Hege Melby Frøen

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Hege Melby Frøen er spesialist i indremedisin og i blodsykdommer, master i helseadministrasjon og overlege ved Avdeling for blodsykdommer, Oslo universitetssykehus. Hun er leder i Norsk selskap for hematologi.

Articles by Hege Melby Frøen

Preoperative anaemia – systematic assessment and treatment needed

Hege Melby Frøen

24.03.2026: Preoperative anaemia is associated with increased mortality and morbidity following major surgery. In most cases, the anaemia is related to iron deficiency, but serum ferritin is measured only in a minority of patients. In this edition of the Journal of the Norwegian Medical Association, Stefors et...

Allogeneic stem cell transplantation for patients with lymphoma 2011–21

Hege Melby Frøen,
Marianne Brodtkorb,
Harald Holte,
Arne Kolstad,
Anders Eivind Myhre,
Mats Remberger,
Geir Erland Tjønnfjord,
Tobias Gedde-Dahl

03.03.2025: Allogeneic stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is potentially curative for patients with haematologic malignancies, lymphomas and certain non-malignant conditions. However, it carries a risk of severe complications and transplant-related mortality due to organ damage, infection and graft-versus-host...