• Asparaginase-Associated Pancreatitis in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Results From the NOPHO ALL2008 Treatment of Patients 1-45 Years of Age 

      Rank, Cecilie Utke; Wolthers, Benjamin Ole; Grell, Kathrine; Albertsen, Birgitte K.; Frandsen, Thomas L.; Overgaard, U.; Toft, Nina; Nielsen, Ove Juul; Wehner, Peder S.; Harila-Saari, Arja; Heyman, Mats M.; Malmros, Johan; Abrahamsson, Jonas; Norén-Nyström, Ulrika; Tomaszewska-Toporska, Beata; Lund, Bendik; Jarvis, Kirsten Brunsvig; Quist-Paulsen, Petter; Vaitkeviciene, Goda; Griškevičius, Laimonas; Taskinen, Mervi; Wartiovaara-Kautto, Ulla; Lepik, Kristi; Punab, Mari; Jónsson, Ólafur G.; Schmiegelow, Kjeld (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      PURPOSE Asparaginase-associated pancreatitis (AAP) is common in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), but risk differences across age groups both in relation to first-time AAP and after asparaginase re-exposure ...
    • Cerebellar mutism syndrome in children with brain tumours of the posterior fossa 

      Wibroe, Morten; Cappelen, Johan; Castor, Charlotte; Clausen, Niels; Grillner, Pernilla; Gudrunardottir, Thora; Gupta, Ramneek; Gustavsson, Bengt; Heyman, Mats; Holm, Stefan; Karppinen, Atte; Klausen, Camilla; Lönnqvist, Tuula; Mathiasen, Rene; Nilsson, Pelle; Nysom, Karsten; Persson, Karin; Rask, Olof; Schmiegelow, Kjeld; Sehested, Astrid; Thomassen, Harald; Tonning-Olsson, Ingrid; Zetterqvist, Barbara; Juhler, Marianne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Background: Central nervous system tumours constitute 25% of all childhood cancers; more than half are located in the posterior fossa and surgery is usually part of therapy. One of the most disabling late effects of posterior ...
    • DNA Methylation Adds Prognostic Value to Minimal Residual Disease Status in Pediatric T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia 

      Borssén, Magnus; Haider, Zahra; Landfors, Mattias; Norén-Nyström, Ulrika; Schmiegelow, Kjeld; Åsberg, Ann Elisabeth; Kanerva, Jukka; Madsen, Hans O.; Marquart, Hanne; Heyman, Mats; Hultdin, Magnus; Roos, Göran; Forestier, Erik; Degerman, Sofie (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)
      Background. Despite increased knowledge about genetic aberrations in pediatric T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), no clinically feasible treatment-stratifying marker exists at diagnosis. Instead patients are ...
    • Genetic predisposition to PEG-asparaginase hypersensitivity in children treated according to NOPHO ALL2008 

      Højfeldt, Sofie G; Wolthers, Benjamin Ole; Tulstrup, Morten; Abrahamsson, Jonas; Gupta, Ramneek; Harila-Saari, Arja; Heyman, Mats; Henriksen, Louise T; Jonsson, Olafur G.; Lähteenmäki, Päivi M.; Lund, Bendik; Pruunsild, Kaie; Vaitkeviciene, Goda; Schmiegelow, Kjeld; Albertsen, Birgitte K. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
      Asparaginase is essential in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) treatment, however hypersensitivity reactions to pegylated asparaginase (PEG-asparaginase) hampers anti-neoplastic efficacy. Patients with ...