Bjørn Østenstad
- Consultant; Dr. med.
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Publications 2024
Elderly long-term survivors in the Nordic phase II study with first-line maintenance temozolomide for primary central nervous system lymphoma: a 10-year follow-up
Haematologica, 109 (7), 2359-2363
DOI 10.3324/haematol.2024.285207, PubMed 38546689
Publications 2023
Diversity of intratumoral regulatory T cells in B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Blood Adv, 7 (23), 7216-7230
DOI 10.1182/bloodadvances.2023010158, PubMed 37695745
Publications 2022
Health-related quality of life and chronic fatigue in long-term survivors of indolent lymphoma - a comparison with normative data
Leuk Lymphoma, 64 (2), 349-355
DOI 10.1080/10428194.2022.2142050, PubMed 36342349
Publications 2020
The simplified follicular lymphoma PRIMA-prognostic index is useful in patients with first-line chemo-free rituximab-based therapy
Br J Haematol, 191 (5), 738-747
DOI 10.1111/bjh.16692, PubMed 32410260
Publications 2019
TIGIT and PD-1 Mark Intratumoral T Cells with Reduced Effector Function in B-cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Cancer Immunol Res, 7 (3), 355-362
DOI 10.1158/2326-6066.CIR-18-0351, PubMed 30659053
No excess long-term mortality in stage I-IIA Hodgkin lymphoma patients treated with ABVD and limited field radiotherapy
Br J Haematol, 188 (5), 685-691
DOI 10.1111/bjh.16232, PubMed 31612478
M7-FLIPI is not prognostic in follicular lymphoma patients with first-line rituximab chemo-free therapy
Br J Haematol, 188 (2), 259-267
DOI 10.1111/bjh.16159, PubMed 31423576
Reply to M. Sorigue et al
J Clin Oncol, 37 (9), 759-760
DOI 10.1200/JCO.18.02362, PubMed 30735430
A clinico-molecular predictor identifies follicular lymphoma patients at risk of early transformation after first-line immunotherapy
Haematologica, 104 (10), e460-e464
DOI 10.3324/haematol.2018.209080, PubMed 30846496
Magnetic resonance imaging and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography findings in neurolymphomatosis: an uncommon presentation of diffuse large B cell lymphoma
Ann Hematol, 99 (1), 203-205
DOI 10.1007/s00277-019-03850-4, PubMed 31768676
Short regimen of rituximab plus lenalidomide in follicular lymphoma patients in need of first-line therapy
Blood, 134 (4), 353-362
DOI 10.1182/blood-2018-10-879643, PubMed 31101627
Publications 2018
Chemotherapy-Free Initial Treatment of Advanced Indolent Lymphoma Has Durable Effect With Low Toxicity: Results From Two Nordic Lymphoma Group Trials With More Than 10 Years of Follow-Up
J Clin Oncol, 36 (33), 3315-+
DOI 10.1200/JCO.18.00262, PubMed 30285560
Publications 2017
T Cells Expressing Checkpoint Receptor TIGIT Are Enriched in Follicular Lymphoma Tumors and Characterized by Reversible Suppression of T-cell Receptor Signaling
Clin Cancer Res, 24 (4), 870-881
DOI 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-2337, PubMed 29217528
Publications 2016
The tumour microenvironment influences survival and time to transformation in follicular lymphoma in the rituximab era
Br J Haematol, 175 (1), 102-14
DOI 10.1111/bjh.14201, PubMed 27341313
A national study on conditional survival, excess mortality and second cancer after high dose therapy with autologous stem cell transplantation for non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Br J Haematol, 173 (3), 432-43
DOI 10.1111/bjh.13965, PubMed 26914167
Publications 2015
Two courses of four weekly infusions of rituximab with or without interferon-α2a: final results from a randomized phase III study in symptomatic indolent B-cell lymphomas
Leuk Lymphoma, 56 (9), 2598-607
DOI 10.3109/10428194.2015.1014363, PubMed 25686644
Concomitant inactivation of the p53- and pRB- functional pathways predicts resistance to DNA damaging drugs in breast cancer in vivo
Mol Oncol, 9 (8), 1553-64
DOI 10.1016/j.molonc.2015.04.008, PubMed 26004085
Publications 2014
Successful change of treatment strategy in elderly patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma by de-escalating induction and introducing temozolomide maintenance: results from a phase II study by the Nordic Lymphoma Group
Haematologica, 100 (4), 534-40
DOI 10.3324/haematol.2014.108472, PubMed 25480497
Publications 2013
Evidence for long-term hypercoagulopathy, but normalization of markers of extracellular matrix turnover, in patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Leuk Lymphoma, 56 (8), 2479-81
