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Hartwig Kørner

Professor
  • E-mailhartwig.korner@uib.no
  • Phone+47 51 51 31 50
  • Visitor Address
    Haukeland Universitetssykehus Laboratoriebygget, 7. etg. Heis øst
    5009 Bergen
  • Postal Address
    Postboks 7804
    5020 Bergen
Academic article
  • Show author(s) (2024). Evaluation of the nurse-assisted eHealth intervention ‘eHealth@Hospital-2-Home’ on self-care by patients with heart failure and colorectal cancer post-hospital discharge : protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMC Health Services Research.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Organizational structures influencing timely recognition and acknowledgment of end-of-life in hospitals – A qualitative study of nurses' and doctors’ experiences. European Journal of Oncology Nursing.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Long-term recovery after colorectal cancer surgery among the old: a qualitative study. Cancer Nursing.
  • Show author(s) (2023). Laparoscopic rectal cancer resection yields comparable clinical and oncological results with shorter hospital stay compared to open access: a 5-year national cohort. International Journal of Colorectal Disease.
  • Show author(s) (2022). The survival gap between young and older patients after surgical resection for colorectal cancer remains largely based on early mortality: A EURECCA comparison of four European countries. Journal of Geriatric Oncology. 803-812.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Exploring variables affecting sense of coherence and social support in recovery after colorectal cancer surgery among the oldest old . Geriatric Nursing. 81-86.
  • Show author(s) (2022). Characteristics and fate of patients with rectal cancer not entering a curative-intent treatment pathway: A complete nationwide registry cohort of 3,304 patients. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 1831-1839.
  • Show author(s) (2021). One-year excess mortality and treatment in surgically treated patients with colorectal cancer: A EURECCA European comparison. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 1-10.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Lower conversion rate with robotic assisted rectal resections compared with conventional laparoscopy; a national cohort study. Surgical Endoscopy. 1-11.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Experiences of recovery from colorectal cancer surgery after hospital discharge among the oldest old: A qualitative study. Nordic journal of nursing research. 140-148.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Colorectal cancer incidence, mortality, and stage distribution in European countries in the colorectal cancer screening era: an international population-based study. The Lancet Oncology. 1002-1013.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Accurate population-based model for individual prediction of colon cancer recurrence. Acta Oncologica. 1241-1249.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Treatment strategies and overall survival for incurable metastatic colorectal cancer – A EURECCA international comparison including 21,196 patients from the Netherlands and Norway. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 1167-1173.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Predictors for anastomotic leak, postoperative complications, and mortality after right colectomy for cancer: Results from an international snapshot audit. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 606-618.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Laparoscopic lavage vs primary resection for acute perforated diverticulitis: Long-term outcomes from the Scandinavian Diverticulitis (SCANDIV) randomized clinical trial. JAMA Surgery. 1-7.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Colorectal cancer screening with repeated fecal immunochemical test versus sigmoidoscopy: baseline results from a randomized trial. Gastroenterology. 1085-1096.
  • Show author(s) (2020). Anastomotic leak after surgery for colon cancer and effect on long‐term survival. Colorectal Disease. 1108-1118.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Transanal total mesorectal excision for rectal cancer has been suspended in Norway. British Journal of Surgery. 121-130.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Palliative surgical outcome score (PSOS) in patients treated palliatively with self-expanding metal stent (SEMS) for malignant incurable colorectal obstruction. Surgial oncology. 134-139.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Elevated Microsatellite Alterations at Selected Tetranucleotides (EMAST) in Colorectal Cancer is Associated with an Elderly, Frail Phenotype and Improved Recurrence-Free Survival. Annals of Surgical Oncology.
  • Show author(s) (2018). The Prognostic Relevance of Sentinel Lymph Node Metastases Assessed by PHGR1 mRNA Quantification in Stage I to III Colon Cancer. Translational Oncology. 436-443.
