Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Almberg, Sigrun Saur"
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A cross-sectional study examining the prevalence of cachexia and areas of unmet need in patients with cancer
Vagnildhaug, Ola Magne; Balstad, Trude Rakel; Almberg, Sigrun Saur; Brunelli, Cinzia; Knudsen, Anne Kari; Kaasa, Stein; Thronæs, Morten; Laird, Barry J; Solheim, Tora Skeidsvoll (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Purpose The semantics of defining cancer cachexia over the last decade has resulted in uncertainty as to the prevalence. This has further hindered the recognition and subsequent treatment of this condition. Following the ... -
Artificial intelligence-based automatic segmentation for breast cancer radiotherapy
Øvrelid, Kaja Slåtsve (Master thesis, 2020)Bakgrunn og formål: Nøyaktig inntegning av målvolum og risikoorganer er avgjørende for resultatet av pasientbehandling med stråleterapi. Manuell inntegning av strukturer er kjent som den største usikkerheten i stråletera ... -
Deep learning image segmentation and automatic treatment planning in breast cancer radiotherapy
Isachsen, Jeanette Bonden (Master thesis, 2021)Bakgrunn og formål: Behandlingsplanlegging og tilhørende segmentering av risikoorgan og målvolum for stråleterapi blir i dag mer eller mindre gjort manuelt. Prosessene er derfor tidkrevende og utsatt for variasjon mellom ... -
Explaining variation in cancer survival between 11 jurisdictions in the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership: a primary care vignette survey
Rose, Peter W.; Rubin, Greg; Perera-Salazar, Rafael; Almberg, Sigrun Saur; Barisic, Andriana; Dawes, Martin; Grunfeld, Eva; Hart, Nigel; Neal, Richard D; Pirotta, Marie; Sisler, Jeffrey; Konrad, Gerald; Toftegaard, Berit Skjødeberg; Thulesius, Hans; Vedsted, Peter; Young, Jane; Hamilton, Willie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Objectives The International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership (ICBP) is a collaboration between 6 countries and 12 jurisdictions with similar primary care-led health services. This study investigates primary care physician ... -
Is it possible to detect an improvement in cancer pain management? A comparison of two Norwegian cross-sectional studies conducted 5 years apart.
Thronæs, Morten; Raj, Sunil; Brunelli, Cinzia; Almberg, Sigrun Saur; Vagnildhaug, Ola Magne; Bruheim, Susanna; Helgheim, Birgit; Kaasa, Stein; Knudsen, Anne Kari (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Purpose: Cancer pain (CP) management is challenging. In recent years, efforts were undertaken to achieve better CP management, e.g. clinical research, new treatment modalities, development of guidelines, education, and ... -
Monte Carlo and film dosimetry with applications in breast cancer radiotherapy
Almberg, Sigrun Saur (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2012:194, Doctoral thesis, 2012)The purpose of the present work has been to exploit dosimetric methods and procedures for accurate quantification of dose distributions in general and for breast cancer treatments in particular. Out-of-field dose was in ... -
Proton therapy of head and neck cancer: evaluation of PTV-based and robust optimized IMPT versus VMAT
Aarberg, Anja Einebærholm (Master thesis, 2017)Radiation therapy for head and neck cancers has had an essential role for curative treatment for many years. Due to the location of the cancer, several critical organs will get irradiated and this may lead to serious ...