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  • Adult weight change and premenopausal breast cancer risk: A prospective pooled analysis of data from 628,463 women 
    Schoemaker, Minouk J.; Nichols, Hazel B.; Wright, Lauren B.; Brook, Mark N.; Jones, Michael E.; O'Brien, Katie M.; Adami, Hans Olov; Baglietto, Laura; Bernstein, Leslie; Bertrand, Kimberly A.; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Chen, Yu; Connor, Avonne E.; Dossus, Laure; Eliassen, A. Heather; Giles, Graham G; Gram, Inger Torhild; Hankinson, Susan E.; Kaaks, Rudolf; Key, Timothy J.; Kirsh, Victoria A.; Kitahara, Cari M.; Larsson, Susanna C.; Linet, Martha; Ma, Huiyan; Milne, Roger L.; Ozasa, Kotaro; Palmer, Julie R.; Riboli, Elio; Rohan, Thomas E.; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Sadakane, Atsuko; Sund, Malin; Tamimi, Rulla M.; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Ursin, Giske; Visvanathan, Kala; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Willett, Walter C.; Wolk, Alicja; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Sandler, Dale P.; Swerdlow, Anthony J. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    Early‐adulthood body size is strongly inversely associated with risk of premenopausal breast cancer. It is unclear whether subsequent changes in weight affect risk. We pooled individual‐level data from 17 prospective studies ...
  • Attendance to cervical cancer screening among Roma and non-Roma women living in North-Western region of Romania 
    Andreassen, Trude; Melnic, Adriana; Figueiredo, Rejane Augusta de Oliveira; Moen, Kåre; Şuteu, Ofelia; Nicula, Florian; Ursin, Giske; Weiderpass, Elisabete (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
    Objectives: Romania has Europe’s highest incidence and mortality rates of cervical cancer. Participation in the national cervical cancer-screening programme is low, especially among minority Roma women. Methods: We ...
  • Characteristics of nonparticipants in a randomized colorectal cancer screening trial comparing sigmoidoscopy and faecal immunochemical testing 
    Botteri, Edoardo; Hoff, Geir; Randel, Kristin Ranheim; Holme, Øyvind; de Lange, Thomas; Bernklev, Tomm; Aas, Eline; Berthelsen, Mona; Natvig, Erik; Kirkøen, Benedicte; Knudsen, Markus Dines; Kværner, Ane Sørlie; Schult, Anna Lisa; Ursin, Giske; Jørgensen, Anita; Berstad, Paula (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    Public health systems should guarantee universal access to health care services, including cancer screening. We assessed whether certain population subgroups were underrepresented among participants in colorectal cancer ...
  • Colorectal cancer screening with repeated fecal immunochemical test versus sigmoidoscopy: baseline results from a randomized trial 
    Randel, Kristin Ranheim; Schult, Anna Lisa; Botteri, Edoardo; Hoff, Geir; Bretthauer, Michael; Ursin, Giske; Natvig, Erik; Berstad, Paula; Jørgensen, Anita; Sandvei, Per Kristian; Olsen, Marie Kristin Ek; Frigstad, Svein Oskar; Darre-Næss, Ole; Norvard, Espen R.; Bolstad, Nils; Kørner, Hartwig; Wibe, Arne; Wensaas, Knut-Arne; de Lange, Thomas; Holme, Øyvind (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    Background and aims: The comparative effectiveness of sigmoidoscopy and fecal immunochemical testing (FIT) for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening is unknown. Methods: Individuals aged 50-74 years living in South-East Norway ...
  • Continuous development of colorectal cancer screening programs 
    Hoff, Geir; Ursin, Giske; Løberg, Magnus; de Lange, Thomas; Skovlund, Eva; Holme, Øyvind (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programs are far from perfect. Many crucial questions remain, yet expensive CRC screening services are implemented throughout the world without a plan on how to evaluate and improve the ...
  • Controversies about cervical cancer screening: A qualitative study of Roma women's (non)participation in cervical cancer screening in Romania 
    Andreassen, Trude; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Nicula, Florian; Suteu, Ofelia; Itu, Andreea; Bumbu, Minodora; Tincu, Aida; Ursin, Giske; Moen, Kåre (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    Romania has Europe's highest incidence and mortality of cervical cancer. While a free national cervical cancer-screening programme has been in operation since 2012, participation in the programme is low, particularly in ...
  • Maximizing the GDPR potential for data transfers: first in Europe 
    Bentzen, Heidi Beate; Olav, Hilde Kvammen; Ursin, Giske (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
    During the pandemic, rapid international data sharing was key to finding medical solutions. Legal derogations made some pandemic data transfers possible.1 However, non-pandemic medical research, including cancer research, ...
  • Psychological effect of cervical cancer screening when changing primary screening method from cytology to high-risk human papilloma virus testing 
    Andreassen, Trude; Hansen, Bo Terning; Engesæter, Birgit Øvstebø; Hashim, Dana; Støer, Nathalie Charlotte; Trope, Ameli; Moen, Kåre; Ursin, Giske; Weiderpass, Elisabete (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
    From 2015, Norway has implemented high‐risk human papilloma virus (hrHPV) testing in primary screening for cervical cancer. Women aged 34–69 years, living in four counties, have been pseudo‐randomly assigned (1:1 randomization) ...
  • Stage‑specific survival has improved for young breast cancer patients since 2000: but not equally 
    Trewin, Cassia Bree; Johansson, Anna Louise Viktoria; Hjerkind, Kirsti Vik; Strand, Bjørn Heine; Kiserud, Cecilie E.; Ursin, Giske (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
    Purpose The stage-specific survival of young breast cancer patients has improved, likely due to diagnostic and treatment advances. We addressed whether survival improvements have reached all socioeconomic groups in a country ...
  • The CRCbiome study: a large prospective cohort study examining the role of lifestyle and the gut microbiome in colorectal cancer screening participants 
    Kværner, Ane S.; Birkeland, Einar; Bucher-Johannessen, Cecilie; Vinberg, Elina; Nordby, Jan I.; Kangas, Harri; Bemanian, Vahid; Ellonen, Pekka; Botteri, Edoardo; Natvig, Erik; Rognes, Torbjørn; Hovig, Eivind; Lyle, Robert; Ambur, Ole H.; de Vos, Willem M.; Bultman, Scott; Hjartåker, Anette; Landberg, Rikard; Song, Mingyang; Blix, Hege S.; Ursin, Giske; Randel, Kristin R.; de Lange, Thomas; Hoff, Geir; Holme, Øyvind; Berstad, Paula; Rounge, Trine B. (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) screening reduces CRC incidence and mortality. However, current screening methods are either hampered by invasiveness or suboptimal performance, limiting their effectiveness ...