  • Show author(s) (2018). The New National Registry for Gastrointestinal Surgery in Norway: NoRGast. Scandinavian Journal of Surgery. 201-207.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Short-term outcomes after elective colon cancer surgery: an observational study from the Norwegian registry for gastrointestinal and HPB surgery, NoRGast. Surgical Endoscopy. 1-13.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Risk factors for unfavourable postoperative outcome in patients with Crohn’s disease undergoing right hemicolectomy or ileocaecal resection. An international audit by ESCP and S-ECCO . Colorectal Disease. 219-227.
  • Show author(s) (2018). Randomized controlled trial of extended perioperative counseling in enhanced recovery after colorectal surgery. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 724-732.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Prognostic relevance of an epigenetic biomarker panel in sentinel lymph nodes from colon cancer patients. Clinical Epigenetics. 1-8.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Preoperative Imaging in the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis is Associated with Low Negative Appendectomy Rate. International Journal of Surgery Research and Practice.
  • Show author(s) (2017). One-year results of the SCANDIV randomized clinical trial of laparoscopic lavage versus primary resection for acute perforated diverticulitis. British Journal of Surgery. 1382-1392.
  • Show author(s) (2017). Enhanced Recovery After Colorectal Surgery (ERAS) in Elderly Patients Is Feasible and Achieves Similar Results as in Younger Patients. Gerontology and geriatric medicine. 8 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2017). A global declaration on appropriate use of antimicrobial agents across the surgical pathway. Surgical Infections. 846-853.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Pre- and postoperative stoma education and guidance within an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programme reduces length of hospital stay in colorectal surgery. International Journal of Surgery (IJS). 121-126.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Nationwide implementation of laparoscopic surgery for colon cancer: short-term outcomes and long-term survival in a population-based cohort. Surgical Endoscopy. 12 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Multimodal therapy is feasible in elderly anal cancer patients. Acta Oncologica. 81-87.
  • Show author(s) (2016). Compliance with ERAS criteria and pre- and postoperative counselling affect length of hospital stay in colorectal surgery: results of a randomized controlled trial. Colorectal Disease. 603-611.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Nationwide improvement of rectal cancer treatment outcomes in Norway, 1993-2010. Acta Oncologica. 1714-1722.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Molecular subtypes in stage II-III colon cancer defined by genomic instability: Early recurrence-risk associated with a high copy-number variation and loss of RUNX3 and CDKN2A. PLOS ONE.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Long-term follow-up and survivorship after completing systematic surveillance in stage I–III colorectal cancer: who is still at risk? Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer. 259-266.
  • Show author(s) (2015). Laparoscopic lavage vs primary resection for acute perforated diverticulitis: The SCANDIV randomized clinical trial. Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). 1364-1375.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Assessing the association of oxytocin augmentation with obstetric anal sphincter injury in nulliparous women: A population-based, case-control study. BMJ Open.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Risk factors associated with poor lymph node harvest after colon cancer surgery in a national cohort. Colorectal Disease. E301-E308.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Influence of microsatellite instability and KRAS and BRAF mutations on lymph node harvest in stage I–III colon cancers. Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass. Print). 286-293.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Excess mortality after curative surgery for colorectal cancer changes over time and differs for patients with colon versus rectal cancer. Acta Oncologica. 933-940.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Prognostic relevance of occult metastases detected by cytokeratin 20 and mucin 2 mRNA levels in sentinel lymph nodes from colon cancer patients. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 3719-3726.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Long-term outcome of palliative treatment with self-expanding metal stents for malignant obstructions of the GI tract. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 1505-1514.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Comparison of a PNA clamp PCR and an ARMS/Scorpion PCR assay for detection of K-ras mutations. Diagnostic molecular pathology (Print). 9-13.
