• Chromosomal instability and a deregulated cell cycle are intrinsic features of high-risk gastrointestinal stromal tumours with a metastatic potential 

      Namløs, Heidi Maria; Khelik, Ksenia; Nakken, Sigve; Vodak, Daniel; Hovig, Eivind; Myklebost, Ola; Pedersen, Kjetil Boye; Meza, Leonardo Zepeda (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Patients with localised, high-risk gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) benefit from adjuvant imatinib treatment. Still, approximately 40% of patients relapse within 3 years after adjuvant therapy and the clinical and ...
    • Clinical and molecular implications of NAB2-STAT6 fusion variants in solitary fibrous tumour 

      Georgiesh, Tatiana; Namløs, Heidi Maria; Sharma, Nitin; Lorenz, Susanne; Myklebost, Ola; Bjerkehagen, Bodil; Meza-Zepeda, Leonardo A.; Boye, Kjetil (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Solitary fibrous tumour (SFT) is a mesenchymal neoplasm characterised by pathognomonic NAB2-STAT6 gene fusions. The clinical implications and prognostic value of different fusion variants has not been clarified. In the ...
    • ctDNA detected by ddPCR reveals changes in tumour load in metastatic malignant melanoma treated with bevacizumab 

      Forthun, Rakel Brendsdal; Hovland, Randi; Schuster, Cornelia; Puntervoll, Hanne Eknes; Brodal, Hans Petter; Namløs, Heidi Maria; Aasheim, Lars Birger; Meza, Leonardo Zepeda; Gjertsen, Bjørn Tore; Knappskog, Stian; Straume, Oddbjørn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Bevacizumab is included in an increasing number of clinical trials. To find biomarkers to predict and monitor treatment response, cancer and angiogenesis relevant mutations in tumour and circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) were ...
    • miR-486-5p expression is regulated by DNA methylation in osteosarcoma 

      Namløs, Heidi Maria; Skårn, Magne Nordang; Ali, Deeqa Ahmed Mohamed; Grad, Iwona; Andresen, Kim; Kresse, Stine Henrichson; Munthe, Else; Serra, Massimo; Scotlandi, Katia; Llombart-Bosch, Antonio; Myklebost, Ola; Lind, Guro Elisabeth; Meza, Leonardo Zepeda (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Background Osteosarcoma is the most common primary malignant tumour of bone occurring in children and young adolescents and is characterised by complex genetic and epigenetic changes. The miRNA miR-486-5p has been shown ...