Kaitlyn Michiko Tsuruda
Senior advisor
Contact
Send email {model.translations.sendEmailTo} Kaitlyn.Michiko.Tsuruda@fhi.no
Department
Responsibilities
Kaitlyn is an epidemiologist by training and an accredited Associate Statistician (A.Stat.) with the Statistical Society of Canada. She currently works as a statistician and data manager in the Research Department's Section for Administration and Research Support, where she supports researchers in different stages of the research process: from data management and documentation to statistical analyses and data interpretation, as well as manuscript writing.
Projects and publications
- Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Helga Hektoen, Christina Aamelfot, Bettina Kulle, (2025). Let's talk about sex: Survival among females and males in a real-world cohort treated with pembrolizumab for non-small cell lung cancer. International Journal of Cancer doi: 10.1002/ijc.35445
- Helga Hektoen, Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Odd Terje Brustugun, Kirill Neumann, Bettina Kulle, (2025). Real-world comparison of pembrolizumab alone and combined with chemotherapy in metastatic lung adenocarcinoma patients with PD-L1 expression ≥50%. ESMO Open doi: 10.1016/j.esmoop.2025.105073
- Denise Reis Costa, Anna Katharina Winge-Main, Anna Skog, Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Trude Eid Robsahm, Bettina Kulle, (2024). From trials to practice: Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for melanoma patients in Norway. Acta Oncologica s. 965-973. doi: 10.2340/1651-226X.2024.41266
- Helga Hektoen, Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Lars Fjellbirkeland, Yngvar Nilssen, Odd Terje Brustugun, Bettina Kulle, (2024). Real-world evidence for pembrolizumab in non-small cell lung cancer: a nationwide cohort study. British Journal of Cancer doi: 10.1038/s41416-024-02895-1
- Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Solveig Kristin Roth Hoff, Lars Andreas Akslen, Solveig Sand-Hanssen Hofvind, (2023). Fatal and non-fatal breast cancers in women targeted by BreastScreen Norway: a cohort study . British Journal of Cancer s. 99-107. doi: 10.1038/s41416-023-02512-7
- Anne Marie Holck Storås, Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Sophie Dorothea Fosså, Bettina Kulle, (2023). Time trends in systemic treatment for patients with metastatic prostate cancer: a national cohort study. Acta Oncologica doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2023.2257876
- Trude Eid Robsahm, Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Helga Hektoen, Anne Marie Holck Storås, M.B. Cook, L.M. Hurwitz, Hilde Langseth, (2023). Applying recommended definition of aggressive prostate cancer: a validation study using high-quality data from the Cancer Registry of Norway. Acta Oncologica s. 8-14. doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2023.2175331
- Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Marthe Larsen, Marta Roman, Solveig Hofvind, (2021). Cumulative risk of a false-positive screening result: A retrospective cohort study using empirical data from 10 biennial screening rounds in BreastScreen Norway. Cancer s. 1-8. doi: 10.1002/cncr.34078
- Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Marit Bragelien Veierød, Nehmat Houssami, Gunvor Gipling Wåde, Gunhild Mangerud, Solveig Hofvind, (2021). Women’s conceptual knowledge about breast cancer screening and overdiagnosis in Norway: a cross-sectional study . BMJ Open s. 1-10. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052121
- Solveig Hofvind, Gøril Knutsvik, Åsne Sørlien Holen, Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Lars Andreas Akslen, (2021). Detection and significance of small and low proliferation breast cancer. Journal of Medical Screening s. 1-6. doi: 10.1177/09691413211023970
- Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Tone Hovda, Sameer Bhargava, Marit Bragelien Veierød, Solveig Hofvind, (2020). Survival among women diagnosed with screen-detected or interval breast cancer classified as true, minimal signs, or missed through an informed radiological review. European Radiology s. 2677-2686. doi: 10.1007/s00330-020-07340-4
- Tone Hovda, Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Solveig Roth Hoff, Kristine Kleivi Sahlberg, Solveig Hofvind, (2020). Radiological review of prior screening mammograms of screen-detected breast cancer. European Radiology s. 2568-2579. doi: 10.1007/s00330-020-07130-y
