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NTOG Expert Network

Connect with Nordic lung cancer expertise through national organisations, specialty and translational working groups, work packages, and the Steering Committee.

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Overview

NTOG expertise is organised across the Nordic countries through national lung cancer organisations, specialty and translational working groups, work packages, and the Steering Committee.

National lung cancer organisations

The standard entry route for clinicians and researchers in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

Specialty groups

Field-specific expert networks in pulmonology, oncology, radiology, pathology, thoracic surgery, radiotherapy, translational research, and registry-based research.

Work packages

Practical collaboration structures for data, screening, clinical studies, guidelines, and education.

Steering Committee

Cross-country and cross-specialty coordination for NTOG priorities, contacts, and strategic direction.

How to get involved

Use the route closest to your role, country, and area of expertise.

  1. Through your national lung cancer organisation

    This is the standard route for clinicians and researchers in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden.

  2. Join a work package or specialty group

    Work packages organise practical Nordic collaboration in data, screening, clinical studies, guidelines, and education. Specialty groups connect experts by field and support protocol development, research, education, and harmonisation of lung cancer care.

  3. Contact the Steering Committee

    The committee includes specialty leads across the five Nordic countries and can guide enquiries to the correct network.

Work Packages

Four streams coordinate practical Nordic collaboration.

Work Package Focus
WP1: Information and Harmonisation of Data Nordic registries and biobanks, common variables, frameworks for data collection and analysis.
WP2: Screening and Prevention Joint Nordic LDCT screening protocol, prevention strategies, smoking cessation, and screening implementation.
WP3: Clinical Studies Collaborative trials in early-stage lung cancer, immunotherapy, radiotherapy, and multimodality treatment.
WP4: Guidelines and Educational Activities Consensus on Nordic guidelines, courses, seminars, congresses, and educational activities including NORTHDIP.

Active harmonisation areas

Protocol and research topics currently under the NTOG umbrella.

View protocols
Diagnostic pathway Standardised care timelines MDT meeting protocol Pulmonary nodules LDCT screening workflow Molecular testing Stage III NSCLC Small-cell lung cancer Quality indicators Registry data Patient communication

Find the right contact

The NTOG Steering Committee represents the Nordic countries and includes specialists in oncology, pulmonology, radiology, pathology, thoracic surgery, and basic research.

Start with the topic closest to your enquiry

For cross-disciplinary questions, contact the Steering Committee or the network and web coordination contacts.

View full Steering Committee

Leadership

  • Chair: Odd-Terje Brustugun, Norway, Oncology
  • Vice Chair: Gudbjorg Jonsdottir, Iceland, Oncology
  • Secretary: Mikael Johansson, Sweden, Oncology
  • Web Editor: Heidi Andersén, Finland, Pulmonology

Screening, pulmonology, nodules

  • Zaigham Saghir, Denmark

Medical oncology and clinical studies

  • Bjørn Henning Grønberg, Norway

Pathology and translational research

  • Maria Paula Ramnefjell, Norway
  • Maria Planck, Sweden

Radiology

  • Tomas Hansen, Sweden

Thoracic surgery

  • Thomas Decker Christensen, Denmark

Network and web coordination

  • Heidi Andersén, Finland
  • Zaigham Saghir, Denmark

General route

For uncertain enquiries, start with the Steering Committee page and route the message by country, specialty, or work package.