Blar i Sykehuset Innlandet HF på forfatter "Valan, Christine Damgaard"
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Associations between muscle measures, survival and toxicity in patients with limited disease small cell lung cancer receiving concurrent chemoradiotherapy
Halvorsen, Tarje Onsøien; Valan, Christine Damgaard; Jordhøy, Marit Slaaen; Grønberg, Bjørn Henning (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Standard treatment for patients with limited stage small cell lung cancer (LS SCLC) is concurrent platinum-etoposide chemotherapy and thoracic radiotherapy (TRT). Up to 30% of patients are cured, but severe ... -
Associations between severe co-morbidity and muscle measures in advanced non-small cell lung cancer patients
Grønberg, Bjørn Henning; Valan, Christine Damgaard; Halvorsen, Tarje Onsøien; Sjøblom, Bjørg; Jordhøy, Marit Slaaen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Introduction Several studies show that low skeletal muscle index (SMI) and low skeletal muscle density (SMD) are negative prognostic factors and associated with more toxicity from systemic therapy in cancer patients. ...