• Abdominal aortic aneurysms, or a relatively large diameter of non-aneurysmal aortas, increase total and cardiovascular mortality: the Tromsø study. 

      Forsdahl, Signe Helene; Solberg, Steinar; Singh, Kulbir; Jacobsen, Bjarne Koster (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      Background: In a population-based study in Tromsø, Norway, the authors assessed whether an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) or the maximal infrarenal aortic diameter in a non-aneurismal aorta influence total and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality. Methods: A total of 6640 men and women, aged 25–84 years, were included in a 10-year mortality follow-up: 345 subjects with a diagnosed AAA and ...
    • Concordance between clinical and pathology TNM-staging in lung cancer 

      Solberg, Steinar; Nilssen, Yngvar; Brustugun, Odd Terje; Haram, Per Magnus; Helland, Åslaug; Møller, Bjørn; Strand, Trond-Eirik; Wahl, Sissel Gyrid Freim; Fjellbirkeland, Lars (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-25)
      Objectives: A prerequisite for utilizing the tumour, lymph-nodes, and metastases (TNM) for the staging of lung cancer patients is a high quality of the reported data on which the staging is based. The aim of this study was to investigate the concordance between the clinical, cTNM and the pathology, pTNM staging for lung cancer, version 8 as reported to the Cancer Registry of Norway (CRN).<p> < ...
    • Detection of disseminated tumor cells in lymph nodes from patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer 

      Rud, Ane Kristine Kongsgaard; Pedersen, Kjetil Boye; Fodstad, Øystein; Juell, Siri; Jørgensen, Lars Hilmar; Solberg, Steinar; Helland, Åslaug; Brustugun, Odd Terje; Mælandsmo, Gunhild (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-06-17)
      Background: The regional lymph node involvement is a major prognostic factor in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) undergoing surgical resection. Disease relapse is common, suggesting that early disseminated disease is already present in the regional lymph nodes at the time of surgery, and that the current nodal staging classification might be suboptimal. Early detection of disseminated ...
    • Expression of S100A4, ephrin-A1 and osteopontin in non-small cell lung cancer 

      Rud, Ane Kristine Kongsgaard; Lund-Iversen, Marius; Berge, Gisle; Brustugun, Odd Terje; Solberg, Steinar; Mælandsmo, Gunhild; Pedersen, Kjetil Boye (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      The metastasis-promoting protein S100A4 induces expression of ephrin-A1 and osteopontin in osteosarcoma cell lines. The aim of this study was to investigate S100A4-mediated stimulation of ephrin-A1 and osteopontin in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) cell lines, and to characterize the expression of these biomarkers in primary tumor tissue from NSCLC patients. Four NSCLC cell lines were treated ...
    • High number of kinome-mutations in non-small cell lung cancers associated with reduced immune response and poor relapse-free survival 

      Helland, Åslaug; Brustugun, Odd Terje; Nakken, Sigve; Halvorsen, Ann Rita; Dønnem, Tom; Bremnes, Roy M.; Busund, Lill-Tove; Sun, Jinchang; Lorenz, Susanne; Solberg, Steinar; Jørgensen, Lars Hilmar; Vodak, Daniel; Myklebost, Ola; Hovig, Eivind; Meza, Leonardo Zepeda (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-04-07)
      Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related death, and the past years’ improved insight into underlying molecular events has significantly improved outcome for specific subsets of patients. In particular, several new therapies that target protein kinases have been implemented, and many more are becoming available. We have investigated lung cancer specimens for somatic mutations in a targeted ...
    • Osteopontin is a prognostic biomarker in non-small cell lung cancer 

      Rud, Ane Kristine Kongsgaard; Pedersen, Kjetil Boye; Øijordsbakken, Miriam; Lund-Iversen, Marius; Halvorsen, Ann Rita; Solberg, Steinar; Berge, Gisle; Helland, Åslaug; Brustugun, Odd Terje; Mælandsmo, Gunhild (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      Background: In a previously published report we characterized the expression of the metastasis-associated proteins S100A4, osteopontin (OPN) and ephrin-A1 in a prospectively collected panel of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumors. The aim of the present follow-up study was to investigate the prognostic impact of these potential biomarkers in the same patient cohort. In addition, circulating ...
    • Protein kinase C isozymes associated with relapse free survival in non-small cell lung cancer patients 

      Halvorsen, Ann Rita; Haugen, Mads Haugland; Øjlert, Åsa Kristina; Lund-Iversen, Marius; Jørgensen, Lars Hilmar; Solberg, Steinar; Mælandsmo, Gunhild Mari; Brustugun, Odd Terje; Helland, Åslaug (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 2020-11-25)
      <i>Introduction</i>: Protein expression is deregulated in cancer, and the proteomic changes observed in lung cancer may be a consequence of mutations in essential genes. The purpose of this study was to identify protein expression associated with prognosis in lung cancers stratified by smoking status, molecular subtypes, and EGFR-, TP53-, and KRAS-mutations.<p> <p><i>Methods</i>: We performed ...