Jan P A Baak

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Affiliation: Stavanger University Hospital
Country: Norway

Publications

  1. ncbi Prognostic value of proliferative activity and nuclear morphometry for progression in TaT1 urothelial cell carcinomas of the urinary bladder
    Marco G W Bol
    Department of Pathology, SIR Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Urology 60:1124-30. 2002
  2. ncbi Combined p53 and retinoblastoma protein detection identifies persistent and regressive cervical high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions
    Jan P A Baak
    Departments of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Am J Surg Pathol 29:1062-6. 2005
  3. ncbi Prospective multicenter validation of the independent prognostic value of the mitotic activity index in lymph node-negative breast cancer patients younger than 55 years
    Jan P A Baak
    Department of Pathology and Epidemiology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Clin Oncol 23:5993-6001. 2005
  4. ncbi Phosphohistone H3 expression has much stronger prognostic value than classical prognosticators in invasive lymph node-negative breast cancer patients less than 55 years of age
    Ivar Skaland
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Mod Pathol 20:1307-15. 2007
  5. ncbi Multivariate prognostic evaluation of the mitotic activity index and fibrotic focus in node-negative invasive breast cancers
    Jan P A Baak
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Armauer Hansensveg 20, P O Box 8100, 4068 Stavanger, Norway
    Eur J Cancer 41:2093-101. 2005
  6. ncbi Lack of PTEN expression in endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia is correlated with cancer progression
    Jan Pieter Albert Baak
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Norway
    Hum Pathol 36:555-61. 2005
  7. ncbi Genomics and proteomics in cancer
    J P A Baak
    Department of Pathology, Central Hospital for Rogaland, Box 8001, 4068 Stavanger, Norway
    Eur J Cancer 39:1199-215. 2003
  8. ncbi Bacteriological study of pyogenic meningitis with special reference to latex agglutination
    G Viswanath
    Department of Microbiology, J J M Medical College, Davangere
    Indian J Pathol Microbiol 50:97-100. 2007
  9. ncbi The molecular genetics and morphometry-based endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia classification system predicts disease progression in endometrial hyperplasia more accurately than the 1994 World Health Organization classification system
    Jan P Baak
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Cancer 103:2304-12. 2005
  10. ncbi Routine morphometrical analysis can improve reproducibility of dysplasia grade in Barrett's oesophagus surveillance biopsies
    J P A Baak
    Department of Pathology, Free University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, 1081HV The Netherlands
    J Clin Pathol 55:910-6. 2002

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  1. ncbi Prognostic value of proliferative activity and nuclear morphometry for progression in TaT1 urothelial cell carcinomas of the urinary bladder
    Marco G W Bol
    Department of Pathology, SIR Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Urology 60:1124-30. 2002
    ....
  2. ncbi Combined p53 and retinoblastoma protein detection identifies persistent and regressive cervical high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions
    Jan P A Baak
    Departments of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Am J Surg Pathol 29:1062-6. 2005
    ..HSILs with combined negativity/low positivity for p53 and pRb protein in small histologic biopsies are highly likely to persist, contrasting those in which one of these cell cycle regulators is strongly positive (p53 > 15%; pRb > 40%)...
  3. ncbi Prospective multicenter validation of the independent prognostic value of the mitotic activity index in lymph node-negative breast cancer patients younger than 55 years
    Jan P A Baak
    Department of Pathology and Epidemiology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Clin Oncol 23:5993-6001. 2005
    ..To validate the independent strong prognostic value of mitotic activity index (MAI) in lymph node (LN) -negative invasive breast cancer patients younger than 55 years in a nationwide multicenter prospective study...
  4. ncbi Phosphohistone H3 expression has much stronger prognostic value than classical prognosticators in invasive lymph node-negative breast cancer patients less than 55 years of age
    Ivar Skaland
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Mod Pathol 20:1307-15. 2007
    ..Phosphohistone H3 is by far the strongest prognostic variable in early invasive node-negative breast cancer patients less than 55 years old with long-term follow-up...
  5. ncbi Multivariate prognostic evaluation of the mitotic activity index and fibrotic focus in node-negative invasive breast cancers
    Jan P A Baak
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Armauer Hansensveg 20, P O Box 8100, 4068 Stavanger, Norway
    Eur J Cancer 41:2093-101. 2005
    ..The FF may be important as it has additional prognostic value to the MAI in the small subgroup of invasive ductal or mixed-ductal breast cancer patients with combined MAI < 10 and an FF > 1/3 of the tumour area...
