Stein Kaasa
- Head of department, Professor; MD, PhD
Publications 2024
Pharmacokinetic and neuroimmune pharmacogenetic impacts on slow-release morphine cancer pain control and adverse effects
Pharmacogenomics J, 24 (3), 18
DOI 10.1038/s41397-024-00339-w, PubMed 38824169
Standardizing Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care Across Service Levels: Challenges in Demonstrating Effects in a Prospective Controlled Intervention Trial
Oncol Ther, 12 (2), 345-362
DOI 10.1007/s40487-024-00278-3, PubMed 38744750
Explainable Machine Learning Model to Predict Overall Survival in Patients Treated With Palliative Radiotherapy for Bone Metastases
JCO Clin Cancer Inform, 8, e2400027
DOI 10.1200/CCI.24.00027, PubMed 38917384
Cancer pain assessment and management: does an institutional approach individualise and reduce cost of care?
BMJ Support Palliat Care, 13 (e3), e1258-e1264
DOI 10.1136/spcare-2022-003547, PubMed 37236649
Collaborating with cancer patients and informal caregivers in a European study on quality of life: protocol to embed patient and public involvement within the EUonQoL project
Res Involv Engagem, 10 (1), 59
DOI 10.1186/s40900-024-00597-9, PubMed 38863075
Quality of life endpoints in cancer cachexia clinical trials: Systematic review 3 of the cachexia endpoints series
J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle, 15 (3), 794-815
DOI 10.1002/jcsm.13453, PubMed 38553255
PALLiative care in ONcology (PALLiON): A cluster-randomised trial investigating the effect of palliative care on the use of anticancer treatment at the end of life
Palliat Med, 38 (2), 229-239
DOI 10.1177/02692163231222391, PubMed 38193250
Overall Survival after Radiotherapy for Brain Metastases According to ECOG Status-A Prospective Study of 294 NSCLC Patients
Cancers (Basel), 16 (8)
DOI 10.3390/cancers16081486, PubMed 38672568
Image guided radiotherapy in curative treatment for prostate cancer. 5-year results from a randomized controlled trial (RIC-trial)
Radiother Oncol, 196, 110309
DOI 10.1016/j.radonc.2024.110309, PubMed 38670265
Development of a predictive model for patients with bone metastases referred to palliative radiotherapy: Secondary analysis of a multicenter study (the PRAIS trial)
Cancer Med, 13 (19), e70050
DOI 10.1002/cam4.70050, PubMed 39390750
Application and accuracy of the EAPC/IASP diagnostic algorithm for neuropathic cancer pain and quantitative sensory testing profile in patients with pain due to cancer
Pain Rep, 9 (2), e1140
DOI 10.1097/PR9.0000000000001140, PubMed 38375093
Nutrition impact symptom monitoring and weight loss outcomes: a longitudinal radiotherapy study
BMJ Support Palliat Care (in press)
DOI 10.1136/spcare-2024-004939, PubMed 38862183
Appetite and dietary intake endpoints in cancer cachexia clinical trials: Systematic Review 2 of the cachexia endpoints series
J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle, 15 (2), 513-535
DOI 10.1002/jcsm.13434, PubMed 38343065
Psychosocial factors associated with quality of life in cancer survivors: umbrella review
J Cancer Res Clin Oncol, 150 (5), 249
DOI 10.1007/s00432-024-05749-8, PubMed 38727730
Correction to: Psychosocial factors associated with quality of life in cancer survivors: umbrella review
J Cancer Res Clin Oncol, 150 (9), 408
DOI 10.1007/s00432-024-05929-6, PubMed 39222144
Prognostic Value of Performance Status, Albumin, and CRP in Last-Line Chemotherapy for Pancreatic vs. Other Gastrointestinal Cancers-Simple Tools Matter
Curr Oncol, 31 (9), 5462-5471
DOI 10.3390/curroncol31090404, PubMed 39330032
Publications 2023
High Protein Oral Nutritional Supplements Enable the Majority of Cancer Patients to Meet Protein Intake Recommendations during Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment: A Randomised Controlled Parallel-Group Study
Nutrients, 15 (24)
DOI 10.3390/nu15245030, PubMed 38140289
Reply to the Letter to the Editor "A simple way of doing the complex but utmost important things: cancer pain management" by S. Singhal, M. Verma and D. Kukreja
Ann Oncol, 34 (5), 496-497
DOI 10.1016/j.annonc.2023.02.005, PubMed 37121609
[Patient-centred cancer care]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 143 (1)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.22.0668, PubMed 36655956
Physical function endpoints in cancer cachexia clinical trials: Systematic Review 1 of the cachexia endpoints series
J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle, 14 (5), 1932-1948
DOI 10.1002/jcsm.13321, PubMed 37671529
Do cancer centres and palliative care wards routinely measure patients' quality of life? An international cross-sectional survey study
Support Care Cancer, 31 (8), 499
DOI 10.1007/s00520-023-07964-4, PubMed 37523097
Preoperative Prognostic Index for Patients with Brain Metastases-A Population-Based Multi-Centre Study
Cancers (Basel), 15 (12)
DOI 10.3390/cancers15123174, PubMed 37370784
Publications 2022
Benefits of Study Participation for Patients with Advanced Cancer Receiving Radiotherapy: A Prospective Observational Study
Palliat Med Rep, 3 (1), 264-271
DOI 10.1089/pmr.2022.0044, PubMed 36876292
An international, open-label, randomised trial comparing a two-step approach versus the standard three-step approach of the WHO analgesic ladder in patients with cancer
Ann Oncol, 33 (12), 1296-1303
DOI 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.08.083, PubMed 36055465
Inflammatory Markers and Radiotherapy Response in Patients With Painful Bone Metastases
J Pain Symptom Manage, 64 (4), 330-339
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2022.06.018, PubMed 35803553
Zopiclone versus placebo for short-term treatment of insomnia in patients with advanced cancer-a double-blind, randomized placebo-controlled clinical multicenter phase IV trial
Support Care Cancer, 31 (1), 60
DOI 10.1007/s00520-022-07537-x, PubMed 36534165
ESMO Designated Centres of Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care (ESMO DCs): education, research and programme development survey
ESMO Open, 7 (6), 100622
DOI 10.1016/j.esmoop.2022.100622, PubMed 36356414
Trajectory of health-related quality of life during the last year of life in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer
Support Care Cancer, 30 (11), 9351-9358
DOI 10.1007/s00520-022-07359-x, PubMed 36109393
A complex communication skills training program for physicians providing advanced cancer care - content development and barriers and solutions for implementation
J Commun Healthc, 16 (1), 46-57
DOI 10.1080/17538068.2022.2039468, PubMed 36919800
Integration of palliative care in oncology-the intersection of cultures and perspectives of oncology and palliative care
Ecancermedicalscience, 16, 1376
DOI 10.3332/ecancer.2022.1376, PubMed 35702405
Cancer pain: Results of a prospective study on prognostic indicators of pain intensity including pain syndromes assessment
Palliat Med, 36 (9), 1396-1407
DOI 10.1177/02692163221122354, PubMed 36113091
Barriers and Facilitators When Implementing Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Measures at a Municipal Cancer Care Unit: A Qualitative Study
Cancer Nurs, 46 (4), E268-E275
DOI 10.1097/NCC.0000000000001120, PubMed 35439218
Surgery for brain metastases-impact of the extent of resection
Acta Neurochir (Wien), 164 (10), 2773-2780
DOI 10.1007/s00701-021-05104-7, PubMed 35080651
[Whole brain radiotherapy should be restricted]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 142 (17)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.22.0696, PubMed 36416654
Health-related quality of life in patients with advanced melanoma treated with ipilimumab: prognostic implications and changes during treatment
ESMO Open, 7 (5), 100588
DOI 10.1016/j.esmoop.2022.100588, PubMed 36116420
Patient-centred care - is it possible?
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 142 (3)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.22.0072, PubMed 35170916
Publications 2021
Power Comparisons and Clinical Meaning of Outcome Measures in Assessing Treatment Effect in Cancer Cachexia: Secondary Analysis From a Randomized Pilot Multimodal Intervention Trial
Front Nutr, 7, 602775
DOI 10.3389/fnut.2020.602775, PubMed 33585533
A Clinical Description of Chronic Pain in a General Population Using ICD-10 and ICD-11 (The HUNT Pain Examination Study)
J Pain, 23 (2), 337-348
DOI 10.1016/j.jpain.2021.08.007, PubMed 34551343
Implementing a Standardized Care Pathway Integrating Oncology, Palliative Care and Community Care in a Rural Region of Mid-Norway
Oncol Ther, 9 (2), 671-693
DOI 10.1007/s40487-021-00176-y, PubMed 34731447
What are determinants of utilisation of pharmaceutical anticancer treatment during the last year of life in Norway? A retrospective registry study
BMJ Open, 11 (9), e050564
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050564, PubMed 34580099
Incompatible: end-of-life care and health economics
BMJ Support Palliat Care, 11 (3), 296-298
DOI 10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002388, PubMed 33685946
Clinical Predictors for Analgesic Response to Radiotherapy in Patients with Painful Bone Metastases
J Pain Symptom Manage, 62 (4), 681-690
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2021.03.022, PubMed 33794301
Using Process Indicators to Monitor Documentation of Patient-Centred Variables in an Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care Pathway-Results from a Cluster Randomized Trial
Cancers (Basel), 13 (9)
DOI 10.3390/cancers13092194, PubMed 34063594
Overall survival after initial radiotherapy for brain metastases; a population based study of 2140 patients with non-small cell lung cancer
Acta Oncol, 60 (8), 1054-1060
DOI 10.1080/0284186X.2021.1924399, PubMed 34032536
Classification algorithm for the International Classification of Diseases-11 chronic pain classification: development and results from a preliminary pilot evaluation
Pain, 162 (7), 2087-2096
DOI 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002208, PubMed 33492033
Nutrition in Cancer Care: A Brief, Practical Guide With a Focus on Clinical Practice
JCO Oncol. Pract., 17 (7), 442-+
DOI 10.1200/OP.20.00704
ESPEN practical guideline: Clinical Nutrition in cancer
Clin Nutr, 40 (5), 2898-2913
DOI 10.1016/j.clnu.2021.02.005, PubMed 33946039
Spiritual quality of life in family carers of patients with advanced cancer-a cross-sectional study
Support Care Cancer, 29 (9), 5329-5339
DOI 10.1007/s00520-021-06080-5, PubMed 33661369
Neuropathic pain: clinical classification and assessment in patients with pain due to cancer
Pain, 162 (3), 866-874
DOI 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000002076, PubMed 32947548
Treatment outcomes and prognostic factors after chemoradiotherapy for anal cancer
Acta Oncol, 60 (7), 921-930
DOI 10.1080/0284186X.2021.1918763, PubMed 33966592
Surgery for brain metastases - real-world prognostic factors' association with survival
Acta Oncol, 60 (9), 1161-1168
DOI 10.1080/0284186X.2021.1930150, PubMed 34032547
Ipilimumab in a real-world population: A prospective Phase IV trial with long-term follow-up
Int J Cancer, 150 (1), 100-111
DOI 10.1002/ijc.33768, PubMed 34449877
Publications 2020
Fully Integrated Oncology and Palliative Care Services at a Local Hospital in Mid-Norway: Development and Operation of an Innovative Care Delivery Model
Pain Ther, 9 (1), 297-318
DOI 10.1007/s40122-020-00163-7, PubMed 32274655
PATIENT VOICES, a project for the integration of the systematic assessment of patient reported outcomes and experiences within a comprehensive cancer center: a protocol for a mixed method feasibility study
Health Qual Life Outcomes, 18 (1), 252
DOI 10.1186/s12955-020-01501-1, PubMed 32723341
