Publications
Publications in scientific journals from COMPAS projects
2024
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Pedersen PV, Hulvej Rod M, Tjørnhøj-Thomsen T.
“There's so much wrong with me. I've just gotten a little sick": Syndemic cancer experiences among people struggling with homelessness and severe substance use, SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, Volume 5, 2024, 100415, ISSN 2667-3215, https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100415.
2023
Langballe R, Erik J, Maria I, Randi Valbjørn K, Jeanette Haar E, Mads Nordahl S, Uffe B, Ole H, Susanne Oksbjerg D, Pernille Envold B. Who are the vulnerable lung cancer patients at risk for not receiving first-line curative or palliative treatment? Acta Oncol. 2023 Oct;62(10):1301-1308. doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2023.2252581. Epub 2023 Sep 1. PMID: 37656828.
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Sørensen DM, Dalton SO, Egholm CL, Bidstrup P, Brodersen JB, Rosted E. Barriers and facilitators to national guideline implementation for palliative cancer care in a Danish cross-sectoral healthcare setting: A qualitative study of healthcare professionals' experiences. Psychooncology 2023. doi:
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Kjeldsted E, Ammitzbøll G, Jørgensen LB, Lodin A, Bojesen RD, Ceballos SG, Rosthøj S, Lænkholm AV, Skou ST, Jack S, Gehl J, Dalton SO. Neo-train: study protocol and feasibility results for a two-arm randomized controlled trial investigating the effect of supervised exercise during neoadjuvant chemotherapy on tumor response in patients with breast cancer. BMC Cancer. 2023 Aug 19;23(1):777. doi: 10.1186/s12885-023-11284-5. PMID: 37598196; PMCID: PMC10439618.
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Kjeldsted E, Gehl J, Sorensen DM, Lodin A, Ceballos SG, Dalton SO. Patient-Related Characteristics Associated with Treatment Modifications and Suboptimal Relative Dose Intensity of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients with Breast Cancer-A Retrospective Study. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Apr 26;15(9):2483. doi: 10.3390/cancers15092483. PMID: 37173949; PMCID: PMC10177586.
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Lauritsen TB, Nørgaard JM, Dalton SO, Grønbæk K, El-Galaly TC, Østgård LSG. 10-year nationwide trends in incidence, treatment patterns, and mortality of patients with myelodysplastic syndromes in Denmark. Leuk Res. 2023 May;128:107056. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2023.107056. Epub 2023 Mar 10. PMID: 36963210. Open Access.
Langballe R, Svendsen L, Jakobsen E, Dalton SO, Karlsen RV, Iachina M, Freund KM, Leclair A, Jørgensen LB, Skou ST, Ehlers JH, Torenholt R, Svendsen MN, Envold Bidstrup P. Nurse navigation, symptom monitoring and exercise in vulnerable patients with lung cancer: feasibility of the NAVIGATE intervention. Sci Rep. 2023 Dec 20;13(1):22744. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-50161-w. PMID: 38123657 Open Access.
Lauridsen SV, Jensen BT, Tønnesen H, Dalton SO, Rasmussen M. The gold standard program (GSP) for smoking cessation: a cohort study of its effectiveness among smokers with and without cancer. Acta Oncol. 2023 Jul;62(7):774-781. doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2023.2228445. Epub 2023 Jul 5. PMID: 37405937.
Møller JK, la Cour K, Pilegaard MS, Dalton SO, Bidstrup P, Möller S, Jarlbaek L. The use and timing of rehabilitation and palliative care to cancer patients, and the influence of social vulnerability - a population-based study. BMJ Support Palliative Care. 2023 Oct 10:spcare-2023-004487. doi: 10.1136/spcare-2023-004487. Online ahead of print. PMID: 37816594.
Møller JK, la Cour K, Pilegaard MS, Dalton SO, Bidstrup PE, Möller S, Jarlbaek L. Social vulnerability among cancer patients and changes in vulnerability during their trajectories - A longitudinal population-based study. Cancer Epidemiol. 2023 Aug;85:102401. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2023.102401. Epub 2023 Jun 29. PMID: 37392489.
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Langballe R, Dalton SO, Jakobsen E, Karlsen RV, Iachina M, Freund KM, Leclair A, Nielsen AS, Andersen EAW, Rosthøj S, Jørgensen LB, Skou ST, Bidstrup PE. NAVIGATE: improving survival in vulnerable patients with lung cancer through nurse navigation, symptom monitoring and exercise - study protocol for a multicentre randomized controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2022 Oct 31;12(10):e060242. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060242. PMID: 36316074; PMCID: PMC9628541.
2022
Bødtcher H, Lindblad KV, Sørensen DM, Rosted E, Kjeldsted E, Christensen HG, Svendsen MN, Thomsen LA, Dalton SO. Patients' experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the change to telephone consultations in cancer care. Support Care Cancer. 2022 Dec;30(12):9869-9875. doi: 10.1007/s00520-022-07390-y. Epub 2022 Oct 15. PMID: 36243814; PMCID: PMC9569164.
Lauritsen TB, Nørgaard JM, Christensen ME, Dalton SO, Østgård LSG. Positive predictive values of hematological procedure codes in the Danish National Patient Registry-A population-based validation study. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2022 Sep;31(9):963-971. doi: 10.1002/pds.5485. Epub 2022 Jun 20. PMID: 35638368; PMCID: PMC9545071.