  • Show author(s) (2012). Adherence to national guidelines for surveillance after curative resection of nonmetastatic colon and rectum cancer: a survey among Norwegian gastrointestinal surgeons. Colorectal Disease. 320-324.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Survival effect of implementing national treatment strategies for curatively resected colonic and rectal cancer. British Journal of Surgery. 716-723.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Prognostic role of carcinoembryonic antigen is influenced by microsatellite instability genotype and stage in locally advanced colorectal cancers. World Journal of Surgery. 888-894.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Patient-reported outcomes in palliative gastrointestinal stenting: a Norwegian multicenter study. Surgical Endoscopy. 3162-3169.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Heterogeneous distribution of K-ras mutations in primary colon carcinomas: implications for EGFR-directed therapy. International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 1271-1277.
  • Show author(s) (2010). The overlap technique versus end-to-end approximation technique for primary repair of obstetric anal sphincter rupture: a randomized controlled study. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 1256-1262.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Detection of occult metastases in sentinel lymph nodes from colon cancer patients by K-ras mutation peptide nucleic acid clamp PCR. Annals of Surgery. 1087-1091.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Utilisation of specialist care in patients with incurable rectal cancer. A population-based study from Western Norway. Acta Oncologica. 377-384.
  • Show author(s) (2009). The potential of cytokeratin 20 and mucin 2 mRNA as metastasis markers in regional lymph nodes of colon cancer patients investigated by quantitative RT-PCR. International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 261-268.
  • Show author(s) (2009). The potential of cytokeratin 20 and mucin 2 mRNA as metastasis markers in regional lymph nodes of colon cancer patients investigated by quantitative RT-PCR. International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 261-268.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Rectal cancer with macroscopic peritoneal involvement - clinical challenges and consequences. Colorectal Disease. 838-844.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Quantitative RT-PCR Detection of Tumor Cells in Sentinel Lymph Nodes Isolated From Colon Cancer Patients with an Ex Vivo Approach. Annals of Surgery. 602-607.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Quantitative RT-PCR Detection of Tumor Cells in Sentinel Lymph Nodes Isolated From Colon Cancer Patients with an Ex Vivo Approach. Annals of Surgery. 602-607.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Microsatellite Instability and DNA Ploidy in Colorectal Cancer. Cancer. 271-282.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Lymph node harvest in colon cancer: influence of microsatellite instability and proximal tumor location. World Journal of Surgery. 2695-2703.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Diagnostic Accuracy of C-reactive Protein for Intraabdominal Infections After Colorectal Resections. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 1599-1606.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Co-expression of estrogen receptor agr and Apolipoprotein D in node positive operable breast cancer - possible relevance for survival and effects of adjuvant tamoxifen in postmenopausal patients. Acta Oncologica. 514-521.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Apolipoprotein D predicts adverse outcome in women a parts per thousand yen70 years with operable breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 519-528.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Prognostic Relevance of Androgen Receptor Detection in Operable Breast Cancer. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 551-558.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Palliative surgery for rectal cancer in a national cohort. Colorectal Disease. 336-343.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Metachronous cancer development in patients with sporadic colorectal adenomas - multivariate risk model with independent and combined value of hTERT and survivin. International Journal of Colorectal Disease. 389-400.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Comparison of Apolipoprotein D determination methods in breast cancer. Anticancer Research. 1151-1160.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Androgen receptor determination in breast cancer - A comparison of the dextran-coated charcoal method and quantitative immunohistochemical analysis. Applied immunohistochemistry & molecular morphology (Print). 362-370.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Vaktpostlymfeknuter ved kolorektal cancer. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 5.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Diagnostic accuracy of serum-carcinoembryonic antigen in recurrent colorectal cancer: A receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 417-423.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Clinical characteristics and outcomes in patients with advanced rectal cancer: A national prospective cohort study. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum. 285-291.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Cell-cycle and apoptosis regulators (p16(INK4A), p21(CIP1), beta-catenin, survivin, and hTERT) and morphometry-defined MPECs predict metachronous cancer development in colorectal adenoma patients. Cellular Oncology. 301-313.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Benign peritoneal cystic mesothelioma. World Journal of Surgery. 560-566.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Systematic follow-up after curative surgery for colorectal cancer in Norway: A population-based audit of effectiveness, costs, and compliance. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 320-328.