  6. ncbi Lack of PTEN expression in endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia is correlated with cancer progression
    Jan Pieter Albert Baak
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Norway
    Hum Pathol 36:555-61. 2005
    ..Unless endometrial hyperplasias are stratified by histological morphometric D-Score, PTEN has a low positive predictive value...
  7. ncbi Genomics and proteomics in cancer
    J P A Baak
    Department of Pathology, Central Hospital for Rogaland, Box 8001, 4068 Stavanger, Norway
    Eur J Cancer 39:1199-215. 2003
    ..However, it is likely that they will take a central place in the understanding, diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of (pre)cancers of many different sites...
  8. ncbi Bacteriological study of pyogenic meningitis with special reference to latex agglutination
    G Viswanath
    Department of Microbiology, J J M Medical College, Davangere
    Indian J Pathol Microbiol 50:97-100. 2007
    ..5%. Hence, Gram stain and/or latex agglutination tests, if done properly are most rapid and reliable tests for the diagnosis of pyogenic meningitis...
  9. ncbi The molecular genetics and morphometry-based endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia classification system predicts disease progression in endometrial hyperplasia more accurately than the 1994 World Health Organization classification system
    Jan P Baak
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Cancer 103:2304-12. 2005
    ....
  10. ncbi Routine morphometrical analysis can improve reproducibility of dysplasia grade in Barrett's oesophagus surveillance biopsies
    J P A Baak
    Department of Pathology, Free University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, 1081HV The Netherlands
    J Clin Pathol 55:910-6. 2002
    ..The grade of dysplasia found in Barrett's oesophagus surveillance biopsies is a major factor to determine follow up and treatment. However, it has been reported that the reproducibility of the grading system is not optimal...
  11. ncbi The framework of pathology: good laboratory practice by quantitative and molecular methods
    Jan P A Baak
    Department of Pathology, Central Hospital of Rogaland, Norway
    J Pathol 198:277-83. 2002
    ..Pathologists should focus on carefully reacting to new clinical needs, using GLP criteria. Reproducibility and predictive accuracy should be major themes in any pathology practice...
  12. ncbi Evaluation of prospective, routine application of Ki-67 immunoquantitation in early CIN for assessment of short-term progression risk
    Amold Jan Kruse
    Department of Pathology, Rogaland Central Hospital, P O Box 8100, 4068 Stavanger, Norway
    Anal Quant Cytol Histol 26:134-40. 2004
    ..To prospectively validate, in early cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), routine assessment of a previously developed prognostic Ki-67 immunoquantitative progression-risk model...
  13. ncbi Prognostic relevance of androgen receptor detection in operable breast cancer
    Håvard Søiland
    Department of Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    J Surg Oncol 98:551-8. 2008
    ..Different determination methods and cut-off levels hamper interpretation and comparisons of studies. Long-term prognostic evaluation of different AR assays in patients comprising operable breast cancers is scarce...
  14. ncbi D2-40/p63 defined lymph vessel invasion has additional prognostic value in highly proliferating operable node negative breast cancer patients
    Einar Gudlaugsson
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Mod Pathol 24:502-11. 2011
    ..In conclusion, T(1-2)N(0)M(0) invasive breast cancer patients ≥55 years with phosphohistone H3≥13, D2-40+/p63- defined lymph vessel invasion identifies a subgroup with a high risk of distant metastases...
  15. ncbi Ki67 predicts progression in early CIN: validation of a multivariate progression-risk model
    Arnold-Jan Kruse
    Department of Pathology, Rogaland Central Hospital, Norway and Free University, 4068 Stavanger, Norway
    Cell Oncol 26:13-20. 2004
    ..Routine application of the quantitative Ki67-model in CIN1 and CIN2 was well reproducible. In conclusion, the results confirm that quantitative Ki67 features have strong prognostic value for progression in early CIN lesions...
  16. ncbi DNA cytometric features in biopsies of TaT1 urothelial cell cancer predict recurrence and stage progression more accurately than stage, grade, or treatment modality
    Jan P A Baak
    Department of Pathology, SIR Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Urology 61:1266-72. 2003
    ..CONCLUSIONS: DNA image cytometric features predict recurrence and stage progression in TaT1 UCC biopsies more accurately than classic prognostic factors, independent of treatment modality...
