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Professor and gastroenterologist Michael Bretthauer wins the UEG Research Prize 2023. The prize is awarded to active, well-established senior researchers at the height of their active career, whose science has had a crucial impact on digestive health.

Dr. Yuichi Mori at the Clinical Effectiveness Research Group will lead a large new research project that aims to find solutions for clinical validation of artificial intelligence. The goal is to improve the diagnosis and therapy of colorectal cancer and polyps.

One of the major concerns of cancer screening is interval cancers, which are cancers arising after a negative screening test. These cancers have been believed to be especially aggressive and have a poor prognosis. A new study shows that they are not.

 

A paper published today in BMJ shows no effect of sigmoidoscopy screening in women aged 60 years and older. This new finding will have implications for a future Norwegian colorectal cancer screening program, where sigmoidoscopy is one of the recommended screening methods.  

In an Op-Ed published in the Norwegian daily newspaper Dagens Næringsliv (DN) on November 29, researchers from the Clinical Effectiveness Research group criticize Norwegian private hospital Aleris' offer to women for mammography screening. Aleris actively offers mammography to women outside the recommended screening age and with shorter intervals, a service which is associated with more harm than benefit. The authors suspect Aleris of creating health anxiety in order to maximize profit. 

This week's issue of the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association is presenting a portrait interview of Mette Kalager, leader of the Clinical Effectiveness Group. Kalager reveals insights about early career struggles, recent acknowledgements and aims for the future.

The Clinical Effectiveness Group is in the final round to be awarded status as a new Norwegian Centre of Excellence (SFF) 2016. In the event of an SFF-award the group will start up the Norwegian Institute of Cancer screening Evidence and Research (NICER). Watch the film about NICER!