DOI 10.3109/10428194.2013.803227, PubMed 23656198
High-dose therapy with autologous stem cell support for lymphoma in Norway 1987-2008
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 133 (16), 1704-9
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.13.0243, PubMed 24005706
Higher World Health Organization grades of follicular lymphoma correlate with better outcome in two Nordic Lymphoma Group trials of rituximab without chemotherapy
Leuk Lymphoma, 55 (2), 288-95
DOI 10.3109/10428194.2013.802778, PubMed 23662992
Publications 2012
Up-front autologous stem-cell transplantation in peripheral T-cell lymphoma: NLG-T-01
J Clin Oncol, 30 (25), 3093-9
DOI 10.1200/JCO.2011.40.2719, PubMed 22851556
Dose-densified chemoimmunotherapy followed by systemic central nervous system prophylaxis for younger high-risk diffuse large B-cell/follicular grade 3 lymphoma patients: results of a phase II Nordic Lymphoma Group study
Ann Oncol, 24 (5), 1385-92
DOI 10.1093/annonc/mds621, PubMed 23247661
Low expression levels of ATM may substitute for CHEK2 /TP53 mutations predicting resistance towards anthracycline and mitomycin chemotherapy in breast cancer
Breast Cancer Res, 14 (2), R47
DOI 10.1186/bcr3147, PubMed 22420423
Persistence of disseminated tumor cells after neoadjuvant treatment for locally advanced breast cancer predicts poor survival
Breast Cancer Res, 14 (4), R117
DOI 10.1186/bcr3242, PubMed 22889108
Entourage: the immune microenvironment following follicular lymphoma
Blood Cancer J, 2 (1), e52
DOI 10.1038/bcj.2011.53, PubMed 22829236
Publications 2011
Predictive and prognostic impact of TP53 mutations and MDM2 promoter genotype in primary breast cancer patients treated with epirubicin or paclitaxel
PLoS One, 6 (4), e19249
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0019249, PubMed 21556366
High dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell support for patients with histologically transformed B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas. A Norwegian multi centre phase II study
Br J Haematol, 152 (5), 600-10
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2010.08519.x, PubMed 21241276
Associations between regulators of extracellular matrix and hemostatic factors in hematologic neoplasias
Leuk Lymphoma, 52 (6), 1157-9
DOI 10.3109/10428194.2011.563886, PubMed 21463121
T cells in tumors and blood predict outcome in follicular lymphoma treated with rituximab
Clin Cancer Res, 17 (12), 4136-44
DOI 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-11-0264, PubMed 21518780
Rituximab blocks protective serologic response to influenza A (H1N1) 2009 vaccination in lymphoma patients during or within 6 months after treatment
Blood, 118 (26), 6769-71
DOI 10.1182/blood-2011-08-372649, PubMed 22058114
Publications 2009
Alterations in regulators of the extracellular matrix in non-Hodgkin lymphomas
Leuk Lymphoma, 50 (6), 998-1004
DOI 10.1080/10428190902889270, PubMed 19373600
Publications 2008
Hematopoietic engraftment of dimethyl sulfoxide-depleted autologous peripheral blood progenitor cells
Transfusion, 49 (2), 354-61
DOI 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01949.x, PubMed 18980622
CHEK2 mutations affecting kinase activity together with mutations in TP53 indicate a functional pathway associated with resistance to epirubicin in primary breast cancer
PLoS One, 3 (8), e3062
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0003062, PubMed 18725978
Long-term molecular remissions in patients with indolent lymphoma treated with rituximab as a single agent or in combination with interferon alpha-2a: a randomized phase II study from the Nordic Lymphoma Group
Leuk Lymphoma, 49 (1), 102-12
DOI 10.1080/10428190701704647, PubMed 18203019
Increased bone marrow microvascular density in haematological malignancies is associated with differential regulation of angiogenic factors
Leukemia, 23 (1), 162-9
DOI 10.1038/leu.2008.255, PubMed 18800145
Increased acquired activated protein C resistance in unselected patients with hematological malignancies
J Thromb Haemost, 6 (9), 1482-7
DOI 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2008.03060.x, PubMed 18573186
Hypercoagulability in patients with haematological neoplasia: no apparent initiation by tissue factor
Thromb Haemost, 99 (6), 1040-8
DOI 10.1160/TH07-09-0541, PubMed 18521506
Publications 2006
Decreased lung cancer survival with hormone-replacement therapy: caused by a decreased tissue factor pathway inhibitor level?