Identification of genetic polymorphisms modulating nausea and vomiting in two series of opioid-treated cancer patients
Sci Rep, 10 (1), 542
DOI 10.1038/s41598-019-57358-y, PubMed 31953506
Mild to Moderate Cognitive Impairment Does Not Affect the Ability to Self-Report Important Symptoms in Patients With Cancer: A Prospective Longitudinal Multinational Study (EPCCS)
J Pain Symptom Manage, 60 (2), 346-354.e2
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.03.007, PubMed 32179133
Chemotherapy During Pregnancy for Advanced Colon Cancer: A Case Report
Clin Colorectal Cancer, 19 (2), 141-144
DOI 10.1016/j.clcc.2020.02.013, PubMed 32222353
PALLiON - PALLiative care Integrated in ONcology: study protocol for a Norwegian national cluster-randomized control trial with a complex intervention of early integration of palliative care
Trials, 21 (1), 303
DOI 10.1186/s13063-020-4224-4, PubMed 32241299
The short-term impact of methylprednisolone on patient-reported sleep in patients with advanced cancer in a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial
Support Care Cancer, 29 (4), 2047-2055
DOI 10.1007/s00520-020-05693-6, PubMed 32856209
Calling for advocacy, education and public policy actions on pain control for patients with cancer in Africa
ESMO Open, 5 (4)
DOI 10.1136/esmoopen-2020-000757, PubMed 32826300
Symptoms in the general Norwegian adult population - prevalence and associated factors
BMC Public Health, 20 (1), 988
DOI 10.1186/s12889-020-09109-2, PubMed 32576168
Elderly gynaecological cancer patients at risk for poor end of life care: a population-based study from the Swedish Register of Palliative Care
Acta Oncol, 59 (6), 636-643
DOI 10.1080/0284186X.2020.1744717, PubMed 32238040
Challenges and Learning Needs for Providers of Advanced Cancer Care: Focus Group Interviews with Physicians and Nurses
Palliat Med Rep, 1 (1), 208-215
DOI 10.1089/pmr.2020.0059, PubMed 34223478
Physical rehabilitation in patients with head and neck cancer: Impact on health-related quality of life and suitability of a post-treatment program
Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol, 5 (2), 330-338
DOI 10.1002/lio2.368, PubMed 32337365
Publications 2019
The IASP classification of chronic pain for ICD-11: chronic cancer-related pain
Pain, 160 (1), 38-44
DOI 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001363, PubMed 30586069
The relationship between pain, analgesics and survival in patients with advanced cancer; a secondary data analysis of the international European palliative care Cancer symptom study
Eur J Clin Pharmacol, 76 (3), 393-402
DOI 10.1007/s00228-019-02801-2, PubMed 31865411
An exploratory study examining the relationship between performance status and systemic inflammation frameworks and cytokine profiles in patients with advanced cancer
Medicine (Baltimore), 98 (37), e17019
DOI 10.1097/MD.0000000000017019, PubMed 31517821
[Not Available]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 139 (13)
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.19.0226, PubMed 31556529
Pain management in chronic cancer
Tidsskr. Nor. Laegeforen., 139 (13), 1249-1251
Sleep quality in hospitalized patients with advanced cancer: an observational study using self-reports of sleep and actigraphy
Support Care Cancer, 28 (4), 2015-2023
DOI 10.1007/s00520-019-04998-5, PubMed 31392550
Intention-to-Treat Analyses for Randomized Controlled Trials in Hospice/Palliative Care: The Case for Analyses to be of People Exposed to the Intervention
J Pain Symptom Manage, 59 (3), 637-645
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.10.026, PubMed 31707068
Development and course of chronic widespread pain: the role of time and pain characteristics (the HUNT pain study)
Pain, 160 (9), 1976-1981
DOI 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001585, PubMed 30985619
An in-hospital clinical care pathway with integrated decision support for cancer pain management reduced pain intensity and needs for hospital stay
Support Care Cancer, 28 (2), 671-682
DOI 10.1007/s00520-019-04836-8, PubMed 31123870
Effect of Opioid Exposure on Efficacy and Tolerability of Sublingual Fentanyl and Subcutaneous Morphine for Severe Cancer Pain Episodes. Secondary Analysis From a Double-Blind Double-Dummy, Randomized Trial
J Pain Symptom Manage, 58 (4), 587-595
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2019.06.016, PubMed 31233843
Supporting carers: health care professionals in need of system improvements and education - a qualitative study
BMC Palliat Care, 18 (1), 58
DOI 10.1186/s12904-019-0444-3, PubMed 31311536
The IASP classification of chronic pain for ICD-11: chronic neuropathic pain
Pain, 160 (1), 53-59
DOI 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001365, PubMed 30586071
Deterioration in Muscle Mass and Physical Function Differs According to Weight Loss History in Cancer Cachexia
Cancers (Basel), 11 (12)
DOI 10.3390/cancers11121925, PubMed 31816924
Pain management index (PMI)-does it reflect cancer patients' wish for focus on pain?
Support Care Cancer, 28 (4), 1675-1684
DOI 10.1007/s00520-019-04981-0, PubMed 31290020
Chronic pain as a symptom or a disease: the IASP Classification of Chronic Pain for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11)
Pain, 160 (1), 19-27
DOI 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001384, PubMed 30586067
Rectal volume variations and estimated rectal dose during 8 weeks of image-guided radical 3D conformal external beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer
Clin Transl Radiat Oncol, 15, 113-117
DOI 10.1016/j.ctro.2019.02.003, PubMed 30834350
A prospective study examining cachexia predictors in patients with incurable cancer
BMC Palliat Care, 18 (1), 46
DOI 10.1186/s12904-019-0429-2, PubMed 31164115
Quality of life and symptom intensity over time in people with cancer receiving palliative care: Results from the international European Palliative Care Cancer Symptom study
PLoS One, 14 (10), e0222988
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0222988, PubMed 31596849
Publications 2018
Cancer patients' knowledge about their disease and treatment before, during and after treatment: a prospective, longitudinal study
BMC Cancer, 18 (1), 381
DOI 10.1186/s12885-018-4164-5, PubMed 29614997
Predictors and trajectory of performance status in patients with advanced cancer: A secondary data analysis of the international European Palliative Care Cancer Symptom study
Palliat Med, 33 (2), 206-212
DOI 10.1177/0269216318811011, PubMed 30404572
Patients with advanced cancer and depression report a significantly higher symptom burden than non-depressed patients
Palliat Support Care, 17 (2), 143-149
DOI 10.1017/S1478951517001183, PubMed 29317008
The Palliative Radiotherapy and Inflammation Study (PRAIS) - protocol for a longitudinal observational multicenter study on patients with cancer induced bone pain
BMC Palliat Care, 17 (1), 110
DOI 10.1186/s12904-018-0362-9, PubMed 30266081
Which factors can aid clinicians to identify a risk of pain during the following month in patients with bone metastases? A longitudinal analyses
Support Care Cancer, 27 (4), 1335-1343
DOI 10.1007/s00520-018-4405-9, PubMed 30105665
Correction to: Norwegian reference values for the Short-Form Health Survey 36: development over time
Qual Life Res, 27 (5), 1213-1215
DOI 10.1007/s11136-017-1708-0, PubMed 29168123
Sleep quality with WHO Step III opioid use for cancer pain
BMJ Support Palliat Care, 9 (3), 307-315
DOI 10.1136/bmjspcare-2017-001399, PubMed 30018128
Zopiclone versus placebo for short-term treatment of insomnia in patients with advanced cancer: study protocol for a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical multicenter trial
Trials, 19 (1), 707
DOI 10.1186/s13063-018-3088-3, PubMed 30591073
European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) position paper on supportive and palliative care
Ann Oncol, 29 (1), 36-43
DOI 10.1093/annonc/mdx757, PubMed 29253069
Usability testing of EirV3-a computer-based tool for patient-reported outcome measures in cancer
Support Care Cancer, 27 (5), 1835-1844
DOI 10.1007/s00520-018-4435-3, PubMed 30173402
Early integration of palliative care-new evidence and old questions
Lancet Oncol, 19 (3), 280-281
DOI 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30061-5, PubMed 29402702
Integration of oncology and palliative care: a Lancet Oncology Commission
Lancet Oncol, 19 (11), e588-e653
DOI 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30415-7, PubMed 30344075
Development and course of chronic pain over 4 years in the general population: The HUNT pain study
Eur J Pain, 22 (9), 1606-1616
DOI 10.1002/ejp.1243, PubMed 29754398
Pain Intensity Factors Changing Breakthrough Pain Prevalence in Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Secondary Analysis of a Cross-Sectional Observational International Study
Pain Ther, 7 (2), 193-203
DOI 10.1007/s40122-018-0107-8, PubMed 30415462
The EORTC CAT Core-The computer adaptive version of the EORTC QLQ-C30 questionnaire
Eur J Cancer, 100, 8-16
DOI 10.1016/j.ejca.2018.04.016, PubMed 29936066
Resilience for family carers of advanced cancer patients-how can health care providers contribute? A qualitative interview study with carers
Palliat Med, 32 (8), 1410-1418
DOI 10.1177/0269216318777656, PubMed 29852808
Cancer cachexia: rationale for the MENAC (Multimodal-Exercise, Nutrition and Anti-inflammatory medication for Cachexia) trial
BMJ Support Palliat Care, 8 (3), 258-265
DOI 10.1136/bmjspcare-2017-001440, PubMed 29440149
Radiotherapy for prostate cancer - Does daily image guidance with tighter margins improve patient reported outcomes compared to weekly orthogonal verified irradiation? Results from a randomized controlled trial
Radiother Oncol, 126 (2), 229-235
DOI 10.1016/j.radonc.2017.10.029, PubMed 29398152
Dose to penile bulb is not associated with erectile dysfunction 18 months post radiotherapy: A secondary analysis of a randomized trial
Clin Transl Radiat Oncol, 13, 50-56
DOI 10.1016/j.ctro.2018.09.006, PubMed 30364704
Ten-year survival after High-Dose-Rate Brachytherapy combined with External Beam Radiation Therapy in high-risk prostate cancer: A comparison with the Norwegian SPCG-7 cohort
Radiother Oncol, 132, 211-217
DOI 10.1016/j.radonc.2018.10.013, PubMed 30389241
Publications 2017
Depression-A Major Contributor to Poor Quality of Life in Patients With Advanced Cancer
J Pain Symptom Manage, 54 (6), 889-897
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2017.04.010, PubMed 28803091
A multicenter study of attitudinal barriers to cancer pain management
Support Care Cancer, 25 (11), 3595-3602
DOI 10.1007/s00520-017-3791-8, PubMed 28653107
Chemotherapy in end-of-life care
Ann Oncol, 28 (4), 684-685
DOI 10.1093/annonc/mdx039, PubMed 28327919
Automatic referral to standardize palliative care access: an international Delphi survey
Support Care Cancer, 26 (1), 175-180
DOI 10.1007/s00520-017-3830-5, PubMed 28726065
Norwegian reference values for the Short-Form Health Survey 36: development over time
Qual Life Res, 27 (5), 1201-1212
DOI 10.1007/s11136-017-1684-4, PubMed 28808829
Measurement of health-related quality of life during chemotherapy - the importance of timing
Acta Oncol, 56 (5), 737-745
DOI 10.1080/0284186X.2017.1279748, PubMed 28117614
Development of EirV3: A Computer-Based Tool for Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Cancer
JCO Clin Cancer Inform, 1, 1-14
DOI 10.1200/CCI.17.00051, PubMed 30657392
Integration between oncology and palliative care: a plan for the next decade?
Tumori, 103 (1), 1-8
DOI 10.5301/tj.5000602, PubMed 28085176
Author's reply to: Integration between oncology and palliative care: a plan for the next decade?
