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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSThe present work has been performed at the Department of Cancer Prevention, Institute forCancer Research at Rikshospitalet University Hospital – Radiumhospitalet <strong>and</strong> wassupported by the Research Council of Norway <strong>and</strong> Centre for Cancer Biomedic<strong>in</strong>e.I am grateful for work<strong>in</strong>g under my supervisor, Professor Ragnhild Lothe, who with hersupreme k<strong>no</strong>wledge, enthusiasm <strong>and</strong> k<strong>in</strong>dness has made it easy to thrive both scientifically<strong>and</strong> socially. Especially big thanks to post doc Guro L<strong>in</strong>d for be<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>valuable, both byhelp<strong>in</strong>g out <strong>in</strong> the lab as well as with prepar<strong>in</strong>g manuscripts.A big “grazie” to Professor Bru<strong>no</strong> Dallapiccola for <strong>in</strong>vit<strong>in</strong>g me to his excellent <strong>research</strong>facilities <strong>in</strong> Rome to work, <strong>and</strong> also to Irene Bottillo who with her excellent laboratory skills<strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g, friendly nature made my stay scientifically as well as socially very reward<strong>in</strong>g.A big thanks goes to co-authors <strong>and</strong> collaborators for very good biological material, cl<strong>in</strong>icaldata <strong>and</strong> scientific <strong>in</strong>put. I would also like to ack<strong>no</strong>wledge Professor Arild Nesbakken forbe<strong>in</strong>g my official l<strong>in</strong>k to the Faculty of Medic<strong>in</strong>e, as well as contribut<strong>in</strong>g with valuablefeedback on the cl<strong>in</strong>ical aspects of the thesis.Kudos to all my good friends <strong>and</strong> colleagues <strong>in</strong> the department who have meant the world tome. Special thanks to Helge <strong>and</strong> Marianne for mak<strong>in</strong>g my day as we’ve been my office matesfor 5 years. An important factor <strong>in</strong> complet<strong>in</strong>g this thesis is the personnel the Narvesenkiosk who ensured that my blood-sugar was at a constantly elevated level. Jan-Ivar Hansen,my biology teacher at Bjørknes Privatskole was so <strong>in</strong> love with biology that it was impossible<strong>no</strong>t to be the same. Thanks!This thesis had never even been started if it wasn’t for my wonderful wife, Hege <strong>and</strong> myparents. Her for mak<strong>in</strong>g me <strong>no</strong>t want to study medic<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> Hungary, <strong>and</strong> them for teach<strong>in</strong>gme to have high st<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>and</strong> big aims. I love you!Oslo, December 23 rd 2008

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