Stein Kaasa
Background and activities
Short biography
Stein Kaasa is Professor of Palliative Medicine at the Institute of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (NTNU). His responsibilities include the development of the core curriculum in palliative medicine and the development of the Nordic specialist postgraduate training curriculum in palliative medicine. Professor Kaasa’s main research interests are: basic research in assessment and classification of symptoms and subjective health; experimental and descriptive clinical studies in palliative medicine and cancer research; pain treatment including translational research on opioids and on cachexia.
Recently, the European Palliaitve Care Research Centre (PRC) was established in Trondheim, Norway; Stein Kaasa is the chair of this research intitative aiming at improving palliative patient care, including end of life care, through research of highest quality in an international setting. He is also chair of the European Association for Palliative Care Research Network (EAPC RN) and the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) task force on cancer pain, and principal investigator of the European Palliative Care Research Collaborative (EPCRC). Stein Kaasa is National Cancer Director at the Norwegian Directorate for Health.
Professor Kaasa has published more than 300 articles and book chapters. He has authored the Nordic Textbook of Palliative Care and is co-author of the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine. Professor Kaasa advises many international journals – either as an advisory board member or as a reviewer (Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Palliative Medicine, Journal of Palliative Medicine, Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, Pain, Lancet Oncology).
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Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2022) A complex communication skills training program for physicians providing advanced cancer care–content development and barriers and solutions for implementation. Journal of Communication in Healthcare.
- (2022) Surgery for brain metastases—impact of the extent of resection. Acta Neurochirurgica.
- (2021) Ipilimumab in a real-world population: A prospective Phase IV trial with long-term follow-up. International Journal of Cancer. vol. 150 (1).
- (2021) Patient-reported outcomes in cancer patients newly diagnosed with brain metastases. Annals of Oncology. vol. 32.
- (2021) A Clinical Description of Chronic Pain in a General Population Using ICD-10 and ICD-11 (The HUNT Pain Examination Study). Journal of Pain. vol. 23 (2).
- (2021) Implementing a Standardized Care Pathway Integrating Oncology, Palliative Care and Community Care in a Rural Region of Mid-Norway. Oncology and Therapy. vol. 9 (2).
- (2021) What are determinants of utilisation of pharmaceutical anticancer treatment during the last year of life in Norway? A retrospective registry study. BMJ Open. vol. 11 (9).
- (2021) Clinical Predictors for Analgesic Response to Radiotherapy in Patients with Painful Bone Metastases. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. vol. 62 (4).
- (2021) Using process indicators to monitor documentation of patient-centred variables in an integrated oncology and palliative care pathway—results from a cluster randomized trial. Cancers. vol. 13 (9).
- (2021) The short-term impact of methylprednisolone on patient-reported sleep in patients with advanced cancer in a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial. Supportive Care in Cancer. vol. 29 (4).
- (2021) Overall survival after initial radiotherapy for brain metastases; a population based study of 2140 patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Acta Oncologica. vol. 60 (8).
- (2021) Classification algorithm for the International Classification of Diseases-11 chronic pain classification: development and results from a preliminary pilot evaluation. Pain. vol. 162 (7).
- (2021) Nutrition in cancer care: A brief, practical guide with a focus on clinical practice. JCO Oncology Practice. vol. 17 (7).
- (2021) ESPEN practical guideline: Clinical Nutrition in cancer. Clinical Nutrition. vol. 40 (5).
- (2021) Surgery for brain metastases – real-world prognostic factors’ association with survival. Acta Oncologica. vol. 60 (9).
- (2021) Spiritual quality of life in family carers of patients with advanced cancer—a cross-sectional study. Supportive Care in Cancer. vol. 29.
- (2021) Neuropathic pain: clinical classification and assessment in patients with pain due to cancer. Pain. vol. 162 (3).
- (2021) Treatment outcomes and prognostic factors after chemoradiotherapy for anal cancer. Acta Oncologica. vol. 60 (7).
- (2021) Brain metastases: Extracranial disease status as a prognostic factor after whole brain radiotherapy. Results from a prospective, population-based study. Annals of Oncology. vol. 32.
- (2020) Power comparisons and clinical meaning of outcome measures in assessing treatment effect in cancer cachexia: secondary analysis from a randomised pilot multimodal intervention trial. Frontiers in Nutrition. vol. 7:602775.