  17. ncbi Metachronous cancer development in patients with sporadic colorectal adenomas-multivariate risk model with independent and combined value of hTERT and survivin
    Kjetil Søreide
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, P O Box 8100, 4068 Stavanger, Norway
    Int J Colorectal Dis 23:389-400. 2008
    ..We sought to validate biomarkers predictive of metachronous colorectal cancer (mCRC) in patients with sporadic colorectal adenomas, using 374 consecutive patients from a large defined population...
  18. ncbi The prognostic value of the orphan nuclear receptor DAX-1 (NROB1) in node-negative breast cancer
    Hui Zhang
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Anticancer Res 31:443-9. 2011
    ..DAX-1 inhibits oestrogen receptor (ER) activities and aromatase P450 expression. The prognostic effect of DAX-1 expression in breast cancer was investigated...
  19. ncbi In patients younger than age 55 years with lymph node-negative breast cancer, proliferation by mitotic activity index is prognostically superior to adjuvant!
    Tone Hoel Lende
    Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    J Clin Oncol 29:852-8. 2011
    ..We compared the accuracy of the online program Adjuvant!, the Norwegian Breast Cancer Group (NBCG) guidelines, and the proliferation factor mitotic activity index (MAI) in patients with lymph node (LN) -negative disease (pN0)...
  20. ncbi A protein profile study to discriminate CIN lesions from normal cervical epithelium
    Kai Erik Uleberg
    Pathology Department, Stavanger University Hospital, Armauer Hansen Road 20, PO Box 8100, 4068, Stavanger, Norway
    Cell Oncol (Dordr) 34:443-50. 2011
    ....
  21. ncbi The prognostic value of molecular biomarkers in tissue removed by curettage from FIGO stage 1 and 2 endometrioid type endometrial cancer
    Anita Steinbakk
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Am J Obstet Gynecol 200:78.e1-8. 2009
    ..To analyze the prognostic value of molecular biomarkers in curettages of endometrioid endometrial cancer pathologic FIGO stages 1 and 2...
  22. ncbi Co-expression of estrogen receptor alpha and Apolipoprotein D in node positive operable breast cancer--possible relevance for survival and effects of adjuvant tamoxifen in postmenopausal patients
    Håvard Søiland
    Department of Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Norway
    Acta Oncol 48:514-21. 2009
    ..Hence, the co-expression of ApoD may therefore identify clinical relevant subgroups of ERalpha positive breast cancer patients...
  23. ncbi LOH at 1p31 (ARHI) and proliferation in lymph node-negative breast cancer
    Emiel A M Janssen
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Cell Oncol 31:335-43. 2009
    ..The mitotic activity index (MAI) is a strong prognosticator in node-negative invasive breast cancer patients. Recently, a correlation between the MAI and specific chromosomal aberrations at chromosome 1p was described...
  24. ncbi Microsatellite instability and DNA ploidy in colorectal cancer: potential implications for patients undergoing systematic surveillance after resection
    Kjetil Søreide
    Department of General and Gastroenterological Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Cancer 115:271-82. 2009
    ..The objective of the current study was to investigate the effect of microsatellite instability (MSI) and DNA ploidy on surveillance after surgery...
  25. ncbi Comparing the prognostic value of PTEN and Akt expression with the Mitotic Activity Index in adjuvant chemotherapy-treated node-negative breast cancer patients aged <55 years
    Emiel A M Janssen
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Cell Oncol 29:25-35. 2007
    ..Cell proliferation, especially the Mitotic Activity Index (MAI), is strongly prognostic in lymph node-negative (LNneg) invasive breast cancer. However, its prognostic value has not been compared with the value of Akt and PTEN expression...
  26. ncbi Quantitative molecular parameters to identify low-risk and high-risk early CIN lesions: role of markers of proliferative activity and differentiation and Rb availability
    Arnold-Jan Kruse
    Department of Pathology, Rogaland Central Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Int J Gynecol Pathol 23:100-9. 2004
    ..57). Increased RbDeep can reduce proliferation, including its upward spread. Combined quantitation of Ki67, Rb, CK13, and CK14 gives accurate information about the progression risk of early CIN lesions...