  • Show author(s) (2005). Acute pancreatitis in a young girl with the Netherton syndrome. Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 69-72.
  • Show author(s) (2003). Nye helseteknologier - fra utvikling til innføring. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 340-43.
  • Show author(s) (2002). Influence of failure of primary wound healing on subsequent recurrence of pilonidal sinus. Combined prospective study and randomised controlled trial. European Journal of Surgery. 614-618.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Stability in incidence of acute appendicitis. A population-based longitudinal study. Digestive Surgery. 61-66.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Stability in incidence of acute appendicitis. A population based longitudinal study. Digestive Surgery. 61-66.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Perforated and non-perforated appendicitis- one disease or two enteties ? The European Journal of Surgery. 525-30.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Long-term folow-up of 1059 consecutive primary and recurrent inguinal hernias in a teaching hospital. The European Journal of Surgery. 145-9.
  • Show author(s) (2000). The history is important in patients with suspected acute appendicitis / with invited commentary. Digestive Surgery. 364-369.
  • Show author(s) (2000). The history is important in patients with suspected acute appendicitis. Digestive Surgery. 364-369.
  • Show author(s) (1999). Diagnostic accuracy of inflamation markers in patients operated upon for suspected acute appendicitis: a receiver operating characteristics curve anaylsis. The European Journal of Surgery. 679-85.
  • Show author(s) (1998). Surgical treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax by wedge resection without pleurodesis of pleurectomy. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 656-659.
Academic lecture
  • Show author(s) (2014). Oxytocin augmentation and obstetric anal sphincter injuries.
  • Show author(s) (2002). Innføring av TME ved Sentralsjukehuset i Rogaland – en lærekurve.
  • Show author(s) (2002). Chromogranin A is a potential marker of success of hepatic resection for nuroendocrine metastases.
Editorial
  • Show author(s) (2019). Norwegian moratorium on transanal total mesorectal excision. British Journal of Surgery. 1120-1121.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Palliative care in colorectal surgery - are we prepared? Colorectal Disease. 1465-1466.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Imaging of parastomal hernia using three-dimensional intrastomal ultrasonography (Br J Surg 2011: 98: 1026-1029) Commentary. British Journal of Surgery. 1029-1030.
Reader opinion piece
  • Show author(s) (2010). Association With a High Number of Lymph Nodes and Microsatellite Instability in Colorectal Cancer. Archives of surgery (Chicago. 1960). 799-799.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Type II error in a randomized controlled trial of appendectomy vs. antibiotic treatment of acute appendicitis. World Journal of Surgery. 871-872.
Short communication
  • Show author(s) (2021). Adhesions after open and laparoscopic abdominal surgery. The Lancet. 95-96.
Feature article
  • Show author(s) (2007). Palliativ kirurgi innen kreftomsorg. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening. 2271-2273.
Letter to the editor
  • Show author(s) (2021). Adhesions after open and laparoscopic abdominal surgery. The Lancet. 95-96.
  • Show author(s) (2019). Author response to: Comments on: Norwegian moratorium on transanal total mesorectal excision. British Journal of Surgery. 1855.
Doctoral dissertation
  • Show author(s) (2015). Obstetric anal sphincter injuries. A population-based study of improvement of care.
  • Show author(s) (2001). Acute appendicitis. Incidence patterns and diagnostic challenges. -.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Show author(s) (2001). Diagnostic accuracy of inflamation markers in patients operated upon for suspected acute appendicitis: a receiver operating characteristics curve analysis. -96 pages.
Abstract
  • Show author(s) (2012). Is oxytocin augmentation of labour an independent risk factor for anal sphincter rupture? Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 122-123.
