KEY PUBLICATIONS:

Endometrial Carcinoma Recurrence Score (ECARS) validates to identify aggressive disease and associates with markers of epithelial-mesenchymal transition and PI3K alterations.
Wik E, Trovik J, Kusonmano K, Birkeland E, Raeder MB, Pashtan I, Hoivik EA, Krakstad C, Werner HM, Holst F, Mjøs S, Halle MK, Mannelqvist M, Mauland KK, Oyan AM, Stefansson IM, Petersen K, Simon R, Cherniack AD, Meyerson M, Kalland KH, Akslen LA, Salvesen HB.
Gynecol Oncol. 2014 Sep;134(3):599-606. PMID: 24995579

High phospho-Stathmin(Serine38) expression identifies aggressive endometrial cancer and suggests an association with PI3K inhibition.
Wik E, Birkeland E, Trovik J, Werner HM, Hoivik EA, Mjos S, Krakstad C, Kusonmano K, Mauland K, Stefansson IM, Holst F, Petersen K, Oyan AM, Simon R, Kalland KH, Ricketts W, Akslen LA, Salvesen HB.
Clin Cancer Res. 2013 May 1;19(9):2331-41. PMID: 23538402

Lack of estrogen receptor-α is associated with epithelial-mesenchymal transition and PI3K alterations in endometrial carcinoma.
Wik E, Ræder MB, Krakstad C, Trovik J, Birkeland E, Hoivik EA, Mjos S, Werner HM, Mannelqvist M, Stefansson IM, Oyan AM, Kalland KH, Akslen LA, Salvesen HB.
Clin Cancer Res. 2013 Mar 1;19(5):1094-105. PMID: 23319822

An 18-gene signature for vascular invasion is associated with aggressive features and reduced survival in breast cancer.
Mannelqvist M, Wik E, Stefansson IM, Akslen LA.
PLoS One. 2014 Jun 6;9(6):e98787.
PMID: 24905342

Increased angiogenesis is associated with a 32-gene expression signature and 6p21 amplification in aggressive endometrial cancer.
Stefansson IM, Raeder M, Wik E, Mannelqvist M, Kusonmano K, Knutsvik G, Haldorsen I, Trovik J, Øyan AM, Kalland KH, Staff AC, Salvesen HB, Akslen LA.
Oncotarget. 2015 Mar 10. PMID: 25860936

Breast cancer stromal elastosis is associated with mammography screening detection, low Ki67 expression and favourable prognosis in a population-based study.
Chen Y, Klingen TA, Wik E, Aas H, Vigeland E, Liestøl K, Garred Ø, Mæhlen J, Akslen LA, Lømo J. Diagn Pathol. 2014 Dec 19;9(1):230. PMID: 25522915