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Professor Lars Holmberg

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Lars Holmberg is Professor Emeritus in Cancer Epidemiology at School of Cancer and Pharmaceutical Sciences, King’s College London and at Medical Faculty, University of Uppsala Sweden. Prof Holmberg was recruited to KCL in 2007 to head up an epidemiology group. In 2011, Prof Holmberg also took up the leadership for a Regional Cancer Center in Uppsala, Sweden jointly with his appointment at KCL. Prof Holmberg holds after his retirement in 2016 grants for breast-, prostate- and urinary bladder cancer research and mentors younger colleagues in cancer epidemiology. Prof Holmberg has published more than 350 original articles and 80 reviews and commentaries.

Latest publications

Risk of coronary stenosis after adjuvant radiotherapy for breast cancer
Wennstig, A. K., Garmo, H., Wadsten, L., Lagerqvist, B., Fredriksson, I., Holmberg, L., Blomqvist, C., Nilsson, G. & Sund, M., Jul 2022, In: Strahlentherapie Und Onkologie. 198, 7, p. 630-638 9 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00066-022-01927-0
Once-only colonoscopy or two rounds of faecal immunochemical testing 2 years apart for colorectal cancer screening (SCREESCO): preliminary report of a randomised controlled trial
SCREESCO investigators, Jun 2022, In: The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 7, 6, p. 513-521 9 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(21)00473-8
Colorectal cancer screening with fecal immunochemical testing or primary colonoscopy: An analysis of health equity based on a randomised trial
Strömberg, U., Bonander, C., Westerberg, M., Levin, L., Metcalfe, C., Steele, R., Holmberg, L., Forsberg, A. & Hultcrantz, R., May 2022, In: EClinicalMedicine. 47, 101398. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101398
Population-based estimates of age and comorbidity specific life expectancy: a first application in Swedish males
Van Hemelrijck, M., Ventimiglia, E., Robinson, D., Gedeborg, R., Holmberg, L., Stattin, P. & Garmo, H., 8 Feb 2022, In: BMC medical informatics and decision making. 22, 1, 35. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-022-01766-0
Similar risk of cancer in patients younger than 55 years with or without a total hip arthroplasty (THA): a population- based cohort study on 18,771 exposed to THA and 87,683 controls
Hailer, Y. D., Kärrholm, J., Eriksson, N., Holmberg, L. & Hailer, N. P., 8 Feb 2022, In: Acta orthopaedica. 93, p. 317-326 10 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.2340/17453674.2022.2044
No self-evident interpretation of a randomized study
Holmberg, L., 8 Jan 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Scandinavian Journal of Urology. 56, 1, p. 12-13 2 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1080/21681805.2021.2019305
Bladder cancer recurrence in papillary urothelial neoplasm of low malignant potential (PUNLMP) compared to G1 WHO 1999: a population-based study
Bobjer, J., Hagberg, O., Aljabery, F., Gårdmark, T., Jahnson, S., Jerlström, T., Sherif, A., Simoulis, A., Ströck, V., Häggström, C., Holmberg, L. & Liedberg, F., 2022, In: Scandinavian Journal of Urology. 56, 1, p. 14-18 5 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1080/21681805.2021.1987980
Data Resource Profile: Breast Cancer Data Base Sweden 2.0 (BCBaSe 2.0)
Wadsten, C., Wennstig, A. K., Garmo, H., Lambe, M., Blomqvist, C., Holmberg, L., Nilsson, G., Wärnberg, F., Fredriksson, I. & Sund, M., 1 Dec 2021, In: International Journal of Epidemiology. 50, 6, p. 1770-1771f Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab139
Risk of primary lung cancer after adjuvant radiotherapy in breast cancer—a large population-based study
Wennstig, A. K., Wadsten, C., Garmo, H., Johansson, M., Fredriksson, I., Blomqvist, C., Holmberg, L., Nilsson, G. & Sund, M., Dec 2021, In: npj Breast Cancer. 7, 1, 71. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41523-021-00280-2
An Aggregated Comorbidity Measure Based on History of Filled Drug Prescriptions: Development and Evaluation in Two Separate Cohorts
Gedeborg, R., Sund, M., Lambe, M., Plym, A., Fredriksson, I., Syrjä, J., Holmberg, L., Robinson, D., Stattin, P. & Garmo, H., 1 Jul 2021, In: Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.). 32, 4, p. 607-615 9 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0000000000001358

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