Safora Johansen
- Associate professor PhD
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Safora Johansen completed her doctorate in radiation oncology and late side effects in breast cancer patients in 2010 at the University of Oslo. As a post doctorate, she continued her research in the same area at the institute for cancer research, Oslo University hospital, Radium Hospital. She has participated in implementation of new and advanced radiotherapy techniques, and has studied the effect of these advanced techniques on late side effects development in cancer patients receiving radiotherapy as a part of their treatment (Funded by the Norwegian Cancer Society). Another research area for Safora Johansen has been about estimating the risk for radiation induced secondary cancer in cancer patients because of radiotherapy by employing bio mathematical models. She is now working as an associate professor at the Oslo Metropolitan University and a senior researcher at the Oslo University hospital.
Recent interest includes studying palliative radiotherapy in patients with brain metastases, user involvement to identify cancer treatment uncertainties, the impact of using different exposure values and contrast medium administration on image quality and dose in diagnostic.
Publications 2018
The Effect of Cancer Patients' and Their Family Caregivers' Physical and Emotional Symptoms on Caregiver Burden
Cancer Nurs, 41 (2), 91-99
DOI 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000493, PubMed 28426539
Are Antimony-Bismuth Aprons as Efficient as Lead Rubber Aprons in Providing Shielding against Scattered Radiation?
J. Med. Imaging Radiat. Sci., 49 (2), 201-206
Construction and validation of a low cost paediatric pelvis phantom
Eur J Radiol, 108, 84-91
DOI 10.1016/j.ejrad.2018.09.015, PubMed 30396676
A comparative study about motivations, expectations and future plans for professional development in four European radiography programs
Radiography (Lond), 24 (4), e91-e97
DOI 10.1016/j.radi.2018.05.007, PubMed 30292519
Curricula, attributes and clinical experiences of radiography programs in four European educational institutions
Radiography (Lond), 24 (3), e61-e68
DOI 10.1016/j.radi.2018.03.002, PubMed 29976346
Publications 2017
Patterns of local-regional recurrence after conformal and intensity-modulated radiotherapy for head and neck cancer
Radiat Oncol, 12 (1), 87
DOI 10.1186/s13014-017-0829-5, PubMed 28545588
Publications 2016
Erratum to: 'Recruitment challenges in clinical research including cancer patients and their caregivers. A randomized controlled trial study and lessons learned'
Trials, 17 (1), 133
DOI 10.1186/s13063-016-1276-6, PubMed 26965306
Publications 2015
Recruitment challenges in clinical research including cancer patients and their caregivers. A randomized controlled trial study and lessons learned
Trials, 16, 428
DOI 10.1186/s13063-015-0948-y, PubMed 26407547
Coronary calcium score in 12-year breast cancer survivors after adjuvant radiotherapy with low to moderate heart exposure - Relationship to cardiac radiation dose and cardiovascular risk factors
Radiother Oncol, 114 (3), 328-34
DOI 10.1016/j.radonc.2015.01.006, PubMed 25600105
Publications 2014
Arm and shoulder morbidity following surgery and radiotherapy for breast cancer
Acta Oncol, 53 (4), 521-9
DOI 10.3109/0284186X.2014.880512, PubMed 24495044
Publications 2013
Dose Distribution in the Heart and Cardiac Chambers Following 4-field Radiation Therapy of Breast Cancer: a Retrospective Study
Breast Cancer (Auckl), 7, 41-9
DOI 10.4137/BCBCR.S11118, PubMed 23589693
Long-term cardiac mortality after hypofractionated radiation therapy in breast cancer
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 87 (2), 337-43
DOI 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2013.05.038, PubMed 23886416
Publications 2011
Dose distribution in the thyroid gland following radiation therapy of breast cancer--a retrospective study
Radiat Oncol, 6, 68
DOI 10.1186/1748-717X-6-68, PubMed 21651829
Dose evaluation and risk estimation for secondary cancer in contralateral breast and a study of correlation between thorax shape and dose to organs at risk following tangentially breast irradiation during deep inspiration breath-hold and free breathing
Acta Oncol, 50 (4), 563-8
DOI 10.3109/0284186X.2010.541933, PubMed 21370938
Publications 2010
Predicted risk of radiation-induced cancers after involved field and involved node radiotherapy with or without intensity modulation for early-stage hodgkin lymphoma in female patients
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 81 (2), 490-7
DOI 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.05.035, PubMed 20800383
Publications 2009
A planning comparison of dose patterns in organs at risk and predicted risk for radiation induced malignancy in the contralateral breast following radiation therapy of primary breast using conventional, IMRT and volumetric modulated arc treatment techniques
Acta Oncol, 48 (4), 495-503
DOI 10.1080/02841860802657227, PubMed 19169915
Publications 2008
Estimated risk for secondary cancer in the contra-lateral breast following radiation therapy of breast cancer
Acta Oncol, 47 (3), 391-6
DOI 10.1080/02841860701846152, PubMed 18348001
Publications 2006
Contralateral breast doses following radiotherapy of the breast and regional lymph nodes: Measurements and treatment planning calculations
Radiother Oncol, 82 (3), 332-6
DOI 10.1016/j.radonc.2006.08.018, PubMed 16962677