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Lauritsen TB, Østgård LSG, Grønbaek K, Dalton SO, Nørgaard JM. Socioeconomic position and clinical outcomes in patients with myelodysplastic syndromes: A population-based cohort study. Hematol Oncol. 2022 Dec;40(5):1056-1066. doi: 10.1002/hon.3068. Epub 2022 Sep 6. PMID: 35997314. Open Access.
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Tønnesen H, Lydom LN, Joensen UN, Egerod I, Pappot H, Lauridsen SV. STRONG for Surgery & Strong for Life - against all odds: intensive prehabilitation including smoking, nutrition, alcohol and physical activity for risk reduction in cancer surgery - a protocol for an RCT with nested interview study (STRONG-Cancer). Trials. 2022 Apr 21;23(1):333. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06272-2. PMID: 35449008; PMCID: PMC9027477.
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Nissen N, Rossau HK, Pilegaard MS, la Cour K. Cancer rehabilitation and palliative care for socially vulnerable patients in Denmark: an exploration of practices and conceptualisations. Palliative Care Soc Pract. 2022 Jun 30;16:26323524221097982. doi: 10.1177/26323524221097982. eCollection 2022. PMID: 35800415. Open Access.
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Langballe R, Dalton SO, Jakobsen E, Karlsen RV, Iachina M, Freund KM, Leclair A, Nielsen AS, Andersen EAW, Rosthøj S, Jørgensen LB, Skou ST, Bidstrup PE. NAVIGATE: improving survival in vulnerable patients with lung cancer through nurse navigation, symptom monitoring and exercise - study protocol for a multicentre randomized controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2022 Oct 31;12(10):e060242. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060242. PMID: 36316074; PMCID: PMC9628541.
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Møller JK, la Cour K, Pilegaard MS, Möller S, Jarlbaek L. Identification of socially vulnerable cancer patients - development of a register-based index (rSVI). Support Care Cancer. 2022 Jun;30(6):5277-5287. doi: 10.1007/s00520-022-06937-3. Epub 2022 Mar 11. Erratum in: Support Care Cancer. 2022 Dec 22;31(1):73. PMID: 35275294.
2021
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Kjeldsted E, Lindblad KV, Bødtcher H, Sørensen DM, Rosted E, Christensen HG, Svendsen MN, Thomsen LA, Dalton SO. A population-based survey of patients' experiences with teleconsultations in cancer care in Denmark during the COVID-19 pandemic. Acta Oncol. 2021 Oct;60(10):1352-1360. doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2021.1956688. Epub 2021 Aug 2. PMID: 34338113.
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Dencker A, Tjørnhøj-Thomsen T, Pedersen PV. A qualitative study of mechanisms influencing social inequality in cancer communication. Psychooncology. 2021 Nov;30(11):1965-1972. doi: 10.1002/pon.5767. Epub 2021 Jul 28. PMID: 34278655.
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Lauritsen TB, Nørgaard JM, Grønbæk K, Vallentin AP, Ahmad SA, Hannig LH, Severinsen MT, Adelborg K, Østgård LSG. The Danish Myelodysplastic Syndromes Database: Patient Characteristics and Validity of Data Records. Clin Epidemiol. 2021 Jun 14;13:439-451. doi: 10.2147/CLEP.S306857. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34163252 Open Access.
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Tønnesen H, Lydom LN, Joensen UN, Egerod I, Pappot H, Lauridsen SV. STRONG for Surgery & Strong for Life - against all odds: intensive prehabilitation including smoking, nutrition, alcohol and physical activity for risk reduction in cancer surgery - a protocol for an RCT with nested interview study (STRONG-Cancer). Trials. 2022 Apr 21;23(1):333. doi: 10.1186/s13063-022-06272-2. PMID: 35449008. Open Access.
2020
Sampedro Pilegaard M, Knold Rossau H, Lejsgaard E, Kjer Møller JJ, Jarlbaek L, Dalton SO, la Cour K. Rehabilitation and palliative care for socioeconomically disadvantaged patients with advanced cancer: a scoping review. Acta Oncol. 2021 Jan;60(1):112-123. doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2020.1827156. Epub 2020 Oct 6. PMID: 33021852.
2019
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Tøstesen M, Nørgaard M, Nørgaard JM, Medeiros BC, Marcher CW, Overgaard UM, Severinsen MT, Schoellkopf C, Østgård LSG. Longer distance to specialized treatment centers does not adversely affect treatment intensity or outcomes in adult acute myeloid leukemia patients. A Danish national population-based cohort study. Clin Epidemiol. 2019 Aug 28;11:769-780. doi: 10.2147/CLEP.S210456. eCollection 2019. PMID: 31695504. Open Access.
Other publications and mentions of COMPAS projects
Review/interview in Tæt på Kræft , 1.6.2022, Annemarie Dencker
"In Denmark we are all equal, or what?"
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Article in Sygeplejersken, Fag & Forskning , 2021 no. 2, pp. 34-41, by Annemarie Dencker, Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, and Pia Vivian Pedersen
"As you ask, you get answers: Social inequality in communication about cancer"
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TOPIC: Social inequality in cancer treatment , Roche's magazine Perspective & Debate . No. 27, FEBRUARY 2021. Interview with Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton "It's time to stop talking and start walking", Jan MAxwell Nørgaard "Someone must show the way" and Annemarie Dencker "The silent vulnerability".
CHRONICLE in Information 2.9.2020 by Annemarie Dencker
"Doctors often know too little about patients' lives – and this can have consequences"
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DANISH RESEARCH CENTER FOR EQUALITY IN CANCER