Benedikte Hasselbalch

ORCID: 0009-0003-6514-2421
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Research Areas
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Mathematical Biology Tumor Growth
  • Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology
  • Brain Metastases and Treatment
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • Immune cells in cancer
  • Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis
  • Cancer Research and Treatments
  • Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies
  • Management of metastatic bone disease
  • Angiogenesis and VEGF in Cancer
  • Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • Protein Degradation and Inhibitors
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Meningioma and schwannoma management
  • Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
  • HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research

Copenhagen University Hospital
2010-2025

Rigshospitalet
2007-2024

University of Copenhagen
2010-2021

The aim of this clinical trial was to investigate safety and efficacy when combining cetuximab with bevacizumab irinotecan in patients recurrent primary glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Patients were included GBM progression within 6 months ending standard treatment (radiotherapy temozolomide). Bevacizumab administered IV every 2 weeks. first 10 received 5 mg/kg, but increased mg/kg after interim analysis. Irinotecan dose based on whether taking enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs or not: 340...

10.1093/neuonc/nop063 article EN Neuro-Oncology 2010-02-05

We retrospectively determined the efficacy and safety of a combination bevacizumab irinotecan in consecutive series 52 heavily pre-treated patients with recurrent high-grade brain tumours. Patients received (10 mg/kg) [340 mg/m(2) for those receiving enzyme-inducing antiepileptic drugs (EIAEDs) 125 not EIAEDs] every 2 weeks. Fifty-two were included 47 evaluable response.Complete or partial response was observed 25% all cases (30% grade IV glioma 15% III glioma). Estimated median...

10.1080/02841860802537924 article EN Acta Oncologica 2008-11-22

Abstract Background: Glioblastoma (GBM), the most aggressive brain tumor, is treated with surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, yet 90% recur within two years. PD-1 blockade improves outcomes in other cancers, but shows limited effect GBM, likely due to tumor heterogeneity an immunosuppressive microenvironment. This study aims investigate post-treatment transcriptional changes cells tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) matched primary recurrent focusing on neoadjuvant blockade. Methods: We...

10.1158/1538-7445.am2025-758 article EN Cancer Research 2025-04-21

Abstract Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive brain tumor with poor prognosis. Although immunotherapy being explored as a potential treatment option for patients GBM, it unclear whether systemic can reach and modify the microenvironment in brain. We evaluated immune characteristics receiving anti-PD-1 checkpoint inhibitor nivolumab 1 week prior to surgery, compared control salvage resection without treatment. observed saturating levels of bound intratumorally tissue-resident T cells brain,...

10.1158/2326-6066.cir-23-0959 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Cancer Immunology Research 2024-06-17

Abstract Background In 2016, genomic profiling was implemented for patients with grade 4 primary brain tumors at Rigshospitalet, Denmark. The aim of this study to discover actionable alterations and match these targeted therapies. Methods Between January 2016 December 2023, 483 tumor were profiled. We retrieved clinical data molecular data. Whole exome, whole genome, or panel sequencing, along SNP array analyses, RNA-seq performed on resected tissue. Alterations classified according the...

10.1093/nop/npae082 article EN cc-by-nc Neuro-Oncology Practice 2024-09-24

Several recent studies have demonstrated a beneficial effect of anti-angiogenic treatment with the vascular endothelial growth factor-neutralizing antibody bevacizumab in recurrent high-grade glioma. In current study, immunohistochemical evaluation biomarkers involved angiogenesis, hypoxia and mediators epidermal factor receptor (EGFR) pathway were investigated. Tumor tissue was obtained from previous phase II treating primary glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) patients EGFR inhibitor cetuximab...

10.1111/j.1600-0463.2010.02631.x article EN Apmis 2010-06-02

Background Glioblastoma patients administered standard therapies, comprising maximal surgical resection, radiation therapy with concomitant and adjuvant temozolomide, have a variable prognosis median overall survival of 15–16 months 2-year 30%. The aim this study was to develop prognostic nomogram for glioblastoma treated outside clinical trials. Methods included 680 consecutive, non-selected as primary treatment between the years 2005 2016 at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. model...

10.3389/fonc.2021.597587 article EN cc-by Frontiers in Oncology 2021-02-25

Overexpression and/or amplification of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is present in 35–45% primary glioblastoma multiforme tumors and has been correlated with a poor prognosis. In this study, we investigated effect cetuximab intracellular signaling pathways downstream EGFR, important for cell survival proliferation. We show insufficient EGFR downregulation competition endogenous ligands upon treatment. Dose–response experiments showed inhibition phosphorylation without affecting...

10.3109/07357907.2010.483506 article EN Cancer Investigation 2010-05-26

Both amino acid positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) blood volume (BV) measurements are used in suspected recurrent high-grade gliomas. We compared the separate combined diagnostic yield of simultaneously acquired dynamic contrast-enhanced (DCE) perfusion MRI O-(2-[18F]-fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine ([18F]FET) PET patients with anaplastic astrocytoma glioblastoma following standard therapy.A total 76 lesions 60 hybrid [18F]FET PET/MRI scans DCE from recurrence...

10.1007/s00259-022-05917-3 article EN cc-by European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2022-07-30

Abstract Spinal ependymoma (EPN) with MYCN-amplification (SP-EPN-MYCN) was recently recognized as a distinct tumor type within the 2021 WHO classification of CNS tumors. To date, information about epidemiological, clinical, and biological features SP-EPN-MYCN remain sparse. Using DNA-methylation profiling, we collected cohort n = 71 (54 primaries, 17 relapses) SP-EPN-MYCNs. Based on Heidelberg Methylation Brain Tumor Classifier V12.5, 95.6% (68/71) reached classifier score ≥ 0.9. In 68/71...

10.1093/neuonc/noad073.114 article EN cc-by-nc Neuro-Oncology 2023-06-01

2056 Background: Recent data has shown that bevacizumab (B) and irinotecan (I) induces significant responses in recurrent GBM. Primary GBM is very often associated with amplification of EFGR (40–50%) alterations the EGFR gene. In vivo experiments have cetuximab (C) increases apoptosis, decreases cell proliferation decrease vascular endothelial growth factor expression EGFR-amplified cells vitro. The use combination C I a significantly higher response rate compared to as monotherapy...

10.1200/jco.2008.26.15_suppl.2056 article EN Journal of Clinical Oncology 2008-05-20

12503 Background: The prognosis of recurrent malignant brain tumors is poor, and no efficacious therapy exists in patients previously treated with radiotherapy standard chemotherapy. Bevacizumab (B) binds to VEGF inhibits tumor angiogenesis, treatment this drug might induce regression prolongation life. Irinotecan (I) a topoisomerase 1 inhibitor modest effect on primary tumors. combination B I gliomas was presented at ASCO 2006 showed very encouraging responses. Methods: We report...

10.1200/jco.2007.25.18_suppl.12503 article EN Journal of Clinical Oncology 2007-06-20
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