Tumori, 103 (3), e24
DOI 10.5301/tj.5000631, PubMed 28430353
The European Cancer Patient's Bill of Rights, update and implementation 2016
ESMO Open, 1 (6), e000127
DOI 10.1136/esmoopen-2016-000127, PubMed 28848664
Changes in medication use in a cohort of patients with advanced cancer: The international multicentre prospective European Palliative Care Cancer Symptom study
Palliat Med, 32 (4), 775-785
DOI 10.1177/0269216317746843, PubMed 29243546
The relationship between pro-inflammatory cytokines and pain, appetite and fatigue in patients with advanced cancer
PLoS One, 12 (5), e0177620
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0177620, PubMed 28542626
Cancer cachexia associates with a systemic autophagy-inducing activity mimicked by cancer cell-derived IL-6 trans-signaling
Sci Rep, 7 (1), 2046
DOI 10.1038/s41598-017-02088-2, PubMed 28515477
COMBAT study - Computer based assessment and treatment - A clinical trial evaluating impact of a computerized clinical decision support tool on pain in cancer patients
Scand J Pain, 17, 99-106
DOI 10.1016/j.sjpain.2017.07.016, PubMed 28850380
Feasibility and preliminary effects of resistance training and nutritional supplements during versus after radiotherapy in patients with head and neck cancer: A pilot randomized trial
Cancer, 123 (22), 4440-4448
DOI 10.1002/cncr.30901, PubMed 28759113
A randomized phase II feasibility trial of a multimodal intervention for the management of cachexia in lung and pancreatic cancer
J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle, 8 (5), 778-788
DOI 10.1002/jcsm.12201, PubMed 28614627
A cross-sectional study examining the prevalence of cachexia and areas of unmet need in patients with cancer
Support Care Cancer, 26 (6), 1871-1880
DOI 10.1007/s00520-017-4022-z, PubMed 29274028
The applicability of a weight loss grading system in cancer cachexia: a longitudinal analysis
J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle, 8 (5), 789-797
DOI 10.1002/jcsm.12220, PubMed 28627024
Publications 2016
ESPEN guidelines on nutrition in cancer patients
Clin Nutr, 36 (1), 11-48
DOI 10.1016/j.clnu.2016.07.015, PubMed 27637832
Comparison of Site of Death, Health Care Utilization, and Hospital Expenditures for Patients Dying With Cancer in 7 Developed Countries
JAMA, 315 (3), 272-83
DOI 10.1001/jama.2015.18603, PubMed 26784775
The Edmonton Symptom Assessment System: Poor performance as screener for major depression in patients with incurable cancer
Palliat Med, 30 (6), 587-98
DOI 10.1177/0269216315620082, PubMed 26763008
Are strong opioids equally effective and safe in the treatment of chronic cancer pain? A multicenter randomized phase IV 'real life' trial on the variability of response to opioids
Ann Oncol, 27 (6), 1107-1115
DOI 10.1093/annonc/mdw097, PubMed 26940689
Who experiences higher and increasing breathlessness in advanced cancer? The longitudinal EPCCS Study
Support Care Cancer, 24 (9), 3803-11
DOI 10.1007/s00520-016-3207-1, PubMed 27061408
Tumour size reduction after the first chemotherapy-course and outcomes of chemoradiotherapy in limited disease small-cell lung cancer
Lung Cancer, 102, 9-14
DOI 10.1016/j.lungcan.2016.10.003, PubMed 27987595
Comorbidity and outcomes of concurrent chemo- and radiotherapy in limited disease small cell lung cancer
Acta Oncol, 55 (11), 1349-1354
DOI 10.1080/0284186X.2016.1201216, PubMed 27549509
Characteristics of breakthrough cancer pain and its influence on quality of life in an international cohort of patients with cancer
BMJ Support Palliat Care, 6 (3), 344-52
DOI 10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000887, PubMed 27342412
Characteristics of the case mix, organisation and delivery in cancer palliative care: a challenge for good-quality research
BMJ Support Palliat Care, 8 (4), 456-467
DOI 10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-000997, PubMed 27246166
Referral criteria for outpatient specialty palliative cancer care: an international consensus
Lancet Oncol, 17 (12), e552-e559
DOI 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)30577-0, PubMed 27924753
New genetic signatures associated with cancer cachexia as defined by low skeletal muscle index and weight loss
J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle, 8 (1), 122-130
DOI 10.1002/jcsm.12138, PubMed 27897403
Does chemotherapy improve health-related quality of life in advanced pancreatic cancer? A systematic review
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol, 99, 286-98
DOI 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2016.01.006, PubMed 26819138
Identification of the predictors of cognitive impairment in patients with cancer in palliative care: a prospective longitudinal analysis
Support Care Cancer, 25 (3), 941-949
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Genetic variation and cognitive dysfunction in opioid-treated patients with cancer
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From "Breakthrough" to "Episodic" Cancer Pain? A European Association for Palliative Care Research Network Expert Delphi Survey Toward a Common Terminology and Classification of Transient Cancer Pain Exacerbations
J Pain Symptom Manage, 51 (6), 1013-9
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A systematic review on the role of vitamins, minerals, proteins, and other supplements for the treatment of cachexia in cancer: a European Palliative Care Research Centre cachexia project
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The role of opioids in cancer progression: emerging experimental and clinical implications
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The rare Arg181Cys mutation in the μ opioid receptor can abolish opioid responses
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Radiation Therapy Did Not Induce Long-Term Changes in Rectal Mucosa: Results From the Randomized Scandinavian Prostate Cancer Group 7 Trial
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Barriers to and facilitators for implementing quality improvements in palliative care - results from a qualitative interview study in Norway
BMC Palliat Care, 15, 61
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Development of the EORTC QLQ-CAX24, A Questionnaire for Cancer Patients With Cachexia
J Pain Symptom Manage, 53 (2), 232-242
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Comparison of the Tolerability Profile of Controlled-Release Oral Morphine and Oxycodone for Cancer Pain Treatment. An Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial
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Publications 2015
Dietary treatment of weight loss in patients with advanced cancer and cachexia: A systematic literature review (vol 91, pg 210, 2014)
Crit. Rev. Oncol./Hematol., 94 (1), 146-148
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Innate Immune Signalling Genetics of Pain, Cognitive Dysfunction and Sickness Symptoms in Cancer Pain Patients Treated with Transdermal Fentanyl
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Computer-Based Clinical Decision Support Systems and Patient-Reported Outcomes: A Systematic Review
Patient, 8 (5), 397-409
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Can variability in the effect of opioids on refractory breathlessness be explained by genetic factors?
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Indicators of integration of oncology and palliative care programs: an international consensus
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Reply to the letter to the editor 'Integration between oncology and palliative care: does one size fit all?' by Verna et al
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Depressive symptoms in the last days of life of patients with cancer: a nationwide retrospective mortality study
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Renal function and symptoms/adverse effects in opioid-treated patients with cancer
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 59 (8), 1049-59
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Is Cancer Pain Control Improved by a Simple WHO Pain Analgesic Ladder Approach Combined With Tumor-Directed Treatment?
J Clin Oncol, 34 (5), 399-400
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Genetic and Non-genetic Factors Associated With Constipation in Cancer Patients Receiving Opioids
Clin Transl Gastroenterol, 6 (6), e90
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Reply to a. Molfino et Al
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Development of an item bank for computerized adaptive test (CAT) measurement of pain
Qual Life Res, 25 (1), 1-11
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The effect of real-time electronic monitoring of patient-reported symptoms and clinical syndromes in outpatient workflow of medical oncologists: E-MOSAIC, a multicenter cluster-randomized phase III study (SAKK 95/06)
Ann Oncol, 27 (2), 324-32
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Efficacy and tolerability of intranasal fentanyl spray in cancer patients with breakthrough pain
Clin Ther, 37 (3), 585-96
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Is it possible to detect an improvement in cancer pain management? A comparison of two Norwegian cross-sectional studies conducted 5 years apart
Support Care Cancer, 24 (6), 2565-74
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A classification of chronic pain for ICD-11
Pain, 156 (6), 1003-1007
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Publications 2014
Characterization of patients receiving palliative chemo- and radiotherapy during end of life at a regional cancer center in Norway
Acta Oncol, 54 (3), 395-402
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Multimodal nutrition/anabolic therapy for wasting conditions
Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care, 17 (3), 226-35
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Dietary treatment of weight loss in patients with advanced cancer and cachexia: a systematic literature review
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol, 91 (2), 210-21
DOI 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2014.02.005, PubMed 24703549
Genetic, pathological and physiological determinants of transdermal fentanyl pharmacokinetics in 620 cancer patients of the EPOS study
Pharmacogenet Genomics, 24 (4), 185-94
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Feasibility and acceptance of electronic monitoring of symptoms and syndromes using a handheld computer in patients with advanced cancer in daily oncology practice
Support Care Cancer, 22 (9), 2425-34
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Self-report measurement of pain & symptoms in palliative care patients: a comparison of verbal, visual and hand scoring methods in Sub-Saharan Africa
Health Qual Life Outcomes, 12, 118
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Validation of the Consensus-Definition for Cancer Cachexia and evaluation of a classification model--a study based on data from an international multicentre project (EPCRC-CSA)
Ann Oncol, 25 (8), 1635-42
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Classification of neuropathic pain in cancer patients: A Delphi expert survey report and EAPC/IASP proposal of an algorithm for diagnostic criteria
Pain, 155 (12), 2707-2713
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Integration of oncology and palliative care: a systematic review
Oncologist, 20 (1), 77-83
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The use of antidepressants in patients with advanced cancer--results from an international multicentre study
Psychooncology, 23 (10), 1096-102
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How are patient populations characterized in studies investigating depression in advanced cancer? Results from a systematic literature review
J Pain Symptom Manage, 48 (4), 678-98
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Polypharmacy in patients with advanced cancer and pain: a European cross-sectional study of 2282 patients
J Pain Symptom Manage, 48 (6), 1145-59
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2014.03.008, PubMed 24780183
Depression in advanced cancer--assessment challenges and associations with disease load
J Affect Disord, 173, 176-84
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Efficacy of methylprednisolone on pain, fatigue, and appetite loss in patients with advanced cancer using opioids: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial
J Clin Oncol, 32 (29), 3221-8
DOI 10.1200/JCO.2013.54.3926, PubMed 25002731
Improving the organization of palliative care by implementing quality indicators and national and setting-specific interventions: Study protocol of the IMPACT project
Prog. Palliat. Care, 22 (4), 201-205
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Reply to "the pain, the oncologist"
Support Care Cancer, 22 (12), 3123
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A cross-sectional study on prevalence of pain and breakthrough pain among an unselected group of outpatients in a tertiary cancer clinic
Support Care Cancer, 22 (7), 1965-71
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Clinical and genetic factors related to cancer-induced bone pain and bone pain relief
Oncologist, 19 (12), 1276-83
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The European Association for Palliative Care basic dataset to describe a palliative care cancer population: Results from an international Delphi process
Palliat Med, 28 (6), 463-473
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Changes in skeletal muscle mass during palliative chemotherapy in patients with advanced lung cancer
Acta Oncol, 54 (3), 340-8
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A pilot study of nasal fentanyl for patient controlled treatment of cancer pain
J Opioid Manag, 10 (1), 21-8
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Early recognition of malnutrition and cachexia in the cancer patient: a position paper of a European School of Oncology Task Force
Ann Oncol, 25 (8), 1492-9
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Publications 2013
Depressed patients with incurable cancer: which depressive symptoms do they experience?
