• New genetic signatures associated with cancer cachexia as defined by low skeletal muscle index and weight loss. 

      Johns, Neil; Stretch, C; Tan, BH; Solheim, Tora Skeidsvoll; Sørhaug, Sveinung; Stephens, NA; Gioulbasanis, Ioannis; Skipworth, RJ; Deans, DA; Vigano, Antonio A.L.; Ross, JA; Bathe, OF; Tremblay, ML; Kaasa, Stein; Strasser, Florian; Gagnon, B; Baracos, VE; Damaraju, S; Fearon, KC (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Background Cachexia affects the majority with advanced cancer. Based on current demographic and clinical factors, it is not possible to predict who will develop cachexia or not. Such variation may, in part, be due to ...
    • Nutritional experiences in head and neck cancer patients 

      Sandmæl, Jon Arne; Sand, Kari; Bye, Asta; Solheim, Tora Skeidsvoll; Oldervoll, Line Merethe; Helvik, Anne-Sofie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Objective Extensive research has documented the negative nutritional impact of head neck cancer (HNC) treatment, but few studies have addressed the patients' experiences. The purpose of this study was to describe how ...
    • Pain management index (PMI)-does it reflect cancer patients? wish for focus on pain? 

      Thronæs, Morten; Balstad, Trude Rakel; Brunelli, Cinzia; Løhre, Erik Torbjørn; Klepstad, Pål; Vagnildhaug, Ola Magne; Kaasa, Stein; Knudsen, Anne Kari; Solheim, Tora Skeidsvoll (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Background The pain management index (PMI) was developed to combine information about the prescribed analgesics and the self-reported pain intensity in order to assess physicians’ response to patients’ pain. However, ...
    • Patient interpretation of the Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) Short Form 

      Balstad, Trude Rakel; Bye, Asta; Jenssen, Cathrine Ragna Solheim; Solheim, Tora Skeidsvoll; Thoresen, Lene; Sand, Kari (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Background: The Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA) is a patient-reported instrument for assessment of nutrition status in patients with cancer. Despite thorough validation of PG-SGA, little has been ...
    • Power comparisons and clinical meaning of outcome measures in assessing treatment effect in cancer cachexia: secondary analysis from a randomised pilot multimodal intervention trial 

      Balstad, Trude Rakel; Brunelli, Cinzia; Pettersen, Caroline Hild; Schønberg, Svanhild Margrethe Arentz; Skorpen, Frank; Fallon, Marie T.; Kaasa, Stein; Bye, Asta; Laird, Barry J. A.; Stene, Guro Birgitte; Solheim, Tora Skeidsvoll (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Background: New clinical trials in cancer cachexia are essential and outcome measures with high responsiveness to detect meaningful changes are crucial. This secondary analysis from a multimodal intervention trial estimates ...
    • Quality of life in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer 

      Kristensen, Are Korsnes (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2020:410, Doctoral thesis, 2020)
      Livskvalitet hos pasienter med lungekreft Lungekreft er den kreftformen som tar flest liv. Pasienter med lungekreft har ofte symptomer fra sykdommen, samtidig som de kan oppleve plagsomme bivirkninger fra behandling. ...
    • Spiritual quality of life in family carers of patients with advanced cancer—a cross-sectional study 

      Røen, Ingebrigt; Brenne, Anne-Tove; Brunelli, Cinzia; Grande, Gunn; Stifoss-Hanssen, Hans; Solheim, Tora Skeidsvoll; Kaasa, Stein; Knudsen, Anne Kari (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Purpose Caring affects carers’ psychological and physical health, mortality, and quality of life (QoL) negatively. Lower spiritual QoL is associated with anxiety and depression, but the spiritual dimension is rarely ...
    • A systematic review examining nutrition support interventions in patients with incurable cancer 

      Blackwood, Honor A.; Hall, Charlie C.; Balstad, Trude Rakel; Solheim, Tora Skeidsvoll; Fallon, Marie; Haraldsdottir, Erna; Laird, Barry J (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Purpose Recent guidelines by the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) have advocated increased attention to nutritional support in all patients with cancer; however, little is known about the ...
    • The applicability of a weight loss grading system in cancer cachexia: a longitudinal analysis 

      Vagnildhaug, Ola Magne; Blum, David; Wilcock, Andrew; Fayers, Peter; Strasser, Florian; Baracos, Vickie E.; Hjermstad, Marianne Jensen; Kaasa, Stein; Laird, Barry J; Solheim, Tora Skeidsvoll (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Background A body mass index (BMI) adjusted weight loss grading system (WLGS) is related to survival in patients with cancer. The aim of this study was to examine the applicability of the WLGS by confirming its prognostic ...
    • The Palliative Radiotherapy and Inflammation Study (PRAIS) - Protocol for a longitudinal observational multicenter study on patients with cancer induced bone pain 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1103 Clinical Sciences 

      Habberstad, Ragnhild H; Frøseth, Trude Camilla Salvesen; Aass, Nina Kathrine; Abramova, Tatiana Mikhailovna; Baas, Theo; Mørkeset, Siri Tessem; Caraceni, Augusto; Laird, Barry J; Boland, Jason W.; Rossi, Romina; Garcia-Alonso, Elena; Stensheim, Hanne; Loge, Jon Håvard; Hjermstad, Marianne Jensen; Bjerkeset, Ellen; Bye, Asta; Lund, Jo-Åsmund; Solheim, Tora Skeidsvoll; Vagnildhaug, Ola Magne; Brunelli, Cinzia; Damås, Jan Kristian; Mollnes, Tom Eirik; Kaasa, Stein; Klepstad, Pål (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Background Radiation therapy (RT) results in pain relief for about 6 of 10 patients with cancer induced bone pain (CIBP) caused by bone metastases. The high number of non-responders, the long median time from RT to pain ...