  27. ncbi The prognostic value of the proliferation marker phosphohistone H3 (PPH3) in luminal, basal-like and triple negative phenotype invasive lymph node-negative breast cancer
    Ivar Skaland
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Cell Oncol 31:261-71. 2009
    ..Prognostic comparison of phosphohistone-H3 (PPH3) with Cytokeratin 5/6 and/or 14 positive (=basal-CK), triple (ER, PR, HER2)-negative (=TNP) and basal-like (=TNP and basal-CK positive) phenotype in invasive breast cancers...
  28. ncbi Cell-cycle and apoptosis regulators (p16INK4A, p21CIP1, beta-catenin, survivin, and hTERT) and morphometry-defined MPECs predict metachronous cancer development in colorectal adenoma patients
    Kjetil Soreide
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Cell Oncol 29:301-13. 2007
    ..We assessed whether differential expression of cell-cycle and apoptosis-regulating proteins and a monotonous population of elongated cells (MPECs) in colorectal adenomas could predict metachronous CRC...
  29. ncbi Low- and high-risk CIN 1 and 2 lesions: prospective predictive value of grade, HPV, and Ki-67 immuno-quantitative variables
    Arnold-Jan Kruse
    Department of Pathology, Rogaland Central Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    J Pathol 199:462-70. 2003
    ..In conclusion, Ki-67 immuno-quantitation of small biopsies showing CIN 1 or CIN 2 has strong independent prognostic value for progression...
  30. ncbi Prospective multicenter comparison of proliferation and other prognostic factors in lymph node negative lobular invasive breast cancer
    Einar Gudlaugsson
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 121:35-40. 2010
    ..0001). In multivariate analysis only subtype and MAI but none of the other characteristics had independent prognostic value. Histologic subtype and MAI have independent prognostic value in node negative invasive lobular cancers...
  31. ncbi Low p53 and retinoblastoma protein expression in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 lesions is associated with coexistent adenocarcinoma in situ
    Arnold Jan Kruse
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, PO Box 8100, 4068 Stavanger, Norway
    Hum Pathol 39:573-8. 2008
    ....
  32. ncbi In lymph node-negative invasive breast carcinomas, specific chromosomal aberrations are strongly associated with high mitotic activity and predict outcome more accurately than grade, tumour diameter, and oestrogen receptor
    Emiel A M Janssen
    Department of Pathology, Central Hospital for Rogaland, Stavanger, Norway
    J Pathol 201:555-61. 2003
    ..In conclusion, loss of 1p is associated with a high MAI. A gain of 3q is a stronger predictor of recurrence than grade, MAI, and other features in invasive breast cancers...
  33. ncbi Comparison of different commercial methods for HPV detection in follow-up cytology after ASCUS/LSIL, prediction of CIN2-3 in follow up biopsies and spontaneous regression of CIN2-3
    Irene T Ovestad
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Gynecol Oncol 123:278-83. 2011
    ..Different Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) tests are currently used. An integrated comparison of the Amplicor, Cobas4800, PreTect HPV-Proofer and APTIMA HPV tests has not been done...
  34. ncbi Prospective multicenter validation confirms the prognostic superiority of the endometrial carcinoma prognostic index in international Federation of gynecology and obstetrics stage 1 and 2 endometrial carcinoma
    Jan P A Baak
    Department of Pathology, Rogaland Central Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    J Clin Oncol 21:4214-21. 2003
    ..CONCLUSION: In endometrial carcinoma, DNA-ploidy is prognostic in hysterectomy and not in curettage samples. The ECPI is prognostically much stronger than the classic features widely used for therapy triage in pFIGO-1 and -2...
  35. ncbi Evaluation of MIB-1-positive cell clusters as a diagnostic marker for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
    Arnold-Jan Kruse
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger, Norway
    Am J Surg Pathol 26:1501-7. 2002
    ..When tangentially cut parabasal cells and inflammatory cells are carefully excluded, MIB-C is a strong diagnostic adjunct in distinguishing CIN from normal or benign cervical squamoepithelial lesions...
  36. ncbi Apolipoprotein D predicts adverse outcome in women >or=70 years with operable breast cancer
    Håvard Søiland
    Department of Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 113:519-28. 2009
    ..6; 95% CI = 2.3-40.4). The potential relevance of ApoD in this increasingly frequent group of breast cancer patients should be further explored...