Palliat Support Care, 11 (6), 491-501
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Comparisons of patient and physician assessment of pain-related domains in cancer pain classification: results from a large international multicenter study
J Pain, 15 (1), 59-67
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Variability in UDP-glucuronosyltransferase genes and morphine metabolism: observations from a cross-sectional multicenter study in advanced cancer patients with pain
Pharmacogenet Genomics, 23 (3), 117-26
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Development and testing of a computerized pain body map in patients with advanced cancer
J Pain Symptom Manage, 47 (1), 45-56
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.02.025, PubMed 23856098
Integration of general oncology and palliative care
Lancet Oncol, 14 (7), 571-2
DOI 10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70202-X, PubMed 23725698
Interview: Cancer pain management: the last decade and looking forward
Pain Manag, 3 (6), 431-4
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Prognostic factors in patients with advanced cancer: a comparison of clinicopathological factors and the development of an inflammation-based prognostic system
Clin Cancer Res, 19 (19), 5456-64
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The systemic inflammatory response and its relationship to pain and other symptoms in advanced cancer
Oncologist, 18 (9), 1050-5
DOI 10.1634/theoncologist.2013-0120, PubMed 23966223
Chronic pain: One year prevalence and associated characteristics (the HUNT pain study)
Scand J Pain, 4 (4), 182-187
DOI 10.1016/j.sjpain.2013.07.022, PubMed 29913652
Longitudinal associations between exercise and pain in the general population--the HUNT pain study
PLoS One, 8 (6), e65279
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Late radiation effects to the rectum and anus after treatment for prostate cancer; validity of the LENT/SOMA score
Acta Oncol, 52 (4), 727-35
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The Edmonton Classification System for Cancer Pain: comparison of pain classification features and pain intensity across diverse palliative care settings in eight countries
J Palliat Med, 16 (5), 516-23
DOI 10.1089/jpm.2012.0390, PubMed 23614710
The characteristics of physical activity and gait in patients receiving radiotherapy in cancer induced bone pain
Radiother Oncol, 111 (1), 18-24
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How are palliative care cancer populations characterized in randomized controlled trials? A literature review
J Pain Symptom Manage, 47 (5), 906-914.e17
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2013.06.005, PubMed 24018205
Weight loss, appetite loss and food intake in cancer patients with cancer cachexia: three peas in a pod? - analysis from a multicenter cross sectional study
Acta Oncol, 53 (4), 539-46
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Effect of physical exercise on muscle mass and strength in cancer patients during treatment--a systematic review
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol, 88 (3), 573-93
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Publications 2012
Is oxycodone efficacy reflected in serum concentrations? A multicenter, cross-sectional study in 456 adult cancer patients
J Pain Symptom Manage, 43 (4), 694-705
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.05.008, PubMed 22285284
Symptom assessment in palliative medicine
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 132 (1), 18-9
DOI 10.4045/tidsskr.11.1083, PubMed 22240824
Feasibility and changes in symptoms and functioning following inpatient cancer rehabilitation
Acta Oncol, 51 (8), 1070-80
DOI 10.3109/0284186X.2012.699684, PubMed 22809167
Measurement of physical activity in cancer survivors--a comparison of the HUNT 1 Physical Activity Questionnaire (HUNT 1 PA-Q) with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and aerobic capacity
Support Care Cancer, 21 (2), 449-58
DOI 10.1007/s00520-012-1530-8, PubMed 22797861
Use of opioid analgesics in the treatment of cancer pain: evidence-based recommendations from the EAPC
Lancet Oncol, 13 (2), e58-68
DOI 10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70040-2, PubMed 22300860
How to evaluate the effect of pain treatments in cancer patients: results from a longitudinal outcomes and endpoint Italian cohort study
Eur J Pain, 17 (6), 858-66
DOI 10.1002/j.1532-2149.2012.00257.x, PubMed 23213042
Lack of association between genetic variability and multiple pain-related outcomes in a large cohort of patients with advanced cancer: the European Pharmacogenetic Opioid Study (EPOS)
BMJ Support Palliat Care, 2 (4), 351-5
DOI 10.1136/bmjspcare-2012-000212, PubMed 24654220
Computer-based symptom assessment is feasible in patients with advanced cancer: results from an international multicenter study, the EPCRC-CSA
J Pain Symptom Manage, 44 (5), 639-54
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.10.025, PubMed 22795905
The importance and pitfalls of correlational science in palliative care research
Curr Opin Support Palliat Care, 6 (4), 508-13
DOI 10.1097/SPC.0b013e32835a0c70, PubMed 23095555
Which domains should be included in a cancer pain classification system? Analyses of longitudinal data
Pain, 153 (3), 696-703
DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2011.12.005, PubMed 22264677
Cancer pain undertreatment and prognostic factors Response
Pain, 153 (8), 1771-1772
DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2012.03.033
Interviews with patients with advanced cancer--another step towards an international cancer pain classification system
Support Care Cancer, 20 (10), 2491-500
DOI 10.1007/s00520-011-1361-z, PubMed 22252546
Estimating the prevalence of chronic pain: validation of recall against longitudinal reporting (the HUNT pain study)
Pain, 153 (7), 1368-1373
DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2012.02.004, PubMed 22575226
Radiotherapy for bone metastases: practice in Norway 1997-2007. A national registry-based study
Acta Oncol, 52 (6), 1129-36
DOI 10.3109/0284186X.2012.747697, PubMed 23244670
Radiation therapy in malignant spinal cord compression: what is the current knowledge on fractionation schedules? A systematic literature review
BMJ Support Palliat Care, 2 (1), 51-6
DOI 10.1136/bmjspcare-2011-000154, PubMed 24653500
Serum concentrations of opioids when comparing two switching strategies to methadone for cancer pain
Eur J Clin Pharmacol, 68 (8), 1147-56
DOI 10.1007/s00228-012-1228-3, PubMed 22374345
Psychosocial effects of cancer cachexia: a systematic literature search and qualitative analysis
J Pain Symptom Manage, 46 (1), 77-95
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.06.020, PubMed 23159682
Do corticosteroids provide analgesic effects in cancer patients? A systematic literature review
J Pain Symptom Manage, 46 (1), 96-105
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.06.019, PubMed 23149084
Neuropathic cancer pain: prevalence, severity, analgesics and impact from the European Palliative Care Research Collaborative-Computerised Symptom Assessment study
Palliat Med, 27 (8), 714-21
DOI 10.1177/0269216312464408, PubMed 23175513
New proposals for the International Classification of Diseases-11 revision of pain diagnoses
J Pain, 13 (4), 305-16
DOI 10.1016/j.jpain.2012.01.004, PubMed 22480770
Opioids in pain management of mesothelioma and lung cancer patients
Acta Oncol, 52 (1), 30-7
DOI 10.3109/0284186X.2012.725944, PubMed 23025295
Is there a genetic cause of appetite loss?-an explorative study in 1,853 cancer patients
J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle, 3 (3), 191-8
DOI 10.1007/s13539-012-0064-8, PubMed 22535570
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory treatment in cancer cachexia: a systematic literature review
Acta Oncol, 52 (1), 6-17
DOI 10.3109/0284186X.2012.724536, PubMed 23020528
P-selectin genotype is associated with the development of cancer cachexia
EMBO Mol Med, 4 (6), 462-71
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Publications 2011
Do CYP2D6 genotypes reflect oxycodone requirements for cancer patients treated for cancer pain? A cross-sectional multicentre study
Eur J Clin Pharmacol, 68 (1), 55-64
DOI 10.1007/s00228-011-1093-5, PubMed 21735164
Prevalence and aetiology of neuropathic pain in cancer patients: a systematic review
Pain, 153 (2), 359-365
DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2011.10.028, PubMed 22115921
Associations between physical activity and physical and mental health--a HUNT 3 study
Med Sci Sports Exerc, 43 (7), 1220-8
DOI 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318206c66e, PubMed 21131869
Cancer cachexia: a systematic literature review of items and domains associated with involuntary weight loss in cancer
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol, 80 (1), 114-44
DOI 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2010.10.004, PubMed 21216616
European Palliative Care Research Collaborative pain guidelines: opioid switching to improve analgesia or reduce side effects. A systematic review
Palliat Med, 25 (5), 494-503
DOI 10.1177/0269216310384902, PubMed 21708856
The dimensionality of pain: palliative care and chronic pain patients differ in their reports of pain intensity and pain interference
Pain, 152 (7), 1608-1620
DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2011.02.052, PubMed 21458921
Definition and classification of cancer cachexia: an international consensus
Lancet Oncol, 12 (5), 489-95
DOI 10.1016/S1470-2045(10)70218-7, PubMed 21296615
Genetic clustering of European cancer patients indicates that opioid-mediated pain relief is independent of ancestry
Pharmacogenomics J, 12 (5), 412-6
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Multiple Loci modulate opioid therapy response for cancer pain
Clin Cancer Res, 17 (13), 4581-7
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Studies comparing Numerical Rating Scales, Verbal Rating Scales, and Visual Analogue Scales for assessment of pain intensity in adults: a systematic literature review
J Pain Symptom Manage, 41 (6), 1073-93
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.08.016, PubMed 21621130
Influence from genetic variability on opioid use for cancer pain: a European genetic association study of 2294 cancer pain patients
Pain, 152 (5), 1139-1145
DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2011.01.040, PubMed 21398039
Starting step III opioids for moderate to severe pain in cancer patients: dose titration: a systematic review
Palliat Med, 25 (5), 424-30
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Spinal opioids in adult patients with cancer pain: a systematic review: a European Palliative Care Research Collaborative (EPCRC) opioid guidelines project
Palliat Med, 25 (5), 560-77
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Effects of Low-Dose Opioids on Cognitive Dysfunction Reply
J. Clin. Oncol., 29 (32), 4343-4344
DOI 10.1200/JCO.2011.38.3141
Prevalence and predictors of cognitive dysfunction in opioid-treated patients with cancer: a multinational study
J Clin Oncol, 29 (10), 1297-303
DOI 10.1200/JCO.2010.32.6884, PubMed 21357785
Expert conference on cancer pain assessment and classification--the need for international consensus: working proposals on international standards
BMJ Support Palliat Care, 1 (3), 281-7
DOI 10.1136/bmjspcare-2011-000078, PubMed 24653469
Cancer pain research: time to reset the strategy and the agenda
Palliat Med, 25 (5), 392-3
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Challenges related to palliative care
Lancet Oncol, 12 (10), 925-7
DOI 10.1016/S1470-2045(11)70226-1, PubMed 21958498
Associations between recreational exercise and chronic pain in the general population: evidence from the HUNT 3 study
Pain, 152 (10), 2241-2247
DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2011.04.029, PubMed 21601986
Clinical and genetic factors associated with nausea and vomiting in cancer patients receiving opioids
Eur J Cancer, 47 (11), 1682-91
DOI 10.1016/j.ejca.2011.04.014, PubMed 21570824
Management of opioid-induced nausea and vomiting in cancer patients: systematic review and evidence-based recommendations
Palliat Med, 25 (5), 442-53
DOI 10.1177/0269216311404273, PubMed 21708851
How to switch from morphine or oxycodone to methadone in cancer patients? a randomised clinical phase II trial
Eur J Cancer, 47 (16), 2463-70
DOI 10.1016/j.ejca.2011.06.047, PubMed 21775131
Low-dose transdermal buprenorphine - long-term use and co-medication with other potentially addictive drugs
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 56 (1), 88-94
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2011.02537.x, PubMed 22092357
Physical exercise for cancer patients with advanced disease: a randomized controlled trial
Oncologist, 16 (11), 1649-57
DOI 10.1634/theoncologist.2011-0133, PubMed 21948693
Systematic review of the role of alternative application routes for opioid treatment for moderate to severe cancer pain: an EPCRC opioid guidelines project
Palliat Med, 25 (5), 578-96
DOI 10.1177/0269216310383739, PubMed 21708861
A systematic review on the role of fish oil for the treatment of cachexia in advanced cancer: an EPCRC cachexia guidelines project
Palliat Med, 26 (4), 294-304
DOI 10.1177/0269216311418709, PubMed 21865295
Patient-focused endpoints in advanced cancer: criterion-based validation of accelerometer-based activity monitoring
Clin Nutr, 30 (6), 812-21
DOI 10.1016/j.clnu.2011.05.010, PubMed 21733604
Is there a genetic cause for cancer cachexia? - a clinical validation study in 1797 patients
Br J Cancer, 105 (8), 1244-51
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Identification of possible genetic polymorphisms involved in cancer cachexia: a systematic review
J Genet, 90 (1), 165-77
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Publications 2010
Influences on the pharmacokinetics of oxycodone: a multicentre cross-sectional study in 439 adult cancer patients
Eur J Clin Pharmacol, 67 (5), 493-506
DOI 10.1007/s00228-010-0948-5, PubMed 21140139
Evolving classification systems for cancer cachexia: ready for clinical practice?
