• Causes of inferior relative survival after testicular germ cell tumor diagnosed 1953–2015: A population-based prospective cohort study 

      Kvammen, Øivind; Myklebust, Tor Åge; Solberg, Arne; Møller, Bjørn; Klepp, Olbjørn; Fosså, Sophie Dorothea; Tandstad, Torgrim (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Background Testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT) patients and survivors have excess mortality compared to the general male population, but relative survival (RS) has been scarcely studied. We investigated causes of excess ...
    • 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 (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      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 ...
    • Increase in curative treatment and survival of lung cancer in Norway 2001-2016 

      Solberg, Steinar; Nilssen, Yngvar; Brustugun, Odd Terje; Grimsrud, Tom Kristian; Haram, Per Magnus; Helbekkmo, Nina; Helland, Åslaug; Hjelde, Harald Harris; Jakobsen, Bjørn; Møller, Bjørn; Petersen, Martin; Strand, Trond-Eirik; Wahl, Sissel Gyrid Freim; Aanerud, Marianne; Fjellbirkeland, Lars (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      We have studied the alterations in the use of curative treatment and the outcome for lung cancer patients in Norway 2001–2016. The Cancer Registry of Norway has a practically complete registration of all cancer diagnoses, ...
    • Substantial nation-wide improvement in lung cancer relative survival in Norway from 2000 to 2016 

      Brustugun, Odd Terje; Grønberg, Bjørn Henning; Fjellbirkeland, Lars; Helbekkmo, Nina; Aanerud, Marianne; Grimsrud, Tom Kristian; Helland, Åslaug; Møller, Bjørn; Nilssen, Yngvar; Strand, Trond-Eirik; Solberg, Steinar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Introduction There have been significant changes in both diagnostic procedures and therapy for lung cancer since the beginning of the millennium. National incidence and survival data from 2000 through 2016 are ...
    • Tracheal cancer: a rare and deadly but potentially curable disease that also affects younger people 

      Nilssen, Yngvar; Solberg, Steinar; Brustugun, Odd Terje; Møller, Bjørn; Sundset, Arve; Wahl, Sissel Gyrid Freim; Helland, Åslaug (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      OBJECTIVES The incidence of tracheal cancer is low, few clinicians get much experience and the awareness may be low. Recent data on the treatment and outcome are limited. The aim of the present study was to present ...
    • Treatment and survival of patients with colon cancer aged 80 years and older: a EURECCA international comparison 

      Vermeer, Nina C.A.; Claassen, Yvette H.M.; Derks, Marloes G.M.; Iversen, Lene H.; van Eycken, Elizabeth; Guren, Marianne; Mroczkowski, Pawel; Martling, Anna; Johansson, Robert; Vandendael, Tamara; Wibe, Arne; Møller, Bjørn; Lippert, Hans; Portielje, Johanneke E.A.; Liefers, Gerrit-Jan; Peeters, Koen C.M.J.; van de Velde, Cornelis Johannes Hans; Bastiaannet, Esther (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      Background Colon cancer in older patients represents a major public health issue. As older patients are hardly included in clinical trials, the optimal treatment of these patients remains unclear. The present international ...