- Mohamed Abdolell, Jennifer I Payne, Judy Caines, Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Penny J Barnes, Pam Talbot, Olivia Tong, Peter Brown, Michael Rivers-Bowerman, Sian Iles, (2020). Assessing breast cancer risk within the general screening population: developing a breast cancer risk model to identify higher risk women at mammographic screening . European Radiology doi: 10.1007/s00330-020-06901-x
- Åsne Sørlien Holen, Sofie Sebuødegård, Gunvor Gipling Wåde, Hildegunn Siv Aase, Nina-Merete Hopland, Kristin Pedersen, Marthe Larsen, Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Solveig Hofvind, (2019). Screening at stationary versus mobile units in BreastScreen Norway. Journal of Medical Screening doi: 10.1177/0969141319875158
- Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Solveig Hofvind, Lars A. Akslen, Solveig Roth Hoff, Marit Bragelien Veierød, (2019). Terminal digit preference: a source of measurement error in breast cancer diameter reporting. Acta Oncologica s. 260-267. doi: 10.1080/0284186X.2019.1669817
- Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Sameer Bhargava, Lars A. Akslen, Hilde Bjørndal, Solveig Hofvind, (2019). Forløpstider i Mammografi-programmet før og etter innføring av pakkeforløp for brystkreft . Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet) doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.18.0322
- Mary Thuy An Le, Solveig Hofvind, Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Tonje Braaten, Sameer Bhargava, (2019). Lower attendance rates in BreastScreen Norway among immigrants across all levels of socio-demographic factors: a population-based study. Journal of Public Health (Berlin) s. 229-240. doi: 10.1007/s10389-018-0937-1
- Daniel Rayson, Jennifer I Payne, James CR Michael, Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Mohamed Abdolell, Penny J Barnes, (2018). Impact of Detection Method and Age on Survival Outcomes in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: A Population-Based Cohort Analysis. Clinical Breast Cancer s. e955-e960. doi: 10.1016/j.clbc.2018.04.013
- Nataliia Moshina, Sofie Sebuødegård, Christoph I. Lee, Lars A. Akslen, Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Joann G. Elmore, Solveig Hofvind, (2018). Automated volumetric analysis of mammographic density in a screening setting: Worse outcomes for women with dense breasts. Radiology s. 343-352. doi: 10.1148/radiol.2018172972
- Nataliia Moshina, Sofie Sebuødegård, åsne Sørlien Holen, Gunvor Gipling Wåde, Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Solveig Hofvind, (2018). The impact of compression force and pressure at prevalent screening on subsequent re-attendance in a national screening program. Preventive Medicine s. 129-136. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.01.008
- Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Silje Sagstad, Sofie Sebuødegård, Solveig Hofvind, (2018). Validity and reliability of self-reported health indicators among women attending organized mammographic screening. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health s. 744-751. doi: 10.1177/1403494817749393
- Sameer Bhargava, Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Kåre Moen, Ida Rashida Khan Bukholm, Solveig Hofvind, (2018). Lower attendance rates in immigrant versus non-immigrant women in the Norwegian Breast Cancer Screening Programme. Journal of Medical Screening s. 155-161. doi: 10.1177/0969141317733771
- Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Sameer Bhargava, Gunhild Mangerud, Silje Sagstad, Solveig Hofvind, (2017). Monthly variation in mammographic screening attendance in Norway. European Journal of Public Health s. 1095-1097. doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckx137
- Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Hilde Langseth, Giske Ursin, Solveig Sand-Hanssen Hofvind, Shannon Renee Turzanski Fortner, (2024). Validity of self-reported number of pregnancies and maternal age at first birth among females attending organized mammographic screening. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health doi: 10.1177/14034948241281197
- Kaitlyn Tsuruda, (2020). Hvem var det heldigste mennesket på Titanic?. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet) doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.20.0318
- Kaitlyn Tsuruda, (2019). Fascinerende blikk på mammografiscreening. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet) doi: 10.4045/tidsskr.19.0049
- Sameer Bhargava, Kaitlyn Tsuruda, Solveig Hofvind, (2017). Breast Cancer Screening in Denmark. Annals of Internal Medicine s. 523-523. doi: 10.7326/L17-0269