Support Care Cancer, 18 (3), 273-9
DOI 10.1007/s00520-009-0800-6, PubMed 20076976
Which patients with cancer die at home? A study of six European countries using death certificate data
J Clin Oncol, 28 (13), 2267-73
DOI 10.1200/JCO.2009.23.2850, PubMed 20351336
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Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 130 (15), 1479-81
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Influence of comorbidity on survival, toxicity and health-related quality of life in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer receiving platinum-doublet chemotherapy
Eur J Cancer, 46 (12), 2225-34
DOI 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.04.009, PubMed 20471248
Assessment and classification of cancer breakthrough pain: a systematic literature review
Pain, 149 (3), 476-482
DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2010.02.035, PubMed 20236762
Development of a computer-administered mobility questionnaire
Support Care Cancer, 19 (6), 745-55
DOI 10.1007/s00520-010-0867-0, PubMed 20336325
Psychometric properties of the Norwegian MacNew Heart Disease health-related quality of life inventory
Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs, 9 (3), 146-52
DOI 10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2010.01.002, PubMed 20133205
Which variables are associated with pain intensity and treatment response in advanced cancer patients?--Implications for a future classification system for cancer pain
Eur J Pain, 15 (3), 320-7
DOI 10.1016/j.ejpain.2010.08.001, PubMed 20822941
An international multicentre validation study of a pain classification system for cancer patients
Eur J Cancer, 46 (16), 2865-6
DOI 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.07.019, PubMed 20797844
Palliative cancer care research
Palliat Med, 24 (3), 259-60
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Palliative care in cancer: how to improve clinical research
Eur J Cancer, 46 (9), 1486-7
DOI 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.03.020, PubMed 20427176
Pharmacokinetics of intranasal fentanyl spray in patients with cancer and breakthrough pain
J Opioid Manag, 6 (1), 17-26
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Inadequate symptom control in advanced cancer patients across Europe
Support Care Cancer, 19 (12), 2005-14
DOI 10.1007/s00520-010-1051-2, PubMed 21116653
Health care providers underestimate symptom intensities of cancer patients: a multicenter European study
Health Qual Life Outcomes, 8, 104
DOI 10.1186/1477-7525-8-104, PubMed 20858248
A systematic review of oxymorphone in the management of chronic pain
J Pain Symptom Manage, 39 (2), 296-308
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.07.010, PubMed 20152592
Driving functions in a video simulator in chronic non-malignant pain patients using and not using codeine
Eur J Pain, 15 (4), 409-15
DOI 10.1016/j.ejpain.2010.09.008, PubMed 20947399
Development of computerized adaptive testing (CAT) for the EORTC QLQ-C30 physical functioning dimension
Qual Life Res, 20 (4), 479-90
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Eur J Cancer, 46 (8), 1352-8
DOI 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.02.011, PubMed 20231085
Content development for EUROPEAN GUIDELINES on the use of opioids for cancer pain: a systematic review and Expert Consensus Study
Minerva Anestesiol, 76 (10), 833-43
PubMed 20935619
The need to revise pain diagnoses in ICD-11
Pain, 149 (2), 169-170
DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2010.03.006, PubMed 20346590
A pan-European survey of research in end-of-life cancer care
Support Care Cancer, 20 (1), 39-48
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Clinical priorities, barriers and solutions in end-of-life cancer care research across Europe. Report from a workshop
Eur J Cancer, 46 (10), 1815-22
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Validation of Doloplus-2 among nonverbal nursing home patients--an evaluation of Doloplus-2 in a clinical setting
BMC Geriatr, 10, 9
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Publications 2009
Characteristics and implications of attrition in health-related quality of life studies in palliative care
Palliat Med, 23 (5), 432-40
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Implementation of computerized technology in a palliative care unit
Palliat Support Care, 7 (1), 57-63
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Update on cancer pain guidelines
J Pain Symptom Manage, 38 (3), e1-3
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.02.232, PubMed 19735899
The validity of average 8-h pain intensity assessment in cancer patients
Eur J Pain, 14 (4), 441-5
DOI 10.1016/j.ejpain.2009.07.004, PubMed 19692275
Interaction between rifampicin and methadone Reply
Acta Anaesthesiol. Scand., 53 (3), 403
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2008.01873.x
Computer-based assessment of symptoms and mobility in palliative care: feasibility and challenges
J Pain Symptom Manage, 38 (6), 827-36
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.05.015, PubMed 19833476
Phase III study by the Norwegian lung cancer study group: pemetrexed plus carboplatin compared with gemcitabine plus carboplatin as first-line chemotherapy in advanced non-small-cell lung cancer
J Clin Oncol, 27 (19), 3217-24
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Assessment and classification of cancer pain
Curr Opin Support Palliat Care, 3 (1), 24-30
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Classification of pain in cancer patients--a systematic literature review
Palliat Med, 23 (4), 295-308
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Efficacy and tolerability of intranasal fentanyl spray 50 to 200 microg for breakthrough pain in patients with cancer: a phase III, multinational, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial with a 10-month, open-label extension treatment period
Clin Ther, 31 (6), 1177-91
DOI 10.1016/j.clinthera.2009.05.022, PubMed 19695386
Cancer pain--progress and ongoing issues in Europe
Pain Res Manag, 14 (5), 353-5
PubMed 19946963
Intensity and treatment of symptoms in 3,030 palliative care patients: a cross-sectional survey of the EAPC Research Network
J Opioid Manag, 5 (1), 11-21
DOI 10.5055/jom.2009.0002, PubMed 19344044
Patients with problematic opioid use can be weaned from codeine without pain escalation
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 54 (5), 571-9
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2009.02164.x, PubMed 19919582
"The healthy me appears": palliative cancer patients' experiences of participation in a physical group exercise program
Palliat Support Care, 7 (4), 459-67
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Deaths of children occurring at home in six European countries
Child Care Health Dev, 36 (3), 375-84
DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.01028.x, PubMed 19961493
Validation of the intestinal part of the prostate cancer questionnaire "QUFW94": psychometric properties, responsiveness, and content validity
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 77 (3), 793-804
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Long-term follow-up of cancer patients receiving radiotherapy for bone metastases: results from a randomised multicentre trial
Radiother Oncol, 91 (2), 261-6
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Pain and quality of life among residents of Norwegian nursing homes
Pain Manag Nurs, 11 (1), 35-44
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Depression assessment and classification in palliative cancer patients: a systematic literature review
Palliat Med, 23 (8), 739-53
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Publications 2008
Characteristics and quality of life of patients who choose home care at the end of life
J Pain Symptom Manage, 36 (3), 217-27
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.10.010, PubMed 18400462
The importance of key personnel and active management for successful implementation of computer-based technology in palliative care: results from a qualitative study
Comput Inform Nurs, 26 (4), 183-9
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Experiences with the Implementation of Computerized Tools in Health Care Units: A Review Article
Int. J. Hum.-Comput. Interact., 24 (8), PII 906484200-775
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The length of consent documents in oncological trials is doubled in twenty years
Ann Oncol, 20 (2), 379-85
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Population-based study of dying in hospital in six European countries
Palliat Med, 22 (6), 702-10
DOI 10.1177/0269216308092285, PubMed 18715968
A framework for generalizability in palliative care
J Pain Symptom Manage, 37 (3), 373-86
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.03.020, PubMed 18809276
A double-blind, randomized, crossover comparison between single-dose and double-dose immediate-release oral morphine at bedtime in cancer patients
J Pain Symptom Manage, 37 (1), 68-76
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.12.016, PubMed 18504090
Health-related quality of life during the last three months of life in patients with advanced cancer
Support Care Cancer, 17 (2), 191-8
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Clinical pharmacology of methadone for pain
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 52 (7), 879-89
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A first step in the development of an international self-report instrument for physical functioning in palliative cancer care: a systematic literature review and an expert opinion evaluation study
J Pain Symptom Manage, 37 (2), 196-205
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.01.011, PubMed 18619767
Pain assessment tools in palliative care: an urgent need for consensus
Palliat Med, 22 (8), 895-903
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The Brief Pain Inventory: pain's interference with functions is different in cancer pain compared with noncancer chronic pain
Clin J Pain, 24 (3), 219-25
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Predication of cancer patients' survival by pain interference items is not the same as evidence that pain intensity is a survival predictor
J Clin Oncol, 26 (25), 4215-6; author reply 4216-7
DOI 10.1200/JCO.2008.18.4994, PubMed 18757340
Palliative care research: time to intensify international collaboration
Palliat Med, 22 (4), 301-2
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Symptom assessment in palliative care: a need for international collaboration
J Clin Oncol, 26 (23), 3867-73
DOI 10.1200/JCO.2007.15.8881, PubMed 18688054
Palliative care research--priorities and the way forward
Eur J Cancer, 44 (8), 1175-9
DOI 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.02.036, PubMed 18374560
Early pharmacokinetics of nasal fentanyl: is there a significant arterio-venous difference?
Eur J Clin Pharmacol, 64 (5), 497-502
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Fatigue in palliative care patients -- an EAPC approach
Palliat Med, 22 (1), 13-32
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Genetic variation in the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene and morphine requirements in cancer patients with pain
Mol Pain, 4, 64
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Lung cancer patients' perceptions of informed consent documents
Patient Educ Couns, 73 (2), 313-7
DOI 10.1016/j.pec.2008.06.011, PubMed 18691845
Variable response to opioid treatment: any genetic predictors within sight?
Palliat Med, 22 (4), 310-27
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Introduction of low dose transdermal buprenorphine -- did it influence use of potentially addictive drugs in chronic non-malignant pain patients?
Eur J Pain, 13 (9), 949-53
DOI 10.1016/j.ejpain.2008.11.005, PubMed 19095476
Pain in elderly hospitalized cancer patients with bone metastases in Norway
Int J Palliat Nurs, 14 (5), 238-45
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Pain in patients living in Norwegian nursing homes
Palliat Med, 23 (1), 8-16
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Publications 2007
Using death certificate data to study place of death in 9 European countries: opportunities and weaknesses
BMC Public Health, 7, 283
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-7-283, PubMed 17922894
Validation and comparison of the health-related quality-of-life instruments EORTC QLQ-C30 and SF-36 in assessment of patients with chronic nonmalignant pain
J Pain Symptom Manage, 34 (6), 657-65
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.01.011, PubMed 17618079
Chronic non-malignant pain patients report as poor health-related quality of life as palliative cancer patients
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 52 (1), 143-8
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2007.01524.x, PubMed 18005378
Prevalence of pain in hospitalised cancer patients in Norway: a national survey
Palliat Med, 21 (1), 7-13
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Doloplus-2, a valid tool for behavioural pain assessment?
BMC Geriatr, 7, 29
DOI 10.1186/1471-2318-7-29, PubMed 18093294
Assessing physical functioning: a systematic review of quality of life measures developed for use in palliative care
Palliat Med, 21 (8), 673-82
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Palliative care in Norway: a national public health model
J Pain Symptom Manage, 33 (5), 599-604
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.02.011, PubMed 17482054
Diagnostikk innen palliasjon: en generell innføring
In Palliasjon: nordisk lærebok, Gyldendal akademisk, Oslo, S. 76-88
BIBSYS 080196136
Patient demographics and centre description in European palliative care units
Palliat Med, 21 (1), 15-22
DOI 10.1177/0269216306072086, PubMed 17169955
Den palliative konsultasjon
In Palliasjon: nordisk lærebok, Gyldendal akademisk, Oslo, S. 63-73
BIBSYS 080196128
Delirium
In Palliasjon: nordisk lærebok, Gyldendal akademisk, Oslo, S. 547-556
BIBSYS 080228003
Anal carcinoma in mid-Norway 1970-2000
Acta Oncol, 46 (7), 1019-26
DOI 10.1080/02841860601166933, PubMed 17882558
Physical activity in Hodgkin's lymphoma survivors with and without chronic fatigue compared with the general population - a cross-sectional study
BMC Cancer, 7, 210
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Does social support from family and friends work as a buffer against reactions to stressful life events such as terminal cancer?
Palliat Support Care, 5 (1), 61-9
DOI 10.1017/s1478951507070083, PubMed 17461372
Can cancer patients assess the influence of pain on functions? A randomised, controlled study of the pain interference items in the Brief Pain Inventory
BMC Palliat Care, 6, 2
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Publications 2006
Intranasal midazolam: a comparison of two delivery devices in human volunteers
J Pharm Pharmacol, 58 (10), 1311-8
DOI 10.1211/jpp.58.10.0003, PubMed 17034653
Methods for handling missing data in palliative care research
Palliat Med, 20 (8), 791-8
DOI 10.1177/0269216306072555, PubMed 17148533
Opioid switching from morphine to methadone causes a minor but not clinically significant increase in QTc time: A prospective 9-month follow-up study
J Pain Symptom Manage, 32 (2), 180-5
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.02.010, PubMed 16877186
Long term methadone for chronic pain: a pilot study of pharmacokinetic aspects
Eur J Pain, 11 (6), 599-604
DOI 10.1016/j.ejpain.2006.09.006, PubMed 17113329
[Opioid switching and methadone in pain relief]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 126 (17), 2272-4
PubMed 16967068
Opioid switching from oral slow release morphine to oral methadone may improve pain control in chronic non-malignant pain: a nine-month follow-up study
Palliat Med, 20 (1), 35-41
DOI 10.1191/0269216306pm1099oa, PubMed 16482756
EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL: the new standard in the assessment of health-related quality of life in advanced cancer?
Palliat Med, 20 (2), 59-61
DOI 10.1191/0269216306pm1133xx, PubMed 16613400
Pain assessment tools: is the content appropriate for use in palliative care?
J Pain Symptom Manage, 32 (6), 567-80
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2006.05.025, PubMed 17157759
Prospective randomised multicenter trial on single fraction radiotherapy (8 Gy x 1) versus multiple fractions (3 Gy x 10) in the treatment of painful bone metastases
Radiother Oncol, 79 (3), 278-84
DOI 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.05.006, PubMed 16793154
[Palliative medicine]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 126 (3), 294
PubMed 16440030
[The specialist field of palliative medicine]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 126 (3), 326-8
PubMed 16440041
[Palliative medicine-- research and education in a new specialist field]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 126 (3), 333-6
PubMed 16440043
Methodological and structural challenges in palliative care research: how have we fared in the last decades?
Palliat Med, 20 (8), 727-34
DOI 10.1177/0269216306072620, PubMed 17148527
[Delirium in palliative care]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 126 (5), 616-9
PubMed 16505874
The effect of a physical exercise program in palliative care: A phase II study
J Pain Symptom Manage, 31 (5), 421-30
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2005.10.004, PubMed 16716872
Exploring joint effects of genes and the clinical efficacy of morphine for cancer pain: OPRM1 and COMT gene
Pain, 130 (1-2), 25-30
DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2006.10.023, PubMed 17156920
Randomised trial of in-hospital geriatric intervention: impact on function and morale
Gerontology, 52 (4), 223-30
DOI 10.1159/000093654, PubMed 16849865
Palliative thoracic radiotherapy in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer: can quality-of-life assessments help in selection of patients for short- or long-course radiotherapy?
J Thorac Oncol, 1 (8), 816-24
PubMed 17409965
Publications 2005
The European Union--not united in opioid use
Palliat Med, 19 (3), 177-8
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[The cooperation between Helse Midt-Norge and NTNU supports clinical research]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 125 (17), 2382-3
PubMed 16151502
Which mini-mental state exam items can be used to screen for delirium and cognitive impairment?
