Katarina Puco

  • Consultant, PhD student; MD

Katarina Puco is a senior consultant oncologist, with special interest in the field of uro-oncology and rare cancers. She is a study oncologist and a researcher in IMPRESS-Norway and MATRIX-Rare studies and a PhD student in MATRIX Norwegian Center for Clinical Cancer Research. Her research focuses on clinical interpretation and application of genomic results and identifying biomarkers and biological mechanisms of tumour response and resistance.

 

Publications 2025

Puco K, Notland CS, Szulkin R, Jonasson C, Beisland C, Johannesen TB, Solli O, Oldenburg J, Heinrich D (2025)
Overall Survival of Patients with Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Following the Introduction of Targeted and Immunotherapies: A Norwegian Retrospective, Real-World Registry Data Study (RECON3)
Cancer Manag Res, 17, 103-112
DOI 10.2147/CMAR.S484947, PubMed 39872309

Publications 2024

Helland Å, Steinskog ESS, Blix ES, Flobak Å, Brabrand S, Puco K, Niehusmann P, Meltzer S, Oppedal IA, Haug Å, Torkildsen CF, Randen U, Gilje B, Lønning PE, Gjertsen BT, Hovland R, Russnes HG, Fagereng GL, Smeland S, Tasken K (2024)
[Raising the quality of cancer treatment]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 144 (1)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.23.0740, PubMed 38258713

Puco K, Fagereng GL, Brabrand S, Niehusmann P, Støre Blix E, Samdal Steinskog ES, Haug Å, Fredvik Torkildsen C, Oppedal IA, Meltzer S, Flobak Å, Johansson KAM, Bjørge L, Hjortland GO, Dalhaug A, Lund JÅ, Gilje B, Grønlie Cameron M, Hovland R, Falk RS, Smeland S, Giercksky Russnes HE, Taskén K, Helland Å, InPreD Consortium et al. (2024)
IMPRESS-Norway: improving public cancer care by implementing precision medicine in Norway; inclusion rates and preliminary results
Acta Oncol, 63, 379-384
DOI 10.2340/1651-226X.2024.28322, PubMed 38779911

Publications 2022

Helland Å, Russnes HG, Fagereng GL, Al-Shibli K, Andersson Y, Berg T, Bjørge L, Blix E, Bjerkehagen B, Brabrand S, Cameron MG, Dalhaug A, Dietzel D, Dønnem T, Enerly E, Flobak Å, Fluge S, Gilje B, Gjertsen BT, Grønberg BH, Grønås K, Guren T, Hamre H, Haug Å, Heinrich D et al. (2022)
Improving public cancer care by implementing precision medicine in Norway: IMPRESS-Norway
J Transl Med, 20 (1), 225
DOI 10.1186/s12967-022-03432-5, PubMed 35568909

Helland Å, Russnes HG, Fagereng GL, Al-Shibli K, Andersson Y, Berg T, Bjørge L, Blix E, Bjerkehagen B, Brabrand S, Cameron MG, Dalhaug A, Dietzel D, Dønnem T, Enerly E, Flobak Å, Fluge S, Gilje B, Gjertsen BT, Grønberg BH, Grønås K, Guren T, Hamre H, Haug Å, Heinrich D et al. (2022)
Correction to: Improving public cancer care by implementing precision medicine in Norway: IMPRESS-Norway
J Transl Med, 20 (1), 317
DOI 10.1186/s12967-022-03518-0, PubMed 35841045

Tahiri A, Puco K, Naji F, Kristensen VN, Alfsen GC, Farkas L, Nilsen FS, Müller S, Oldenburg J, Geisler J (2022)
Kinase activity profiling in renal cell carcinoma, benign renal tissue and in response to four different tyrosine kinase inhibitors
Oncotarget, 13, 970-981
DOI 10.18632/oncotarget.28257, PubMed 36093296

Publications 2009

Badzek S, Tomas I, Krajina I, Pućo K, Kelović VL, Krajina Z, Plestina S (2009)
[Side effects of radiotherapy in oral cavity: diagnosis, prevention and treatment guidelines]
Lijec Vjesn, 131 (11-12), 324-7
PubMed 20143603