  37. ncbi Androgen receptor determination in breast cancer: a comparison of the dextran-coated charcoal method and quantitative immunohistochemical analysis
    Håvard Søiland
    Department of Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, The Netherlands
    Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 16:362-70. 2008
    ..Thus, AR determination by charc-AR is inaccurate due to evaluation of both normal and cancer cells. IHC is more sensitive and specific than charc-AR in WS samples, but not when applied to single or a few TMA samples...
  38. ncbi Prognostic differences of World Health Organization-assessed mitotic activity index and mitotic impression by quick scanning in invasive ductal breast cancer patients younger than 55 years
    Ivar Skaland
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Box 8100, 4068 Stavanger, Norway
    Hum Pathol 39:584-90. 2008
    ....
  39. ncbi The relationship between syntactic structure analysis features, histological grade and high-risk HPV DNA in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
    Arnold-Jan Kruse
    Department of Pathology, Rogaland Central Hospital (SiR, Stavanger, Norway
    Cell Oncol 26:135-41. 2004
    ....
  40. ncbi Proliferation is the strongest prognosticator in node-negative breast cancer: significance, error sources, alternatives and comparison with molecular prognostic markers
    Jan P A Baak
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, P O Box 8100, Stavanger 4068, Norway
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 115:241-54. 2009
    ....
  41. ncbi Consistent condom use increases the regression rate of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2-3
    Ane Cecilie Munk
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    PLoS ONE 7:e45114. 2012
    ....
  42. ncbi Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 3 lesions can regress
    Ane Cecilie Munk
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    APMIS 115:1409-14. 2007
    ..001). These results favour the hypothesis that CIN3 can regress, and do not support the "curative punch biopsy" theory...
  43. ncbi Biologic profiling of lymph node negative breast cancers by means of microRNA expression
    Emiel A M Janssen
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Mod Pathol 23:1567-76. 2010
    ..The current study shows that estrogen receptor negativity and cytokeratin 5 and 6 expression are important, and specific biological processes in lymph node negative breast cancer, as microRNA signatures are strongest in these subgroups...
  44. ncbi Local immune response in the microenvironment of CIN2-3 with and without spontaneous regression
    Irene Tveiterås Øvestad
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Mod Pathol 23:1231-40. 2010
    ..In conclusion, in non-HPV-16 CIN2-3 lesions, assessing stromal immune cells can be a useful prognostic indicator of regression or persistence...
  45. ncbi Comparison of apolipoprotein D determination methods in breast cancer
    Håvard Søiland
    Department of Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Anticancer Res 28:1151-60. 2008
    ..Apolipoprotein D (ApoD) is a promising prognostic and predictive factor in breast cancer, but the analysis methods and results vary...
  46. ncbi Validating the prognostic value of proliferation measured by Phosphohistone H3 (PPH3) in invasive lymph node-negative breast cancer patients less than 71 years of age
    Ivar Skaland
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Box 8100, 4068, Stavanger, Norway
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 114:39-45. 2009
    ..PPH3 is robust as it showed high inter-observer reproducibility and was prognostic over wide range of thresholds around 13 and is the strongest prognostic variable in invasive node-negative breast cancer patients less than 71 years old...
  47. ncbi The prognostic value of proliferation in lymph-node-negative breast cancer patients is age dependent
    Jan P A Baak
    Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, P O Box 8100, 4068 Stavanger, Norway
    Eur J Cancer 43:527-35. 2007
    ..006) for patients aged 55-70 years, while over 70 years, MAI was not significant (P=.11). The prognostic value of proliferation was age-dependent. Prognostic breast cancer studies must clearly indicate the age group being studied...
  48. ncbi Interaction of epithelial biomarkers, local immune response and condom use in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia 2-3 regression
    Ane Cecilie Munk
    Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Gynecol Oncol 127:489-94. 2012
    ..The aim of this study was to investigate whether punch-biopsy derived immunohistochemical biomarkers, local immune response, CIN lesion size and condom use are independently correlated to regression of CIN2-3...
  49. ncbi Mitotic activity and bone marrow micrometastases have independent prognostic value in node positive breast cancer patients
    Bjørnar Gilje
    Department of Haematology and Oncology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 128:137-46. 2011
    ..2-50) and LN-positive (HR 6.0, CI 1.4 to 26.4) patients with regard to breast cancer-specific survival. A combination of MAI and BM DTC detection identified both LN-negative and LN-positive breast cancer patients with poor prognosis...
