Most of our sarcoma patients are included in clinical protocols that are coordinated by The Scandinavian Sarcoma Group. Please visit: http://www.ssg-org.net.

I am working clinically half-time with sarcoma patients at the Norwegian Radium Hospital.

For patient information: please visit
http://www.radiumhospitalet.no/Norsk/Behandlingsprogrammer/Sarkom/ For research projects: please visit
http://www.radium.no/sarcoma


We recruit patients into the following clinical protocols:

SSGXVII (PDF document) - guidelines for abdominal and retroperitoneal sarcomas

SSGXIII (PDF document) - high risk soft tissue sarcoma patients.
This protocol has recently been replaced by SSG XX. Click here for pdf of the protocol

SSGXIV (PDF document) Scandinavian Sarcoma Group has recently joined a trans-Atlantic collaboration. We now recruit patients with osteosarcoma into the EURAMOS 1 protocol.
Please visit www.euramos.org for more details on this randomized trial, and also useful information on the epidemiology, tumorbiology and clinical aspects of osteosarcoma.

Euroboss I (PDF document)

SSGXIX (PDF document) - guidelines metastatic soft tissue sarcomas

 

 

 

 

In the 8th edition of the ASBMR-primer (American Society of Bone and Mineral Research), published November, 2008, we have reviewed the current practice of external beam radiotherapy in skeletal metastases. Guidelines are presented on how best to select patients that should be offered a single fraction of 8Gy and those that should be given fractionated radiotherapy. Futhermore, the use of bone-seeking radiopharaceuticals is also discussed.

Click here for a pdf of the paper

We have also published results in "the green journal" from a randomised phase III clinical trial involving 376 patients with painful skeletal metastases form various malignancies. A comparison between a single dose (8Gy) and fractionated radiotherapy (3Gy x 10)revealed no major differences in the palliative benefit and shows that 8Gy x 1; with an option for re-treatment, should be standard management policy for these patients.

Click here to download the article (PDF format).

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Development of a novel bone-seeking radiopharmaceutical, Alpharadin, is in clinical phase 2 testing.

Paper in Clinical Cancer Reserach: High-linear energy transfer: Irradiation Targeted to Skeletal Metastases by the A-Emitter ²²³Ra: Adjuvant or Alternative to Conventional Modalities? (Hyperlink to a PDF of the publication)

Below, you will find information and links to various standard treatments of patients with skeletal metastasis.

 

 

The various chapters of this booklet on the treatment of skeletal metastasis can be activated by clicking on the links below:

1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 - 15

 

 

 

 

Porojnicu AC, Robsahm TE, Dahlback A, Berg JP, Christiani D, Bruland OS, Moan J. (2007 Mar)
Seasonal and geographical variations in lung cancer prognosis in Norway Does Vitamin D from the sun play a role?
Lung Cancer 55(3):263-70

View a pdf of the paper by clicking here

 

 

Now e-published ahead of print

Porojnicu AC, Bruland OS, Aksnes L, Grant WB, Moan J. (2008 Feb 29)
Sun beds and cod liver oil as vitamin D sources.
J Photochem Photobiol B

Click here for a pdf of the paper

 

 

 

 

Quality of life and survival outcomes following radiotherapy was recently published in the ASTRO-"red-journal"

Click here for a pdf of the paper

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