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  1. Gene activity in testicular cancer

    Gene activity in testicular cancer

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    Testicular cancer is the most frequent cancer among young men. The cause of the disease is largely unknown, but hereditary factors and conditions during pregnancy are important.
  2. Brain tumor among children and adolescents

    Brain tumor among children and adolescents

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    The Cancer Registry of Norway and all paediatric clinics in Norway collaborate on a scientific study that can increase our knowledge of how various environmental factors can affect the risk of developing brain tumours among children and adolescents.
  3. Cardiac catheterization of children with congenital heart defects

    Cardiac catheterization of children with congenital heart defects

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    The project aims to establish a European cohort of children and adolescents who have undergone one or more cardiac catheterizations due to congenital heart defects
  4. Sequencing HPV for biomarker discovery

    Sequencing HPV for biomarker discovery

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    HPVseq is an cross-institutional research group with three the main goals, To discover HPV biomarkers, delineate HPV evolution and develop HPV detection and characterization methods.
  5. HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening: Attendance at and results of screening among opportunistically vaccinated women

    HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening: Attendance at and results of screening among opportunistically vaccinated women

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    The project aims to compare women who have taken the HPV vaccine with unvaccinated women in terms of attendance and results of cervical cancer screening.
  6. How quickly do breast cancers grow?

    How quickly do breast cancers grow?

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    In these projects, data from BreastScreen Norway are used to develop statistical models that can increase our understanding of the development of breast tumors and women’s breast cancer survival.
  7. National surveillance of the HPV immunisation programme (project description)

    National surveillance of the HPV immunisation programme (project description)

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    The national surveillance programme was established to monitor the vaccine uptake, effectiveness and safety of the HPV immunisation programme.
    HPV-undersøkelse Foto: Colourbox
  8. ImmigrantScreen

    ImmigrantScreen

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    This project aims to measure the effect of information and invitations to breast and colorectal cancer screening in the assumed mother tongue, and investigate reasons for why immigrants participate or not in the screening programs for breast and colorectal cancer.
  9. INSPIRE - information about drug cancer treatment

    INSPIRE - information about drug cancer treatment

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    The Cancer Registry now has information on drug-based cancer treatment, thanks to the INSPIRE project. There is data on both drug-based cancer treatment given in hospitals and drugs given on prescription.
  10. INSPIRE: Breast cancer

    INSPIRE: Breast cancer

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    INSPIRE:breast cancer is the second project in INSPIRE. The project will ensure continuous and regular data collection in the future, and publish the first analyses on medical breast cancer treatment.
  11. INSPIRE:lung cancer

    INSPIRE:lung cancer

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    INSPIRE:lung cancer was the first INSPIRE project and established data collection on drug cancer treatment from the health trusts to the Cancer Registry of Norway.
  12. INSPIRE:kidney cancer

    INSPIRE:kidney cancer

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    INSPIRE:kidney cancer is the third project in INSPIRE. The project will ensure continuous and regular data collection in the future,and publish the first analyses on drug kidney cancer treatment.
  13. Effectiveness of digital breast tomosynthesis in population breast cancer screening

    Effectiveness of digital breast tomosynthesis in population breast cancer screening

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    This international study will investigate whether tomosynthesis is a better screening tool for breast cancer than standard mammography.
  14. The Norwegian Human Milk Study - HUMIS (project description)

    The Norwegian Human Milk Study - HUMIS (project description)

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    The main aim of the study is to map the levels of environmental toxicants in breast milk, identify factors related to high levels, and see if there is regional differences.
  15. Can we apply new methods to better follow up HPV-positive women?

    Can we apply new methods to better follow up HPV-positive women?

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    Methylation analysis for increased accuracy of cervical cancer precursors requiring treatment and reduced overtreatment related to HPV-based screening
  16. Mapping of drugs and cancer

    Mapping of drugs and cancer

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    This large-scale, registry-based project will investigate whether drugs are associated with cancer incidence. The project will also develop a statistical tool for monitoring prescription drugs with regard to cancer risk.
  17. Development of AI algorithms in BreastScreen Norway

    Development of AI algorithms in BreastScreen Norway

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    Ongoing research projects in BreastScreen Norway aim to develop artificial intelligence algorithms that can contribute in the assessment of mammograms.
  18. Chemical exposure, night shift work and cancer risk among Norwegian offshore workers

    Chemical exposure, night shift work and cancer risk among Norwegian offshore workers

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    This project will investigate the association between chemical exposure, night work and cancer risk among Norwegian offshore workers.
  19. Cost and treatment for patients with lung cancer

    Cost and treatment for patients with lung cancer

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    Using data compiled from several Norwegian registries, this study will investigate health service costs and treatment patterns in patients with locally advanced and metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.
  20. Cancer risk among agricultural workers

    Cancer risk among agricultural workers

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    In 2010, the Cancer Registry of Norway and the Janus Bank were invited to participate in an international consortium of agricultural cohorts, AGRICOH. The overall research purpose is to study cancer risk among farmers and others with work in agriculture.
  21. Cancer risk associated with benzene exposure

    Cancer risk associated with benzene exposure

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    This particular project looks into the relation between recent offshore benzene exposure and the risk to develop different cancers.
  22. Cancer risk among firefighters

    Cancer risk among firefighters

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    It is known that firefighters are at higher risk for some cancers – but we still know too little about the cause of this increased risk. Through this project, we try to find more of the answers.
  23. Women's lifestyle and health - research on lifestyle, viruses and cancer

    Women's lifestyle and health - research on lifestyle, viruses and cancer

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    The overall goal of the project is to create preventive measures against cervical cancer by improving mass screening and investigating the impact of the HPV vaccine.
  24. Long-term quality of life after breast cancer treatment

    Long-term quality of life after breast cancer treatment

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    In this postdoctoral project, we will investigate whether the long-term quality of life among breast cancer survivors is better in women with breast cancer detected by screening mammography compared to women with breast cancer detected due to symptoms.
  25. Laryngeal papillomatose / Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis

    Laryngeal papillomatose / Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis

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    Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) can be categorized into two diagnoses based on the mode of transmission and disease onset.