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Julia S. Johansen is affiliated with Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in the field of medicine with a focus on oncology. Their work also spans biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Johansen's research contributions are centered on multiple subfields including oncology, molecular biology, surgery, cancer research, and pulmonary and respiratory medicine.

Notable topics covered in Johansen's work include pancreatic and hepatic oncology research, cancer genomics and diagnostics, cancer immunotherapy and biomarkers, peptidase inhibition and analysis, cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancer studies, cancer cells and metastasis, as well as colorectal cancer treatments and studies.

Johansen has published a range of articles in various scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Cancer Research
  • Cancers
  • Annals of Oncology
  • Clinical Cancer Research

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of Johansen's research, working often with co-authors such as Inna M. Chen, Dorte Nielsen, Astrid Z. Johansen, Nicholas Willumsen, and Carsten Palnæs Hansen.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Johansen reflect a focus on clinical oncology and cancer treatment:

  • The effect of geriatric intervention in frail older patients receiving chemotherapy for colorectal cancer: a randomised trial (GERICO), 2021, British Journal of Cancer
  • Effects of a 12-Week Multimodal Exercise Intervention Among Older Patients with Advanced Cancer: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial, 2021, The Oncologist
  • Randomized Phase II Study of Nivolumab With or Without Ipilimumab Combined With Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Refractory Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer (CheckPAC), 2022, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • COLAR: open-label clinical study of IL-6 blockade with tocilizumab for the treatment of immune checkpoint inhibitor-induced colitis and arthritis, 2022, Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer
  • Postoperative serum CA19-9, YKL-40, CRP and IL-6 in combination with CEA as prognostic markers for recurrence and survival in colorectal cancer, 2020, Acta Oncologica

Best Publications

  • Genome-wide cell-free DNA fragmentation in patients with cancer

    Stephen Cristiano;Alessandro Leal;Jillian Phallen;Jacob Fiksel

  • Studies on serum YKL-40 as a biomarker in diseases with inflammation, tissue remodelling, fibroses and cancer

    Julia S Johansen

  • Genotype tunes pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma tissue tension to induce matricellular fibrosis and tumor progression.

    Hanane Laklai;Yekaterina A Miroshnikova;Michael W Pickup;Eric A Collisson

  • Clinical implications of genomic alterations in the tumour and circulation of pancreatic cancer patients

    Mark Sausen;Jillian Phallen;Vilmos Adleff;Siân Jones

  • Effect of menopause and hormone replacement therapy on the urinary excretion of pyridinium cross-links.

    Daniel Uebelhart;Annette Schlemmer;Julia S. Johansen;Evelyne Gineyts

  • Serum YKL-40, a new prognostic biomarker in cancer patients?

    Julia S. Johansen;Benny Vittrup Jensen;Anne Roslind;Dorte Nielsen

  • Identification of proteins secreted by human osteoblastic cells in culture.

    Julia S. Johansen;Matthew K. Williamson;Jeffrey S. Rice;Paul A. Price

  • A NEW BIOCHEMICAL MARKER FOR JOINT INJURY. ANALYSIS OF YKL-40 IN SERUM AND SYNOVIAL FLUID

    J. S. Johansen;H. S. Jensen;P. A. Price

  • Serum YKL-40 is increased in patients with hepatic fibrosis.

    Julia S Johansen;Per Christoffersen;Søren Møller;Paul A Price

  • Serum bone Gla-protein as a marker of bone growth in children and adolescents: correlation with age, height, serum insulin-like growth factor I, and serum testosterone.

    Julia Sidenius Johansen;Aleksander Giwercman;Dorthe Hartwell;Claus Thøger Nielsen

  • High levels of serum HER-2/neu and YKL-40 independently reflect aggressiveness of metastatic breast cancer.

    Benny Vittrup Jensen;Julia S. Johansen;Paul A. Price

  • SERUM YKL-40 LEVELS IN HEALTHY CHILDREN AND ADULTS. COMPARISON WITH SERUM AND SYNOVIAL FLUID LEVELS OF YKL-40 IN PATIENTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS OR TRAUMA OF THE KNEE JOINT

    J. S. Johansen;J. Hvolris;M. Hansen;V. Backer

  • Studies on YKL-40 in knee joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. Involvement of YKL-40 in the joint pathology

    B. Volck;J.S. Johansen;M. Stoltenberg;C. Garbarsch

  • Serum YKL-40 and colorectal cancer.

    C Cintin;J S Johansen;I J Christensen;P A Price

  • YKL-40, a biomarker of inflammation, is elevated in patients with type 2 diabetes and is related to insulin resistance.

    C. N. Rathcke;J. S. Johansen;H. Vestergaard

  • Plasma BGP: an indicator of spontaneous bone loss and of the effect of oestrogen treatment in postmenopausal women

    Julia S. Johansen;B. J. Riis;P. D. Delmas;C. Christiansen

  • Metabolomic NMR Fingerprinting to Identify and Predict Survival of Patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer

    Ivano Bertini;Stefano Cacciatore;Benny V. Jensen;Jakob V. Schou

  • The effect of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist analog (nafarelin) on bone metabolism.

    Julia Sidenius Johansen;Bente Juel Riis;Christian Hassager;Mette Moen

  • Serum YKL-40 concentrations in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: relation to disease activity.

    J S Johansen;M Stoltenberg;M Hansen;A Florescu

  • 91140954 Effect of menopause and hormone replacement therapy on the urinary excretion of pyridinium cross-links

    D. Uebelhart;A. Schlemmer;J.S. Johansen;E. Gineyts

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul A. Price
Paul A. Price University of California, San Diego
Stig E. Bojesen
Stig E. Bojesen University of Copenhagen
Ib Jarle Christensen
Ib Jarle Christensen University of Copenhagen
Mikkel Østergaard
Mikkel Østergaard University of Copenhagen
Børge G. Nordestgaard
Børge G. Nordestgaard University of Copenhagen
Niels N. Sørensen
Niels N. Sørensen Technical University of Denmark
Bengt Glimelius
Bengt Glimelius Uppsala University
Nils Brünner
Nils Brünner University of Copenhagen
Christian Hassager
Christian Hassager University of Copenhagen
Eric A. Collisson
Eric A. Collisson University of California, San Francisco

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