  50. ncbi Success predictors of adjuvant chemotherapy in node-negative breast cancer patients under 55 years
    Emiel A M Janssen
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Cell Oncol 28:295-303. 2006
    ..0001; HR=0.32, 95% CI 0.18-0.58). CONCLUSION: MAI is the strongest predictor of adjuvant systemic chemotherapy success. In patients with MAI < 3 (31% of all patients), ASCT does not improve survival...
  51. ncbi Digital image analysis improves the quality of subjective HER-2 expression scoring in breast cancer
    Ivar Skaland
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, The Netherlands
    Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 16:185-90. 2008
    ..To compare HER-2 scoring reproducibility by subjective and digital image analysis (DIA) scores with each other and with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) assessed HER-2 amplification...
  52. ncbi Evaluation of 5 different labeled polymer immunohistochemical detection systems
    Ivar Skaland
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Appl Immunohistochem Mol Morphol 18:90-6. 2010
    ..We conclude that there are significant differences in sensitivity, specificity, costs, and total assay time in the immunohistochemical detection systems currently in use...
  53. ncbi Correlation of grade of urothelial cell carcinomas and DNA histogram features assessed by flow cytometry and automated image cytometry
    Marco G W Bol
    Department of Pathology, SIR Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Anal Cell Pathol 25:147-53. 2003
    ..CONCLUSIONS: The adapted fully automated DNA ICM works very well for UCs. Low CV DNA ICM histograms are obtained in a time comparable to FCM. The DNA ICM results have stronger discriminative power than DNA FCM for grade in TaT1 UCs...
  54. ncbi Prognostic value and reproducibility of koilocytosis in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
    Arnold-Jan Kruse
    Department of Pathalogy, Rogaland Central Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Int J Gynecol Pathol 22:236-9. 2003
    ..Therefore, other more objective and better reproducible criteria are required to extract the potentially important prognostic information contained in the microscopic image of CIN 1 and 2 lesions...
  55. ncbi Comparison of the effect of different techniques for measurement of Ki67 proliferation on reproducibility and prognosis prediction accuracy in breast cancer
    Einar Gudlaugsson
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway Oncology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway Department of Breast Surgery, Fudan University Cancer Hospital, Shanghai, China Departments of Pathology and Gynecologic Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Vrije Universiteit Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Histopathology 61:1134-44. 2012
    ..This casts serious doubt on therapeutic guidelines using subjective counts of Ki67...
  56. ncbi The prognostic value of MARCKS-like 1 in lymph node-negative breast cancer
    Kristin Jonsdottir
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, P O Box 8100, 4068, Stavanger, Norway
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 135:381-90. 2012
    ..In conclusion, MARCKSL1 has strong prognostic value in lymph node-negative breast cancer patients, especially in those with high proliferation...
  57. ncbi Confocal DNA cytometry: a contour-based segmentation algorithm for automated three-dimensional image segmentation
    Jeroen A M Belien
    Department of Pathology, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Cytometry 49:12-21. 2002
    ..So far, these measurements have been performed manually, which is quite time-consuming...
  58. ncbi The effect of different DNA isolation methods on the outcome of high-risk HPV testing
    Irene T Oevestad
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Indian J Pathol Microbiol 50:733-9. 2007
    ..In conclusion both the manual and standard MPLC DNA isolation methods give good HPV results. The standard MPLC is the fastest DNA isolation method...
  59. ncbi Use of biomarkers in the evaluation of CIN grade and progression of early CIN
    Jan P A Baak
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Norway
    Methods Mol Med 119:85-99. 2005
    ....
  60. ncbi Validation of Expression Patterns for Nine miRNAs in 204 Lymph-Node Negative Breast Cancers
    Kristin Jonsdottir
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    PLoS ONE 7:e48692. 2012
    ..Previously it has been shown that miR-18a/b, miR-25, miR-29c and miR-106b correlate to high proliferation...
  61. ncbi Protein expression of B-cell lymphoma gene 6 (BCL-6) in invasive breast cancer is associated with cyclin D1 and hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha (HIF-1alpha)
    Reinhard Bos
    Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Oncogene 22:8948-51. 2003
    ..The cases with amplification in BCL-6 showed an increased (25%) incidence of BCL-6 protein overexpression. Thus, this study is the first to show that BCL-6 oncogene activation plays a role in cancers other than lymphomas...
