Acta Oncologica, Volume 56, Issue 10 (2017)

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Acta Oncologica, Volume 56, Issue 10 (2017)

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REVIEW ARTICLE

Review
Implementation of lung cancer CT screening in the Nordic countries
Jesper Holst Pedersen, Jens Benn Sørensen, Zaigham Saghir, Øystein Fløtten, Odd Terje Brustugun, Haseem Ashraf, Trond-Eirik Strand, Signe Friesland, Hirsh Koyi, Lars Ek, Sven Nyrén, Per Bergman, Antti Jekunen, Eeva-Maija Nieminen & Tomas Gudbjartsson
Pages: 1249-1257
Published online: 01 Jun 2017
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INVITED ARTICLE: END OF LIFE CARE-ACTA ONCOLOGICA LECTURE

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Does palliative chemotherapy provide a palliative effect on symptoms in late palliative stages? An interview study with oncologists
Peter Strang & Jenny Bergqvist
Pages: 1258-1264
Published online: 03 Jun 2017
AbstractforDoes palliative chemotherapy provide a palliative effect on symptoms in late palliative stages? An interview study with oncologists | Full Text | References | PDF (551.2 KB)
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES: END OF LIFE CARE

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Assessing the utilization of radiotherapy near end of life at a Finnish University Hospital: a retrospective cohort study
Liisa K. Rautakorpi, Johanna M. Mäkelä, Fatemeh Seyednasrollah, Anna M. Hammais, Tarja Laitinen, Outi M. Hirvonen, Heikki Minn, Laura L. Elo & Sirkku M. Jyrkkiö
Pages: 1265-1271
Published online: 13 May 2017
AbstractforAssessing the utilization of radiotherapy near end of life at a Finnish University Hospital: a retrospective cohort study | Full Text | References | PDF (1.2 MB)
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End-of-life chemotherapy use at a Finnish university hospital: a retrospective cohort study
Liisa K. Rautakorpi, Fatemeh Seyednasrollah, Johanna M. Mäkelä, Outi M. Hirvonen, Tarja Laitinen, Laura L. Elo & Sirkku M. Jyrkkiö
Pages: 1272-1276
Published online: 31 May 2017
AbstractforEnd-of-life chemotherapy use at a Finnish university hospital: a retrospective cohort study | Full Text | References | PDF (865.4 KB)
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER

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Feasibility of preference-driven radiotherapy dose treatment planning to support shared decision making in anal cancer
Heidi S. Rønde, Leonard Wee, John Pløen & Ane L. Appelt
Pages: 1277-1285
Published online: 27 Apr 2017
AbstractforFeasibility of preference-driven radiotherapy dose treatment planning to support shared decision making in anal cancer | Full Text | References | PDF (2.5 MB) | Supplemental
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Improved treatment decisions in patients with esophageal cancer
Cecilie Delphin Amdal, Anne-Birgitte Jacobsen, Ragnhild Sørum Falk, Egil Johnson, Silje Skjelsvik Os, Trond Warloe & Kristin Bjordal
Pages: 1286-1294
Published online: 07 Jul 2017
AbstractforImproved treatment decisions in patients with esophageal cancer | Full Text | References | PDF (896.9 KB) | Supplemental
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES: PROSTATE CANCER

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Pre- and post-prostatectomy variables associated with pelvic post-operative radiotherapy in prostate cancer patients: a national registry-based study
Kari Vatne, Andreas Stensvold, Tor Å. Myklebust, Bjørn Møller, Aud Svindland, Rune Kvåle & Sophie D. Fosså
Pages: 1295-1301
Published online: 19 Apr 2017
AbstractforPre- and post-prostatectomy variables associated with pelvic post-operative radiotherapy in prostate cancer patients: a national registry-based study | Full Text | References | PDF (844.3 KB)
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES: EPIDEMIOLOGY

