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Breast cancer mortality after implementation of organized population-based breast cancer screening in Norway.
(Journal of the National Cancer Institute;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background We estimated breast cancer (BC) mortality reduction associated with invitations to a nation-wide population based screening program and changes in treatment, in Norway. Material and methods BreastScreen ... -
Cost differences between digital tomosynthesis and standard digital mammography in a breast cancer screening programme: results from the To-Be trial in Norway
(European Journal of Health Economics;Volume 20, pages 1261–1269 (2019), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-31)Background: Several studies in Europe and the US have shown promising results favouring digital breast tomosynthesis compared to standard digital mammography (DM). However, the costs of implementing the technology in ... -
Dose Distribution in the Heart and Cardiac Chambers Following 4-field Radiation Therapy of Breast Cancer: a Retrospective Study
(Breast cancer: basic and clinical research;7, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-03-20)Purpose: To evaluate cardiac doses in breast cancer patients with stage II/III treated with 4-field radiotherapy based on computed tomography (CT) dose planning. Methods and Materials: Based on archived CT images, whole ... -
Expression and function of the miR-143/145 cluster in vitro and in vivo in human breast cancer
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that function as post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression and are dysregulated in cancer. Studies of miRNAs to explore their potential as diagnostic and prognostic ... -
Fatigue During and After Breast Cancer Therapy—A Prospective Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Context Chronic fatigue (CF) in breast cancer (BC) survivors is multifactorial and may be caused by immune activation triggered by BC or its treatment. In the Neoadjuvant Avastin in Breast Cancer study, BC patients ... -
Gender, letters, relatives, and God: mediating actors in mammographic screening among Pakistani women in Norway.
(Acta Radiologica Open;Volume 8, issue 9, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-19)Background: Pakistani immigrant women in Norway have lower attendance rates in the national breast cancer screening program (BreastScreen Norway) compared to non-immigrants and immigrants from most other countries. Purpose: ... -
LIMT is a novel metastasis inhibiting lncRNA suppressed by EGF and downregulated in aggressive breast cancer
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as regulators of gene expression in pathogenesis, including cancer. Recently, lncRNAs have been implicated in progression of specific subtypes of breast cancer. One aggressive, ... -
Lower attendance rates in immigrant versus non-immigrant women in the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Programme
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Objective The Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Programme invites women aged 50-69 to biennial mammographic screening. Although 84% of invited women have attended at least once, attendance rates vary across the country. ... -
Patterns of aggressiveness: Risk of progression to invasive breast cancer by mammographic features of calcifications in screen-detected ductal carcinoma in situ
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Mammographic features of calcifications on mammograms showing invasive breast cancer are associated with survival. Less is known about mammographic features and progression to invasive breast cancer among women ... -
Polymorphisms in hormone metabolism and growth factor genes and mammographic density in Norwegian postmenopausal hormone therapy users and non-users
(Breast Cancer Research;14 (R135), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-10-27)Introduction Mammographic density (MD) is one of the strongest known breast cancer risk factors. Estrogen and progestin therapy (EPT) has been associated with increases in MD. Dense breast tissue is characterized by ... -
A randomized controlled trial of digital breast tomosynthesis versus digital mammography in population-based screening in Bergen: interim analysis of performance indicators from the To-Be trial
(European Radiology;March 2019, Volume 29, Issue 3, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-08-29)Objectives: To describe a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of digital breast tomosynthesis including synthesized two dimensional mammograms (DBT) versus digital mammography (DM) in a population-based screening program for ... -
Risk of breast cancer after false-positive results in mammographic screening
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Women with false-positive results are commonly referred back to routine screening. Questions remain regarding their long-term outcome of breast cancer. We assessed the risk of screen-detected breast cancer in women with ... -
Screening at stationary versus mobile units in BreastScreen Norway
(Journal of Medical Screening;Vol 27, Issue 1, 2020, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-20)Objective To compare breast characteristics, compression parameters, and early performance measures (rates of recall, screen-detected and interval breast cancer, and histopathologic tumour characteristics) for mammographic ... -
Terminal digit preference: a source of measurement error in breast cancer diameter reporting
(Acta Oncologica;Published online 30 Sep 2019, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-14)Objectives: Women diagnosed with breast cancer are offered treatment and therapy based on tumor characteristics, including tumor diameter. There is scarce knowledge whether tumor diameter is accurately reported, or whether ... -
Uncertainties involved in the estimation of mean glandular dose for women in the Norwegian breast cancer screening program (NBCSP)
(Radiation protection dosimetry;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-11-27)The aim of this study was to reflect on the estimation of the mean glandular dose for women in Norway aged 50–69 y. Estimation of mean glandular dose (MGD) has been conducted by applying the method of Dance et al. (1990, ... -
Women’s conceptual knowledge about breast cancer screening and overdiagnosis in Norway: a cross-sectional study
(BMJ Open;Volume 11, Issue 12, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12-14)Objective: To investigate conceptual knowledge about mammographic screening among Norwegian women. Design: We administered a cross-sectional, web-based survey. We used multiple-choice questions and a grading rubric ...