J Clin Oncol, 24 (17), 2683-4; author reply 2684
DOI 10.1200/JCO.2006.06.4345, PubMed 16763285
The novel p21 polymorphism p21G251A is associated with locally advanced breast cancer
Clin Cancer Res, 12 (20 Pt 1), 6000-4
DOI 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-05-2822, PubMed 17062672
Publications 2005
Angiogenesis and hemostasis in hematological neoplasias
Curr Drug Targets, 6 (6), 683-99
DOI 10.2174/1389450054863699, PubMed 16178801
Publications 2004
HER2 expression in breast cancer primary tumours and corresponding metastases. Original data and literature review
Br J Cancer, 90 (12), 2344-8
DOI 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601881, PubMed 15150568
Analysis of the humoral immune response to immunoselected phage-displayed peptides by a microarray-based method
Proteomics, 4 (9), 2572-82
DOI 10.1002/pmic.200300768, PubMed 15352232
Oral capecitabine in anthracycline- and taxane-pretreated advanced/metastatic breast cancer
Acta Oncol, 43 (2), 186-9
DOI 10.1080/02841860310023165, PubMed 15163168
Weekly one-hour paclitaxel as first-line chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer
Acta Oncol, 43 (1), 11-4
DOI 10.1080/02841860310017748, PubMed 15068314
Publications 2003
Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibition induces trichomegaly
Acta Oncol, 42 (4), 345-6
DOI 10.1080/02841860310006038, PubMed 12899508
Publications 2002
Physical performance, toxicity, and quality of life as assessed by the physician and the patient
Acta Oncol, 41 (1), 44-9
DOI 10.1080/028418602317314055, PubMed 11990517
C-erbB-2 expression does not predict response to docetaxel or sequential methotrexate and 5-fluorouracil in advanced breast cancer
Eur J Cancer, 38 (4), 535-42
DOI 10.1016/s0959-8049(01)00403-8, PubMed 11872346
Tumour microvessel density as predictor of chemotherapy response in breast cancer patients
Br J Cancer, 86 (12), 1905-8
DOI 10.1038/sj.bjc.6600325, PubMed 12085184
Publications 2001
Timing of quality of life (QoL) assessments as a source of error in oncological trials
J Adv Nurs, 35 (5), 709-16
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01903.x, PubMed 11529973
Antigen-specific IgG antibodies in stage IV long-time survival breast cancer patients
Mol Med, 7 (4), 230-9
DOI 10.1007/BF03401842, PubMed 11471567
Identification of immunogenic antigens using a phage-displayed cDNA library from an invasive ductal breast carcinoma tumour
Int J Oncol, 19 (6), 1303-9
DOI 10.3892/ijo.19.6.1303, PubMed 11713604
Publications 2000
Quality of life in patients with metastatic breast cancer receiving either docetaxel or sequential methotrexate and 5-fluorouracil. A multicentre randomised phase III trial by the Scandinavian breast group
Eur J Cancer, 36 (11), 1411-7
DOI 10.1016/s0959-8049(00)00126-x, PubMed 10899655
Publications 1999
Docetaxel compared with sequential methotrexate and 5-fluorouracil in patients with advanced breast cancer after anthracycline failure: a randomised phase III study with crossover on progression by the Scandinavian Breast Group
Eur J Cancer, 35 (8), 1194-201
DOI 10.1016/s0959-8049(99)00122-7, PubMed 10615229
Publications 1997
A boy with X-linked hyper-IgM syndrome and natural killer cell deficiency
Clin Exp Immunol, 107 (2), 230-4
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1997.284-ce1174.x, PubMed 9030857
Publications 1995
Evidence for monoclonal expansion of synovial T cells bearing V alpha 2.1/V beta 5.5 gene segments and recognizing a synthetic peptide that shares homology with a number of putative autoantigens
Immunology, 86 (2), 168-75
PubMed 7490114
Freshly isolated tumour-infiltrating T-lymphocytes have a high cytotoxic potential, as measured by their ability to induce apoptosis in the target cell
Scand J Immunol, 41 (1), 42-8
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-3083.1995.tb03531.x, PubMed 7824887
Publications 1994
Differential effects of cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate on T cell cytotoxicity
Eur J Immunol, 24 (9), 2150-4
DOI 10.1002/eji.1830240932, PubMed 8088333
Human colorectal tumour infiltrating lymphocytes express activation markers and the CD45RO molecule, showing a primed population of lymphocytes in the tumour area
Gut, 35 (3), 382-7
DOI 10.1136/gut.35.3.382, PubMed 8150352
Limited heterogeneity in the T-cell receptor V-gene usage in lymphocytes infiltrating human colorectal tumours
Br J Cancer, 69 (6), 1078-82
DOI 10.1038/bjc.1994.211, PubMed 8198973
T-cell activation and cytotoxicity in malignant disease
Norwegian Cancer Society : Institute of Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Oslo, [Oslo], 1 b. (flere pag.)
BIBSYS 951248693, ISBN 82-90522-17-7
Publications 1992
Soluble interleukin-2 receptor levels in patients with malignant melanoma and renal cell cancer
Acta Oncol, 31 (4), 413-5
DOI 10.3109/02841869209088281, PubMed 1632975
Disodium pamidronate versus mithramycin in the management of tumour-associated hypercalcemia
Acta Oncol, 31 (8), 861-4
DOI 10.3109/02841869209089719, PubMed 1290634
Publications 1990
Interleukin-2 receptor levels in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Correlation to histological degree of malignancy and presence of constitutional symptoms
Acta Oncol, 29 (5), 581-3
DOI 10.3109/02841869009090055, PubMed 2206570