• Current landscape and future perspectives in preclinical MR and PET imaging of brain metastasis 

      Aasen, Synnøve Nymark; Espedal, Heidi; Keunen, Olivier; Adamsen, Tom Christian Holm; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Thorsen, Frits (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Brain metastasis (BM) is a major cause of cancer patient morbidity. Clinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and positron emission tomography (PET) represent important resources to assess tumor progression and treatment ...
    • Lack of functional normalisation of blood vessels following anti-angiogenic therapy in glioblastoma 

      Obad, Nina; Espedal, Heidi; Jirík, Radovan; Sakariassen, Per Øystein; Rygh, Cecilie Brekke; Lund-Johansen, Morten; Taxt, Torfinn; Niclou, Simone Pierrette; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Keunen, Olivier (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Neo-angiogenesis represents an important factor for the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to a growing tumour, and is considered to be one of the main pathodiagnostic features of glioblastomas (GBM). Anti-angiogenic therapy ...
    • Repurposing 18F-FMISO as a PET tracer for translational imaging of nitroreductase-based gene directed enzyme prodrug therapy 

      Ruiz de Garibay, Gorka; García de Jalón, Elvira; Stigen, Endre; Lund, Kjetil B.; Popa, Mihaela-Lucia; Davidson, Ben; Mayoral Safont, Mireia; Rygh, Cecilie Brekke; Espedal, Heidi; Barrett, Torill; Haug, Bengt Erik; Cormack, Emmet Mc (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Nitroreductases (NTR) are a family of bacterial enzymes used in gene directed enzyme prodrug therapy (GDEPT) that selectively activate prodrugs containing aromatic nitro groups to exert cytotoxic effects following gene ...