J Pain Symptom Manage, 30 (1), 41-50
DOI 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2005.05.001, PubMed 16043006
[Specialised short-term wards in nursing homes--the Trondheim model]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 125 (11), 1503-5
PubMed 15940319
The development of the EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL: a shortened questionnaire for cancer patients in palliative care
Eur J Cancer, 42 (1), 55-64
DOI 10.1016/j.ejca.2005.06.022, PubMed 16162404
The Norwegian Doloplus-2, a tool for behavioural pain assessment: translation and pilot-validation in nursing home patients with cognitive impairment
Palliat Med, 19 (5), 411-7
DOI 10.1191/0269216305pm1031oa, PubMed 16111065
Attitudes towards, and wishes for, euthanasia in advanced cancer patients at a palliative medicine unit
Palliat Med, 19 (6), 454-60
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Review essay: The 'Domestic politics' bias in analyses of CO2 taxation in the Nordic countries
Scand. Polit. Stud., 28 (1), 91-102
DOI 10.1111/j.0080-6757.2005.00122.x
Financial crisis and state-NGO relations: The case of Brazilian Amazonia, 1998-2000
Soc. Nat. Resour., 18 (9), 791-804
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[Application of pupillometry and pupillary reactions in medical research]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 125 (1), 29-32
PubMed 15643460
[Genetic variation-- important for the clinical effect of opioids?]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 125 (19), 2655-8
PubMed 16215614
Genetic variability and clinical efficacy of morphine
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 49 (7), 902-8
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2005.00772.x, PubMed 16045647
Pain and pain treatments in European palliative care units. A cross sectional survey from the European Association for Palliative Care Research Network
Palliat Med, 19 (6), 477-84
DOI 10.1191/0269216305pm1054oa, PubMed 16218160
Building up research in palliative care: an historical perspective and a case for the future
Clin Geriatr Med, 21 (1), 81-92, viii
DOI 10.1016/j.cger.2004.08.009, PubMed 15639039
[Investigation in suspected pulmonary tumor]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 125 (21), 2958
PubMed 16299883
[Cancer patients should not feel pain]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 125 (4), 415
PubMed 15742009
Prognostic factors in advanced cancer patients: evidence-based clinical recommendations--a study by the Steering Committee of the European Association for Palliative Care
J Clin Oncol, 23 (25), 6240-8
DOI 10.1200/JCO.2005.06.866, PubMed 16135490
Are palliative cancer patients willing and able to participate in a physical exercise program?
Palliat Support Care, 3 (4), 281-7
DOI 10.1017/s1478951505050443, PubMed 17039983
The Val158Met polymorphism of the human catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene may influence morphine requirements in cancer pain patients
Pain, 116 (1-2), 73-8
DOI 10.1016/j.pain.2005.03.032, PubMed 15927391
Patterns of drug prescription in a geriatric evaluation and management unit as compared with the general medical wards: a randomised study
Eur J Clin Pharmacol, 61 (12), 921-8
DOI 10.1007/s00228-005-0046-2, PubMed 16307267
[Symptoms assessment in cancer patients on admission to a hospital]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 125 (18), 2500-3
PubMed 16186872
[Pain assessment in cognitively impaired elderly patients]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 125 (13), 1838-40
PubMed 16012556
Immediate or delayed radiotherapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)? Data from a prospective randomised study
Radiother Oncol, 75 (2), 141-8
DOI 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.03.028, PubMed 16094739
Publications 2004
Place of death: hospital-based advanced home care versus conventional care. A prospective study in palliative cancer care
Palliat Med, 18 (7), 585-93
DOI 10.1191/0269216304pm924oa, PubMed 15540666
Health-related quality of life associated with chronic conditions in eight countries: results from the International Quality of Life Assessment (IQOLA) Project
Qual Life Res, 13 (2), 283-98
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[Use of opioids against severe cancer pain]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 124 (3), 337-8
PubMed 14963506
[Teaching medical ethics: the Trondheim model]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 124 (16), 2104-6
PubMed 15334125
Methods for assessment of cognitive failure and delirium in palliative care patients: implications for practice and research
Palliat Med, 18 (6), 494-506
DOI 10.1191/0269216304pm920oa, PubMed 15453620
A prospective study of health-related quality of life, fatigue, anxiety and depression 3-5 years after stem cell transplantation
Bone Marrow Transplant, 34 (3), 257-66
DOI 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704561, PubMed 15170167
Day-to-day variations during clinical drug monitoring of morphine, morphine-3-glucuronide and morphine-6-glucuronide serum concentrations in cancer patients. A prospective observational study
BMC Clin Pharmacol, 4, 7
DOI 10.1186/1472-6904-4-7, PubMed 15461818
The 118 A > G polymorphism in the human mu-opioid receptor gene may increase morphine requirements in patients with pain caused by malignant disease
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 48 (10), 1232-9
DOI 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2004.00517.x, PubMed 15504181
Genetic analysis of the murine mu opioid receptor: increased complexity of Oprm gene splicing
J Mol Med (Berl), 82 (4), 250-5
DOI 10.1007/s00109-003-0514-z, PubMed 14991152
Physical exercise results in the improved subjective well-being of a few or is effective rehabilitation for all cancer patients?
Eur J Cancer, 40 (7), 951-62
DOI 10.1016/j.ejca.2003.12.005, PubMed 15093569
Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in family members of cancer victims: results from a longitudinal intervention study in Norway and Sweden
Palliat Med, 18 (2), 108-20
DOI 10.1191/0269216304pm878oa, PubMed 15046407
Acute geriatric intervention increases the number of patients able to live at home. A prospective randomized study
Aging Clin Exp Res, 16 (4), 300-6
DOI 10.1007/BF03324555, PubMed 15575124
Hypofractionated palliative radiotherapy (17 Gy per two fractions) in advanced non-small-cell lung carcinoma is comparable to standard fractionation for symptom control and survival: a national phase III trial
J Clin Oncol, 22 (5), 801-10
DOI 10.1200/JCO.2004.06.123, PubMed 14990635
Second-line chemotherapy in recurrent small cell lung cancer. Results from a crossover schedule after primary treatment with cisplatin and etoposide (EP-regimen) or cyclophosphamide, epirubicin, and vincristin (CEV-regimen)
Lung Cancer, 48 (2), 251-61
DOI 10.1016/j.lungcan.2004.10.016, PubMed 15829326
Publications 2003
Quality of life in women with breast cancer during the first year after random assignment to adjuvant treatment with marrow-supported high-dose chemotherapy with cyclophosphamide, thiotepa, and carboplatin or tailored therapy with Fluorouracil, epirubicin, and cyclophosphamide: Scandinavian Breast Group Study 9401
J Clin Oncol, 21 (19), 3659-64
DOI 10.1200/JCO.2003.07.020, PubMed 14512398
The value of prognostic factors in small cell lung cancer: results from a randomised multicenter study with minimum 5 year follow-up
Lung Cancer, 39 (3), 303-13
DOI 10.1016/s0169-5002(02)00508-1, PubMed 12609569
The CARES-SF used for prospective assessment of health-related quality of life after stem cell transplantation
Psychooncology, 12 (8), 803-13
DOI 10.1002/pon.708, PubMed 14681953
Sequence variations in the UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 2B7 (UGT2B7) gene: identification of 10 novel single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and analysis of their relevance to morphine glucuronidation in cancer patients
Pharmacogenomics J, 3 (1), 17-26
DOI 10.1038/sj.tpj.6500139, PubMed 12629580
Which cancer patients die in nursing homes? Quality of life, medical and sociodemographic characteristics
Palliat Med, 17 (5), 433-44
DOI 10.1191/0269216303pm774oa, PubMed 12882262
Routine drug monitoring of serum concentrations of morphine, morphine-3-glucuronide and morphine-6-glucuronide do not predict clinical observations in cancer patients
Palliat Med, 17 (8), 679-87
DOI 10.1191/0269216303pm835oa, PubMed 14694919
Influences on serum concentrations of morphine, M6G and M3G during routine clinical drug monitoring: a prospective survey in 300 adult cancer patients
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 47 (6), 725-31
DOI 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2003.00138.x, PubMed 12803591
Immediate- or sustained-release morphine for dose finding during start of morphine to cancer patients: a randomized, double-blind trial
Pain, 101 (1-2), 193-8
DOI 10.1016/s0304-3959(02)00328-7, PubMed 12507714
The validity of EORTC QLQ-C30 fatigue scale in advanced cancer patients and cancer survivors
Palliat Med, 17 (8), 664-72
DOI 10.1191/0269216303pm841oa, PubMed 14694917
Quality of life in palliative care: principles and practice
Palliat Med, 17 (1), 11-20
DOI 10.1191/0269216303pm662ra, PubMed 12597461
Exercise reduces fatigue in chronic fatigued Hodgkins disease survivors--results from a pilot study
Eur J Cancer, 39 (1), 57-63
DOI 10.1016/s0959-8049(02)00483-5, PubMed 12504659
Measuring quality of palliative care: psychometric properties of the FAMCARE Scale
Qual Life Res, 12 (2), 167-76
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[Does use of alternative medicine aggravate the survival prognosis in cancer?]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 123 (5), 628-30
PubMed 12683189
Does use of alternative medicine predict survival from cancer?
Eur J Cancer, 39 (3), 372-7
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Publications 2002
The European Association for Palliative Care
J Pain Symptom Manage, 24 (2), 124-7
DOI 10.1016/s0885-3924(02)00454-2, PubMed 12231128
Pain measurement tools and methods in clinical research in palliative care: recommendations of an Expert Working Group of the European Association of Palliative Care
J Pain Symptom Manage, 23 (3), 239-55
DOI 10.1016/s0885-3924(01)00409-2, PubMed 11888722
Cluster-randomized trials
Palliat Med, 16 (1), 69-70
DOI 10.1191/0269216302pm503xx, PubMed 11963457
Morphine glucuronide-to-morphine plasma ratios are unaffected by the UGT2B7 H268Y and UGT1A1*28 polymorphisms in cancer patients on chronic morphine therapy
Eur J Clin Pharmacol, 58 (5), 353-6
DOI 10.1007/s00228-002-0490-1, PubMed 12185559
Quality of life at the end of life: How is the solution far away? Reply
J. Clin. Oncol., 20 (6), 1704-1705
Lack of concealment may lead to selection bias in cluster randomized trials of palliative care
Palliat Med, 16 (1), 43-9
DOI 10.1191/0269216302pm523oa, PubMed 11963450
Self-reports are not related to objective assessments of cognitive function and sedation in patients with cancer pain admitted to a palliative care unit
Palliat Med, 16 (6), 513-9
DOI 10.1191/0269216302pm587oa, PubMed 12465699
The Norwegian brief pain inventory questionnaire: translation and validation in cancer pain patients
J Pain Symptom Manage, 24 (5), 517-25
DOI 10.1016/s0885-3924(02)00526-2, PubMed 12547051
Norway: development of palliative care
J Pain Symptom Manage, 24 (2), 211-4
DOI 10.1016/s0885-3924(02)00471-2, PubMed 12231148
Quality-of-life assessment in palliative care
Lancet Oncol, 3 (3), 175-82
DOI 10.1016/s1470-2045(02)00682-4, PubMed 11902505
Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in Scandinavia--with a conceptual suggestion regarding international research in relation to the phenomena
Palliat Med, 16 (1), 17-32
DOI 10.1191/0269216302pm470oa, PubMed 11963448
Episodic (breakthrough) pain: consensus conference of an expert working group of the European Association for Palliative Care
Cancer, 94 (3), 832-9
DOI 10.1002/cncr.10249, PubMed 11857319
Family satisfaction with end-of-life care for cancer patients in a cluster randomized trial
J Pain Symptom Manage, 24 (1), 53-63
DOI 10.1016/s0885-3924(02)00417-7, PubMed 12183095
Reduced mortality in treating acutely sick, frail older patients in a geriatric evaluation and management unit. A prospective randomized trial
J Am Geriatr Soc, 50 (5), 792-8
DOI 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50202.x, PubMed 12028163
Cisplatin and etoposide regimen is superior to cyclophosphamide, epirubicin, and vincristine regimen in small-cell lung cancer: results from a randomized phase III trial with 5 years' follow-up
J Clin Oncol, 20 (24), 4665-72
DOI 10.1200/JCO.2002.12.111, PubMed 12488411
Nutritional status of patients with advanced cancer: the value of using the subjective global assessment of nutritional status as a screening tool
Palliat Med, 16 (1), 33-42
DOI 10.1191/0269216302pm486oa, PubMed 11963449
Publications 2001
A prospective study of quality of life in head and neck cancer patients. Part II: Longitudinal data
Laryngoscope, 111 (8), 1440-52
DOI 10.1097/00005537-200108000-00022, PubMed 11568582
[Palliative sedation to dying patients in Norway]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 121 (9), 1085-8
PubMed 11354887
A prospective study of quality of life in head and neck cancer patients. Part I: at diagnosis
Laryngoscope, 111 (4 Pt 1), 669-80
DOI 10.1097/00005537-200104000-00021, PubMed 11359139
Health-related quality of life and its potential prognostic implications in patients with aggressive lymphoma: a Nordic Lymphoma Group Trial
Med Oncol, 18 (1), 85-94
DOI 10.1385/MO:18:1:85, PubMed 11778974
Quality of life in palliative cancer care: results from a cluster randomized trial
J Clin Oncol, 19 (18), 3884-94
DOI 10.1200/JCO.2001.19.18.3884, PubMed 11559726
Quality of life in advanced cancer patients: the impact of sociodemographic and medical characteristics
Br J Cancer, 85 (10), 1478-85
DOI 10.1054/bjoc.2001.2116, PubMed 11720432
Long-term treatment with ketamine in a 12-year-old girl with severe neuropathic pain caused by a cervical spinal tumor
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol, 23 (9), 616-9
DOI 10.1097/00043426-200112000-00013, PubMed 11902308
Late medical complications and fatigue in Hodgkin's disease survivors
J Clin Oncol, 19 (13), 3226-33
DOI 10.1200/JCO.2001.19.13.3226, PubMed 11432890
Assessment of quality of life in palliative care
J Palliat Med, 4 (3), 413-6
DOI 10.1089/109662101753124093, PubMed 11596553
[Palliative medicine]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 121 (22), 2576
PubMed 11668749
Palliative care research
Eur J Cancer, 37 Suppl 8, S153-9
DOI 10.1016/s0959-8049(01)00260-x, PubMed 11602381
Late medical complications and fatigue in Hodgkin's disease survivors
American Society of Clinical Oncology, [S.l.], S. 3226-3233.
