eldevik; Tangen, Ingvild Løberg; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Trovik, Jone; Krakstad, Camilla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Objective: Better biomarkers are needed in order to identify patients with endometrial carcinoma at risk of recurrence and who may profit from a more aggressive treatment regimen. Our objective was to explore the applicability ...
    • Poor outcome in hypoxic endometrial carcinoma is related to vascular density 

      Reijnen, Casper; van Weelden, Willem Jan; Arts, Martijn S.J.P.; Peters, Johan P.; Rijken, Paul F.; van de Vijver, Koen; Santacana, Maria; Bronsert, Peter; Bulten, Johan; Hirschfeld, Marc; Colas, Eva; Gil-Moreno, Antonio; Reques, Armando; Mancebo, Gemma; Krakstad, Camilla; Trovik, Jone; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Huvila, Jutta; Koskas, Martin; Weinberger, Vit; Minar, Lubos; Jandakova, Eva; Snijders, Marc P.L.M.; van den Berg-van Erp, Saskia; Küsters-Vandevelde, Heidi V.N.; Matias-Guiu, Xavier; Amant, Frederic; Massuger, Leon F.A.G.; Bussink, Johan; Pijnenborg, Johanna M.A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-04-23)
      Background Identification of endometrial carcinoma (EC) patients at high risk of recurrence is lacking. In this study, the prognostic role of hypoxia and angiogenesis was investigated in EC patients. Methods Tumour slides ...
    • Preoperative 18F-FDG PET/CT tumor markers outperform MRI-based markers for the prediction of lymph node metastases in primary endometrial cancer 

      Fasmer, Kristine Eldevik; Gulati, Ankush; Dybvik, Julie Andrea; Ytre-Hauge, Sigmund; Salvesen, Øyvind; Trovik, Jone; Krakstad, Camilla; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Objectives To compare the diagnostic accuracy of preoperative 18F-FDG PET/CT and MRI tumor markers for prediction of lymph node metastases (LNM) and aggressive disease in endometrial cancer (EC). Methods Preoperative ...
    • Preoperative CA125 Significantly Improves Risk Stratification in High-Grade Endometrial Cancer 

      Lombaers, Marike S.; Cornel, Karlijn M. C.; Visser, Nicole C. M.; Bulten, Johan; Küsters-Vandevelde, Heidi V. N.; Amant, Frédéric; Boll, Dorry; Bronsert, Peter; Colas, Eva; Geomini, Peggy M. A. J.; Gil-Moreno, Antonio; van Hamont, Dennis; Huvila, Jutta; Krakstad, Camilla; Kraayenbrink, Arjan A.; Koskas, Martin; Mancebo, Gemma; Matías-Guiu, Xavier; Ngo, Huy; Pijlman, Brenda M.; Vos, Maria Caroline; Weinberger, Vit; Snijders, Marc P. L. M.; van Koeverden, Sebastiaan W.; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Reijnen, Casper; Pijnenborg, Johanna M. A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Patients with high-grade endometrial carcinoma (EC) have an increased risk of tumor spread and lymph node metastasis (LNM). Preoperative imaging and CA125 can be used in work-up. As data on cancer antigen 125 (CA125) in ...
    • Preoperative pelvic MRI and 2-[18F]FDG PET/CT for lymph node staging and prognostication in endometrial cancer—time to revisit current imaging guidelines? 

      Fasmer, Kristine Eldevik; Gulati, Ankush; Dybvik, Julie Andrea; Wagner-Larsen, Kari Strøno; Lura, Njål Gjærde; Salvesen, Øyvind; Forsse, David Erik; Trovik, Jone; Pijnenborg, Johanna M. A.; Krakstad, Camilla; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Objective This study presents the diagnostic performance of four different preoperative imaging workups (IWs) for prediction of lymph node metastases (LNMs) in endometrial cancer (EC): pelvic MRI alone (IW1), MRI and ...
    • Preoperative risk stratification in endometrial cancer (ENDORISK) by a Bayesian network model: A development and validation study 

      Reijnen, Casper; Gogou, Evangelia; Visser, Nicole C.M.; Engerud, Hilde; Ramjith, Jordache; Van Der Putten, Louis J.M.; Van De Vijver, Koen; Santacana, Maria; Bronsert, Peter; Bulten, Johan; Hirschfeld, Marc; Colas, Eva; Gil-Moreno, Antonio; Reques, Armando; Mancebo, Gemma; Krakstad, Camilla; Trovik, Jone; Haldorsen, Ingfrid S.; Huvila, Jutta; Koskas, Martin; Weinberger, Vit; Bednarikova, Marketa; Hausnerova, Jitka; Van Der Wurff, Anneke A. M.; Matias-Guiu, Xavier; Amant, Frédéric; Massuger, Leon F.A.G.; Snijders, Marc P.L.M.; Küsters-Vandevelde, Heidi V.N.; Lucas, Peter J. F.; Pijnenborg, Johanna M.A. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Background Bayesian networks (BNs) are machine-learning–based computational models that visualize causal relationships and provide insight into the processes underlying disease progression, closely resembling clinical ...