Background in physiotherapy and a master’s degree in health sciences, with methodological expertise in quantitative research and systematic reviews. My master’s thesis examined why patients with lung cancer, who were deemed eligible for surgery based on staging, were not operated on.

My research interests include optimizing patients’ functional capacity prior to treatment, systematically assessing functional levels, and developing and validating measurement methods. Currently, I am working on a pilot study investigating the effects of preoperative training for lung cancer patients in collaboration with Senior Researcher Morten Quist, UCSF, and hospitals in the Capital Region of Denmark.

​Publications​​

1. Avancini A, Borsati A, Toniolo L, Ciurnelli C, Belluomini L, Budolfsen T, Lillelund C, Milella M, Quist M, Pilotto S. Physical activity guidelines in oncology: a systematic review of the current recommendations. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2025;210:104718. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2025.104718. PMID: 40194715.
   
2. Quist M, Høgh SE, Budolfsen T. Lungekræft: fysisk træning til patienter med lungekræft: version 1.0 [klinisk retningslinje]. Kbh.: DLCG - Dansk Lunge Cancer Gruppe; 2024.
3. Budolfsen T, Laursen E, Quist M. Optimizing treatment success in lung cancer: the role of functional testing. BRN Rev 2024;10(1):49-57. doi: 10.23866/BRNRev:2024-M0104.
   
4. Hansen MS, Kristensen MT, Budolfsen T, Ellegaard K, Hölmich P, Barfod KW. Reliability of the Copenhagen Achilles length measure (CALM) on patients with an Achilles tendon rupture. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2020;28(1):281-290. doi: 10.1007/s00167-019-05672-3. PMID: 31432242.
   
5. Hansen MS, Christensen M, Budolfsen T, Østergaard TF, Kallemose T, Troelsen A, Barfod KW. Achilles tendon total rupture score at 3 months can predict patients' ability to return to sport 1 year after injury. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 2016;24(4):1365-71. doi: 10.1007/s00167-015-3974-0. PMID: 26733273.