  62. ncbi Expression of multidrug resistance-associated markers, their relation to quantitative pathologic tumour characteristics and prognosis in advanced ovarian cancer
    Mariël Brinkhuis
    Department of Pathology, Free University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Anal Cell Pathol 24:17-23. 2002
    ..Further studies are required to elucidate the biological background of the strong prognostic value of mean nuclear area in advanced ovarian cancer...
  63. ncbi Further testing of morphometric grading in T(A,1) urothelial carcinomas of the urinary bladder and the additional value of p53 immunoquantitation
    Marco G W Bol
    Department of Pathology, SIR Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Anal Quant Cytol Histol 24:114-20. 2002
    ..CONCLUSION: The value of MNA-10, MAI and Ki-67 for grading in T(A,1) urothelial carcinomas of the urinary bladder was confirmed. p53 Did not improve overall grading classification of this combination...
  64. ncbi Emerging concepts of apolipoprotein D with possible implications for breast cancer
    Håvard Søiland
    Department of Surgery, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, University of Bergen, Norway
    Cell Oncol 29:195-209. 2007
    ..The triangular relationship between oestrogen receptor, tamoxifen and ApoD should be further explored...
  65. ncbi Genomics and proteomics in neoplasia
    Jan P A Baak
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Norway
    Indian J Pathol Microbiol 50:1-5. 2007
    ..Pathologists should quickly familiarize themselves with both -omic techniques and applications, thereby going beyond the usual pathology boundaries...
  66. ncbi A monotonous population of elongated cells (MPECs) in colorectal adenoma indicates a high risk of metachronous cancer
    Kjetil Soreide
    Department of Pathology, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway
    Am J Surg Pathol 30:1120-9. 2006
    ..Dysplasia grade and histologic growth pattern had no additional value. Thus, colorectal adenomas with subsequent metachronous cancer development can be identified more accurately with MPECs than with classical prognostic factors...
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    Marjan M Weiss
    Department of Gastroenterology, Vrije Universiteit Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Pathol 199:157-65. 2003
    ..With respect to Barrett's cancer, the chromosomal aberrations more closely reflect the adenocarcinoma phenotype than the squamous origin of the epithelium...
  68. ncbi The role of quantitative pathology in clinical decision making for Barrett's oesophagus
    Wojciech Polkowski
    Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Anal Cell Pathol 25:123-7. 2003
  69. ncbi Prediction of endometrial carcinoma by subjective endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia diagnosis
    Jonathan L Hecht
    Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Mod Pathol 18:324-30. 2005
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  70. ncbi Biopsy histomorphometry predicts uterine myoinvasion by endometrial carcinoma: a Gynecologic Oncology Group study
    George L Mutter
    Department of Pathology, BDivision of Women s and Perinatal Pathology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Hum Pathol 39:866-74. 2008
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  71. ncbi Predictive testing of early CIN behaviour by molecular biomarkers
    Jan P A Baak
    Cell Oncol 27:277-80. 2005
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  72. ncbi Benign endometrial hyperplasia sequence and endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia
    George L Mutter
    Department of Pathology at Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Int J Gynecol Pathol 26:103-14. 2007
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  73. ncbi Quantitative assessment of gastric antrum atrophy shows restitution to normal histology after Helicobacter pylori eradication
    Nicole C T van Grieken
    Department of Gastroenterology, Free University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    Digestion 69:27-33. 2004
    ..pylori eradication. The cases with difficult-to-classify grades of atrophy showed significantly lower VPGLs and higher VPIs than the reference cases...
  74. ncbi Quantitative histopathological analysis of CIN sections
    Jan P A Baak
    Cell Oncol 28:63-5; author reply 61-2. 2006
  75. ncbi Re: "the expressions of the Rb pathway in cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: predictive and prognostic significance" by Nam et al
    Arnold-Jan Kruse
    Gynecol Oncol 105:556-7; author reply 557-8. 2007
  76. ncbi Genetic alterations in childhood medulloblastoma analyzed by comparative genomic hybridization
    Erna M C Michiels
    Department of Pediatric Oncology, Emma Kinderziekenhuis/Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 24:205-10. 2002
    ..Previous reports on the relation between 17q gain and survival could not be confirmed, whereas amplification of N-myc or L-myc seems to indicate poor clinical outcome...