  • Show author(s) (2010). COMPARISON OF RELATIVE SURVIVAL IN RIGHT- AND LEFT SIDED ADENOCARCINOMA OF THE COLON IN A NATIONAL COHORT STUDY. Annals of Oncology. I58-I58.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Detection of tumor cells in sentinel lymph nodes from colon cancer patients by quantitative RT-PCR. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 48-48.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Acute appendicitis in the era of laparoscopy: The clinical management is influenced by age and gender. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 35-36.
  • Show author(s) (2008). Rectal cancer with macroscopic peritoneal involvement - clinical challenges and consequences. Colorectal Disease. 23 pages.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Tissue microarray and whole sections in small sized study populations for ER-alpha, PR, HER-2 and AR in operable breast cancer: correlation and relevance for prognostication. APMIS - Journal of Pathologiy, Microbiology and Immunology. 1314-1314.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Androgen receptor determination in breast cancer: a comparison of the dextran-coated charcoal method and quantitative immunohistochemical analysis. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. S216-S216.
Poster
  • Show author(s) (2019). Non-curative treatment of patients with colorectal cancer – a national cohort study.
  • Show author(s) (2017). The Prognostic Relevance of Sentinel Lymph Node Metastases Assessed by PHGR1 mRNA Quantitation in Stage I-III Colon Cancer.
  • Show author(s) (2014). Understanding the change in obstetric anal sphincter injury rates.
  • Show author(s) (2010). Heterogeneous distribution of K-ras mutations in primary colon carcinomas: implications for EGFR-directed therapy.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Detection of tumor cells in sentinel lymph nodes from colon cancer patients by quantitative RT-PCR.
Academic literature review
  • Show author(s) (2023). eHealth interventions to support colorectal cancer patients’ self-management after discharge from surgery : an integrative literature review. Supportive Care in Cancer.
  • Show author(s) (2021). Characteristics of Early-Onset vs Late-Onset Colorectal Cancer: A Review. JAMA Surgery. 865-874.
  • Show author(s) (2020). The power of empirical data; lessons from the clinical registry initiatives in Scandinavian cancer care. Acta Oncologica. 1343-1356.
  • Show author(s) (2013). Qualitative and quantitative issues of lymph nodes as prognostic factor in colon cancer. Digestive Surgery. 1-11.
  • Show author(s) (2011). Diagnostic accuracy and receiver-operating characteristics curve analysis in surgical research and decision making. Annals of Surgery. 27-34.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Evolving molecular classification by genomic and proteomic biomarkers in colorectal cancer: Potential implications for the surgical oncologist. Surgial oncology. 31-50.
  • Show author(s) (2009). Endoscopy, morphology, morphometry and molecular markers: predicting cancer risk in colorectal adenoma. Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics. 125-137.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Oppfølging etter kurativ kirurgi for kolorektal kreft. Den norske tannlegeforenings tidende. 2959-2962.
  • Show author(s) (2007). Emerging concepts of apolipoprotein D with possible implications for breast cancer. Cellular Oncology. 195-209.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Trypsin in colorectal cancer: molecular biological mechanisms of proliferation, invasion, and metastasis. Journal of Pathology. 147-156.
  • Show author(s) (2006). Microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer. British Journal of Surgery. 395-406.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Quantitative and qualitative aspects of diagnosing acute appendicitis. Scandinavian Journal of Surgery. 4-9.
  • Show author(s) (2004). Bile duct cysts in adults. British Journal of Surgery. 1538-1548.
Article in business/trade/industry journal
  • Show author(s) (2011). Palliativ gastroenterologisk kreftkirurgi. Kirurgen. 32-33.
Chapter
  • Show author(s) (2016). Malign obstruksjon av gastrointestinaltraktus. 561-574. In:
    • Show author(s) (2016). Palliasjon. Nordisk lærebok. 3. utgave. Gyldendal Akademisk.

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