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Overweight, obesity and height as risk factors for meningioma, glioma, pituitary adenoma and nerve sheath tumor: a large population-based prospective cohort study
Markus K. H. Wiedmann, Cathrine Brunborg, Antonio Di Ieva, Kristina Lindemann, Tom B. Johannesen, Lars Vatten, Eirik Helseth & John A. Zwart
Pages: 1302-1309
Published online: 26 May 2017
AbstractforOverweight, obesity and height as risk factors for meningioma, glioma, pituitary adenoma and nerve sheath tumor: a large population-based prospective cohort study | Full Text | References | PDF (675.6 KB) | Supplemental
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Residential traffic noise exposure and vestibular schwannoma – a Danish case–control study
Nina Roswall, Sven-Eric Stangerup, Per Cayé-Thomasen, Joachim Schüz, Christoffer Johansen, Steen Solvang Jensen, Ole Raaschou-Nielsen & Mette Sørensen
Pages: 1310-1316
Published online: 13 Jun 2017
AbstractforResidential traffic noise exposure and vestibular schwannoma – a Danish case–control study | Full Text | References | PDF (821.3 KB) | Supplemental
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ORIGINAL ARTICLES: GASTROINTESTINAL STROMA TUMORS

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Prediction of long-term survival in patients with metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor: analysis of a large, single-institution cohort
Ivar Hompland, Øyvind Sverre Bruland, Toto Hølmebakk, Jan Peter Poulsen, Stephan Stoldt, Kirsten Sundby Hall & Kjetil Boye
Pages: 1317-1323
Published online: 30 May 2017
AbstractforPrediction of long-term survival in patients with metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor: analysis of a large, single-institution cohort | Full Text | References | PDF (938.6 KB) | Supplemental
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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Bullet fragment fiducials in stereotactic body radiotherapy as a bridge to transplant for hepatocellular carcinoma
Jamie S. K. Takayesu, Kathryn R. Tringale, Deborah C. Marshall, Jeffrey Burkeen, Mark A. Valasek, Alan Hemming, Todd Atwood, Daniel Simpson & Jona Hattangadi-Gluth
Pages: 1324-1327
Published online: 12 May 2017
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Metastatic melanoma in a 95 years old patient responding to treatment with talimogene laherparepvec followed by nivolumab
Abdul R. Naqash, Geoffrey Stroud, Frances A. Collichio, Mahvish Muzaffar, Nitika Sharma & Paul Walker
Pages: 1327-1330
Published online: 08 May 2017
First Page PreviewforMetastatic melanoma in a 95 years old patient responding to treatment with talimogene laherparepvec followed by nivolumab | Full Text | References | PDF (586.4 KB)
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The concept of immunocompromised district might explain the carcinogenic progression in hidradenitis suppurativa
Valerio De Vita & Eleonora Ruocco
Pages: 1330-1331
Published online: 16 May 2017
CitationforThe concept of immunocompromised district might explain the carcinogenic progression in hidradenitis suppurativa | Full Text | References | PDF (358.1 KB)
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Decitabine treatment of multiple extramedullary acute myeloid leukemia involvements after essential thrombocytemia transformation
Pasquale Niscola, Elisabetta Abruzzese, Malgorzata Monika Trawinska, Massimiliano Palombi, Andrea Tendas, Marco Giovannini, Laura Scaramucci, Luca Cupelli, Stefano Fratoni, Nélida Inés Noguera, Gianfranco Catalano & Paolo de Fabritiis
Pages: 1331-1333
Published online: 10 May 2017
First Page PreviewforDecitabine treatment of multiple extramedullary acute myeloid leukemia involvements after essential thrombocytemia transformation | Full Text | References | PDF (527 KB)
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Hunting for abscopal and bystander effects: clinical exploitation of non-targeted effects induced by partial high-single-dose irradiation of the hypoxic tumour segment in oligometastatic patients
Slavisa Tubin & Wolfgang Raunik
Pages: 1333-1339
Published online: 07 Jul 2017
First Page PreviewforHunting for abscopal and bystander effects: clinical exploitation of non-targeted effects induced by partial high-single-dose irradiation of the hypoxic tumour segment in oligometastatic patients | Full Text | References | PDF (1.4 MB) | Supplemental
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