BIBSYS 020576935
The first year of grief and bereavement in close family members to individuals who have died of cancer
Palliat Med, 15 (2), 91-105
DOI 10.1191/026921601674021869, PubMed 11301674
Factors affecting grief reactions in close family members to individuals who have died of cancer
J Pain Symptom Manage, 22 (6), 1016-26
DOI 10.1016/s0885-3924(01)00363-3, PubMed 11738164
Publications 2000
A 12 country field study of the EORTC QLQ-C30 (version 3.0) and the head and neck cancer specific module (EORTC QLQ-H&N35) in head and neck patients. EORTC Quality of Life Group
Eur J Cancer, 36 (14), 1796-807
DOI 10.1016/s0959-8049(00)00186-6, PubMed 10974628
Health-related quality of life and occurrence of intestinal side effects after pelvic radiotherapy--evaluation of long-term effects of diagnosis and treatment
Acta Oncol, 39 (2), 173-80
DOI 10.1080/028418600430734, PubMed 10859007
A palliative-care intervention and death at home: a cluster randomised trial
Lancet, 356 (9233), 888-93
DOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02678-7, PubMed 11036893
A Palliative-care intervention and death at home: a cluster randomised trial
[The Lancet], [London], S. 888-893
BIBSYS 010121471
Power, environmental politics, industry interests and party strategies: An analysis of the political barriers to an expansion of the CO2-tax in Norway
Tidsskr. Samfunnsforsk., 41 (3), 295-323
Effects on cancer patients' health-related quality of life after the start of morphine therapy
J Pain Symptom Manage, 20 (1), 19-26
DOI 10.1016/s0885-3924(00)00167-6, PubMed 10946165
Start of oral morphine to cancer patients: effective serum morphine concentrations and contribution from morphine-6-glucuronide to the analgesia produced by morphine
Eur J Clin Pharmacol, 55 (10), 713-9
DOI 10.1007/s002280050003, PubMed 10663448
Role of morphine-6-glucuronide in morphine analgesia - Reply
Eur. J. Clin. Pharmacol., 56 (8), 601
DOI 10.1007/s002280000185
Pain intensity and side effects during titration of morphine to cancer patients using a fixed schedule dose escalation
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 44 (6), 656-64
DOI 10.1034/j.1399-6576.2000.440605.x, PubMed 10903012
Circadian distribution of oral opioid consumption in cancer patients
Methods Find Exp Clin Pharmacol, 22 (10), 753-5
DOI 10.1358/mf.2000.22.10.802293, PubMed 11346897
High level of fatigue in lymphoma patients treated with high dose therapy
J Pain Symptom Manage, 19 (6), 446-56
DOI 10.1016/s0885-3924(00)00144-5, PubMed 10908825
Fatigue and psychiatric morbidity among Hodgkin's disease survivors
J Pain Symptom Manage, 19 (2), 91-9
DOI 10.1016/s0885-3924(99)00148-7, PubMed 10699536
[Occurrence and diagnosis of psychiatric conditions in palliative medicine]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 120 (27), 3275-9
PubMed 11187168
Fatigue and psychiatric morbidity among Hodgkin's deseasesurvivors
Elsevier, New York, S. 91-99.
BIBSYS 010122990
Health-related quality of life and occurrence of intenstinal side effects after pelvic radiotherapy: evaluation of long-term effects of diagnosis and treatment
Taylor & Francis, [London], Bl. [173]-179.
BIBSYS 010123164
[Is terminal sedation active euthanasia?]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 120 (15), 1763-8
PubMed 10904663
Health status of people with epilepsy compared with a general reference population
Epilepsia, 41 (1), 85-90
DOI 10.1111/j.1528-1157.2000.tb01510.x, PubMed 10643929
Publications 1999
Quality of life in head and neck cancer patients: validation of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire-H&N35
J Clin Oncol, 17 (3), 1008-19
DOI 10.1200/JCO.1999.17.3.1008, PubMed 10071296
[Medullary compression in metastatic cancer]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 119 (22), 3283-7
PubMed 10533411
Food choice and nutrient intake among patients on a low-fat, low-lactose diet: experience from a prospective randomized study
J. Hum. Nutr. Diet., 12 (4), 273-285
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-277x.1999.00168.x
A prospective multicentre study in Sweden and Norway of mental distress and psychiatric morbidity in head and neck cancer patients
Br J Cancer, 80 (5-6), 766-74
DOI 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690420, PubMed 10360654
Do patients who are treated with stem cell transplantation have a health-related quality of life comparable to the general population after 1 year?
Bone Marrow Transplant, 24 (8), 911-8
DOI 10.1038/sj.bmt.1701998, PubMed 10516705
Health-related quality of life 1 year after allogeneic or autologous stem-cell transplantation: a prospective study
J Clin Oncol, 17 (2), 706-18
DOI 10.1200/JCO.1999.17.2.706, PubMed 10080617
The course of anxiety and depression during the first year after allogeneic or autologous stem cell transplantation
Bone Marrow Transplant, 24 (11), 1219-28
DOI 10.1038/sj.bmt.1702046, PubMed 10642812
CHOP versus MACOP-B in aggressive lymphoma--a Nordic Lymphoma Group randomised trial
Ann Oncol, 10 (9), 1079-86
DOI 10.1023/a:1008392528248, PubMed 10572606
Challenges in palliative care research; recruitment, attrition and compliance: experience from a randomized controlled trial
Palliat Med, 13 (4), 299-310
DOI 10.1191/026921699668963873, PubMed 10659099
Pharmacoeconomic considerations in treating patients with acute leukaemia
Pharmacoeconomics, 15 (2), 167-78
DOI 10.2165/00019053-199915020-00005, PubMed 10351190
[Terminal care sedation]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 119 (17), 2542-3
PubMed 10425912
Fatigue. Measures and relation to pain
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 43 (9), 939-47
DOI 10.1034/j.1399-6576.1999.430911.x, PubMed 10522741
[Hope]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 119 (9), 1313-5
PubMed 10327855
Reduced health-related quality of life among Hodgkin's disease survivors: a comparative study with general population norms
Ann Oncol, 10 (1), 71-7
DOI 10.1023/a:1008315525997, PubMed 10076725
Hodgkin's disease survivors more fatigued than the general population
J Clin Oncol, 17 (1), 253-61
DOI 10.1200/JCO.1999.17.1.253, PubMed 10458240
[Sick leave while on a waiting list]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 119 (21), 3137-9
PubMed 10522480
Assessing the consistency of psychometric properties of the HRQoL scales within the EORTC QLQ-C30 across populations by means of the Mokken Scaling Model
Qual Life Res, 8 (1-2), 25-43
DOI 10.1023/a:1026419414249, PubMed 10457736
Development of an EORTC questionnaire module to be used in health-related quality-of-life assessment for patients with multiple myeloma. European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Study Group on Quality of Life
Br J Haematol, 104 (3), 605-11
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1999.01206.x, PubMed 10086801
[Hydration of patients with advanced cancer--is subcutaneous infusion a good solution?]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 119 (19), 2815-7
PubMed 10494201
Publications 1998
Translating health status questionnaires and evaluating their quality: the IQOLA Project approach. International Quality of Life Assessment
J Clin Epidemiol, 51 (11), 913-23
DOI 10.1016/s0895-4356(98)00082-1, PubMed 9817108
Psychosocial issues
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol, 27 (2), 131-2
DOI 10.1016/s1040-8428(97)10019-1, PubMed 9571314
Tests of data quality, scaling assumptions, and reliability of the SF-36 in eleven countries: results from the IQOLA Project. International Quality of Life Assessment
J Clin Epidemiol, 51 (11), 1149-58
DOI 10.1016/s0895-4356(98)00106-1, PubMed 9817132
Cross-validation of item selection and scoring for the SF-12 Health Survey in nine countries: results from the IQOLA Project. International Quality of Life Assessment
J Clin Epidemiol, 51 (11), 1171-8
DOI 10.1016/s0895-4356(98)00109-7, PubMed 9817135
Malnutrition and food intake in relation to quality of life in head and neck cancer patients
Head Neck, 20 (6), 540-8
DOI 10.1002/(sici)1097-0347(199809)20:6<540::aid-hed9>3.0.co;2-j, PubMed 9702542
Health-related quality of life in the general Norwegian population assessed by the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Core Quality-of-Life Questionnaire: the QLQ=C30 (+ 3)
J Clin Oncol, 16 (3), 1188-96
DOI 10.1200/JCO.1998.16.3.1188, PubMed 9508207
Using reference data on quality of life--the importance of adjusting for age and gender, exemplified by the EORTC QLQ-C30 (+3)
Eur J Cancer, 34 (9), 1381-9
DOI 10.1016/s0959-8049(98)00136-1, PubMed 9849421
Use of structural equation modeling to test the construct validity of the SF-36 Health Survey in ten countries: results from the IQOLA Project. International Quality of Life Assessment
J Clin Epidemiol, 51 (11), 1179-88
DOI 10.1016/s0895-4356(98)00110-3, PubMed 9817136
Testing the equivalence of translations of widely used response choice labels: results from the IQOLA Project. International Quality of Life Assessment
J Clin Epidemiol, 51 (11), 933-44
DOI 10.1016/s0895-4356(98)00084-5, PubMed 9817110
Performance of the Norwegian SF-36 Health Survey in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. II. A comparison of the SF-36 with disease-specific measures
J Clin Epidemiol, 51 (11), 1077-86
DOI 10.1016/s0895-4356(98)00099-7, PubMed 9817125
Compliance in quality of life data: a Norwegian experience
Stat Med, 17 (5-7), 623-32
DOI 10.1002/(sici)1097-0258(19980315/15)17:5/7<623::aid-sim809>3.0.co;2-5, PubMed 9549811
Hodgkin's disease: quality of life in future trials
Ann Oncol, 9 Suppl 5, 137-45
DOI 10.1023/A:1008452711224, PubMed 9926254
[Food habits and cancer]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 118 (22), 3399
PubMed 9800486
Fatigue in the general Norwegian population: normative data and associations
J Psychosom Res, 45 (1), 53-65
DOI 10.1016/s0022-3999(97)00291-2, PubMed 9720855
Short form 36 (SF-36) health survey: normative data from the general Norwegian population
Scand J Soc Med, 26 (4), 250-8
PubMed 9868748
Translation and performance of the Norwegian SF-36 Health Survey in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. I. Data quality, scaling assumptions, reliability, and construct validity
J Clin Epidemiol, 51 (11), 1069-76
DOI 10.1016/s0895-4356(98)00098-5, PubMed 9817124
Cancer patients use of nonproven therapy: a 5-year follow-up study
J Clin Oncol, 16 (1), 6-12
DOI 10.1200/JCO.1998.16.1.6, PubMed 9440716
[Self-evaluation of knowledge and competence with regard to the treatment of pain]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 118 (4), 536-40
PubMed 9520580
Cross-cultural comparisons of the content of SF-36 translations across 10 countries: results from the IQOLA Project. International Quality of Life Assessment
J Clin Epidemiol, 51 (11), 925-32
DOI 10.1016/s0895-4356(98)00083-3, PubMed 9817109
The equivalence of SF-36 summary health scores estimated using standard and country-specific algorithms in 10 countries: results from the IQOLA Project. International Quality of Life Assessment
J Clin Epidemiol, 51 (11), 1167-70
DOI 10.1016/s0895-4356(98)00108-5, PubMed 9817134
The factor structure of the SF-36 Health Survey in 10 countries: results from the IQOLA Project. International Quality of Life Assessment
J Clin Epidemiol, 51 (11), 1159-65
DOI 10.1016/s0895-4356(98)00107-3, PubMed 9817133
Publications 1997
Prospective, longitudinal quality-of-life study of patients with head and neck cancer: a feasibility study including the EORTC QLQ-C30
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 116 (6 Pt 1), 666-73
DOI 10.1016/S0194-59989770246-8, PubMed 9215381
Prospective, Longitudinal Quality-of-Life Study of Patients With Head and Neck Cancer: A Feasibility Study Including the EORTC QLQ-C30
Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 116 (6), 666-673
DOI 10.1016/S0194-5998(97)70246-8, PubMed 29389273
[Palliative medicine]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 117 (5), 641-2
PubMed 9102950
Psychological distress after cancer cure: a survey of 459 Hodgkin's disease survivors
Br J Cancer, 76 (6), 791-6
DOI 10.1038/bjc.1997.464, PubMed 9310248
Disclosing the cancer diagnosis: the patients' experiences
Eur J Cancer, 33 (6), 878-82
DOI 10.1016/s0959-8049(97)00001-4, PubMed 9291809
Communicating with and treating cancer patients: how does the use of non-proven therapies and patients' feeling of mental distress influence the interaction between the patient and the hospital staff
Eur J Cancer, 33 (6), 883-90
DOI 10.1016/s0959-8049(97)00025-7, PubMed 9291810
Why are cancer patients using non-proven complementary therapies? A cross-sectional multicentre study in Norway
Eur J Cancer, 33 (4), 575-80
DOI 10.1016/s0959-8049(96)00504-7, PubMed 9274437
[Use of alternative medicine among Norwegian hospitalized cancer patients]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 117 (17), 2458-63
PubMed 9265305
Publications 1996
Quality of life in clinical cancer trials: experience and perspective of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer
J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr (20), 91-5
PubMed 8750477
Is quality of life assessment possible and worthwhile?
EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR MEDICAL ONCOLOGY - 21ST ESMO CONGRESS, EDUCATIONAL BOOK, 209-212
Treatment intention in hospitalized cancer patients in oncological wards in Norway: a national survey
Cancer Treat Rev, 22 Suppl A, 33-9
DOI 10.1016/s0305-7372(96)90061-4, PubMed 8625347
[Communication between cancer patients and their physicians. Knowledge and attitudes]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 116 (9), 1065-6
PubMed 8658472
Palliativ strålbehandling
Studentlitteratur, Lund, 189 s.
BIBSYS 962432091, ISBN 91-44-39771-2
Attitudes toward informing the cancer patient--a survey of Norwegian physicians
Eur J Cancer, 32A (8), 1344-8
DOI 10.1016/0959-8049(96)00087-1, PubMed 8869097
Prognostic factors and survival in a heterogeneous sample of cancer patients
Br J Cancer, 73 (12), 1594-9
DOI 10.1038/bjc.1996.300, PubMed 8664136
Spiritual healing among Norwegian hospitalised cancer patients and patients' religious needs and preferences of pastoral services
Eur J Cancer, 32A (2), 274-81
DOI 10.1016/0959-8049(95)00516-1, PubMed 8664041
[Patients with cancer-related pain and other chronic pain. Priorities and assessment]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 116 (4), 473-7
PubMed 8644047
Measurement of health-related quality of life in multiple myeloma. Nordic Myeloma Study Group
Br J Haematol, 92 (3), 604-13
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.352889.x, PubMed 8616024
Effect of interferon on the health-related quality of life of multiple myeloma patients: results of a Nordic randomized trial comparing melphalan-prednisone to melphalan-prednisone + alpha-interferon. The Nordic Myeloma Study Group
Br J Haematol, 94 (2), 324-32
DOI 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1996.d01-1802.x, PubMed 8759893
Publications 1995
Patient self-reported and clinician-rated quality of life in head and neck cancer patients: a cross-sectional study
Eur J Cancer B Oral Oncol, 31B (4), 235-41
DOI 10.1016/0964-1955(95)00010-f, PubMed 7492919
Psychological distress in head and neck cancer patients 7-11 years after curative treatment
Br J Cancer, 71 (3), 592-7
DOI 10.1038/bjc.1995.115, PubMed 7880743
Self-reported satisfaction with life and physical health in long-term cancer survivors and a matched control group
Eur J Cancer B Oral Oncol, 31B (5), 340-5
DOI 10.1016/0964-1955(95)00039-9, PubMed 8704653
Quality of life during pelvic radiotherapy
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand, 74 (2), 147-52
DOI 10.3109/00016349509008925, PubMed 7900512
Test/retest study of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Core Quality-of-Life Questionnaire
J Clin Oncol, 13 (5), 1249-54
DOI 10.1200/JCO.1995.13.5.1249, PubMed 7738629
Quality of life in adult cancer patients treated with bone marrow transplantation--a review of the literature
Eur J Cancer, 31A (2), 163-73
DOI 10.1016/0959-8049(94)00464-g, PubMed 7718320
[From the hospice movement to palliative medicine]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 115 (1), 58-60
PubMed 7531372
[Good pain relief or euthanasia?]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 115 (18), 2232-3
PubMed 7544496
Using quality of life assessment methods in patients with advanced cancer: a clinical perspective
Eur J Cancer, 31A Suppl 6, S15-7
DOI 10.1016/0959-8049(95)00493-3, PubMed 8534524
The EORTC core quality of life questionnaire (QLQ-C30): validity and reliability when analysed with patients treated with palliative radiotherapy
Eur J Cancer, 31A (13-14), 2260-3
DOI 10.1016/0959-8049(95)00296-0, PubMed 8652253
The use of non-proven therapy among patients treated in Norwegian oncological departments. A cross-sectional national multicentre study
Eur J Cancer, 31A (11), 1785-9
DOI 10.1016/0959-8049(95)00328-g, PubMed 8541101
Publications 1994
The EORTC QLQ-LC13: a modular supplement to the EORTC Core Quality of Life Questionnaire (QLQ-C30) for use in lung cancer clinical trials. EORTC Study Group on Quality of Life
Eur J Cancer, 30A (5), 635-42
DOI 10.1016/0959-8049(94)90535-5, PubMed 8080679
Development of a European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) questionnaire module to be used in quality of life assessments in head and neck cancer patients. EORTC Quality of Life Study Group
Acta Oncol, 33 (8), 879-85
DOI 10.3109/02841869409098450, PubMed 7818919
Quality of life in patients treated for head and neck cancer: a follow-up study 7 to 11 years after radiotherapy
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 28 (4), 847-56
DOI 10.1016/0360-3016(94)90104-x, PubMed 8138437
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS AND TECHNO-ECONOMIC PARADIGMS - A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DIVERSITY: EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVES ON ECONOMIC ORDER AND DISORDER, 167-196
Publications 1993
The effect of a low fat, low lactose diet on nutritional status during pelvic radiotherapy
Clin Nutr, 12 (2), 89-95
DOI 10.1016/0261-5614(93)90057-b, PubMed 16843293
Prognostic factors in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Acta Oncol, 32 (5), 531-6
DOI 10.3109/02841869309096113, PubMed 8217237
Psychological distress in cancer patients with advanced disease
Radiother Oncol, 27 (3), 193-7
DOI 10.1016/0167-8140(93)90073-h, PubMed 7692472
Polychemotherapy in advanced non small cell lung cancer: a meta-analysis
Lancet, 342 (8862), 19-21
DOI 10.1016/0140-6736(93)91882-m, PubMed 8100290
Publications 1992
Psychometric validation of the EORTC Core Quality of Life Questionnaire, 30-item version and a diagnosis-specific module for head and neck cancer patients
Acta Oncol, 31 (3), 311-21
DOI 10.3109/02841869209108178, PubMed 1622651
The influence of low fat, low lactose diet on diarrhoea during pelvic radiotherapy
Clin Nutr, 11 (3), 147-53
DOI 10.1016/0261-5614(92)90075-2, PubMed 16839990
Efficacy of twice daily versus three times daily oral ondansetron in the prevention of chemotherapy induced emesis: a randomized, single-blind, multicentre study. The Ondansetron International Emesis Study Group
Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol), 4 (5), 275-9
DOI 10.1016/s0936-6555(05)81098-2, PubMed 1390340
Quality of life in prostate cancer patients
Prostate Suppl, 4, 145-8
DOI 10.1002/pros.2990210523, PubMed 1574455
[Information and support to cancer patients. Experience from a course for young cancer patients at the Montebello Center]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 112 (14), 1839-40
PubMed 1369612
Measurement of quality of life in clinical trials
Oncology, 49 (4), 289-94
PubMed 1522984
Palliativ strålebehandling
Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, 179 s.
BIBSYS 921112025, ISBN 82-00-40691-1
Publications 1991
[Administration procedures in the treatment with cytostatics]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 111 (16), 1985-6
PubMed 1866735
Symptomatic treatment versus combination chemotherapy for patients with extensive non-small cell lung cancer
Cancer, 67 (10), 2443-7
DOI 10.1002/1097-0142(19910515)67:10<2443::aid-cncr2820671008>3.0.co;2-k, PubMed 1849786
[Nausea and vomiting during treatment with cytostatics]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 111 (8), 941-4
PubMed 2042209
Phase I/II study of carboplatin and 5-fluorouracil in patients with advanced head and neck carcinoma
Eur J Cancer, 27 (5), 576-9
DOI 10.1016/0277-5379(91)90221-x, PubMed 1828964
Psychosocial well-being in testicular cancer patients
Eur J Cancer, 27 (9), 1091-5
DOI 10.1016/0277-5379(91)90299-s, PubMed 1683558
Publications 1990
A comparison of ondansetron with metoclopramide in the prophylaxis of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: a randomized, double-blind study. International Emesis Study Group
Eur J Cancer, 26 (3), 311-4
DOI 10.1016/0277-5379(90)90227-k, PubMed 2141487
Ondansetron in the prophylaxis of nausea and vomiting induced by cisplatin
Eur J Cancer, 26 (6), 769-70
DOI 10.1016/0277-5379(90)90144-i, PubMed 2144173
Long-term somatic side-effects and morbidity in testicular cancer patients
Br J Cancer, 61 (1), 151-5
DOI 10.1038/bjc.1990.31, PubMed 2297486
Publications 1989
Psychosocial aspects of patients with lung cancer in controlled clinical trials
Cancer Treat Res, 45, 325-55
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4613-1593-3_18, PubMed 2577178
[Personality and cancer]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 109 (23), 2345-7
PubMed 2772903
Prognostic factors for patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer, limited disease. The importance of patients' subjective experience of disease and psychosocial well-being
Radiother Oncol, 15 (3), 235-42
DOI 10.1016/0167-8140(89)90091-1, PubMed 2549582
Publications 1988
Psychosocial well-being of patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer. The importance of treatment- and disease-related factors
Acta Oncol, 27 (6b), 829-35
DOI 10.3109/02841868809094368, PubMed 2852948
Quality of life of lung cancer patients in a randomized clinical trial evaluated by a psychosocial well-being questionnaire
Acta Oncol, 27 (4), 335-42
DOI 10.3109/02841868809093551, PubMed 2849460
Validation of a quality of life questionnaire for use in clinical trials for treatment of patients with inoperable lung cancer
Eur J Cancer Clin Oncol, 24 (4), 691-701
DOI 10.1016/0277-5379(88)90301-x, PubMed 3289946
Toxicity, physical function and everyday activity reported by patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer in a randomized trial (chemotherapy versus radiotherapy)
Acta Oncol, 27 (4), 343-9
DOI 10.3109/02841868809093552, PubMed 2849461
[Brain metastases from breast cancer. Effect of radiation therapy]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 108 (12), 919-21
PubMed 3381205
Neuropsychological evaluation of patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer treated with combination chemotherapy or radiotherapy
Acta Oncol, 27 (3), 241-6
DOI 10.3109/02841868809093532, PubMed 3415853
Reduced short-term neuropsychological performance in patients with nonsmall-cell lung cancer treated with cisplatin and etoposide
Antibiot Chemother (1971), 41, 226-31
DOI 10.1159/000416209, PubMed 2854444
A randomized study evaluating radiotherapy versus chemotherapy in patients with inoperable non-small cell lung cancer
Radiother Oncol, 11 (1), 7-13
DOI 10.1016/0167-8140(88)90041-2, PubMed 2830642
[High dose melphalan and autologous bone marrow transplantation in the treatment of small cell carcinoma of the lung]
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen, 108 (27), 2271-4
PubMed 2849815