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| E WeiderpassSummaryAffiliation: Karolinska Institutet Country: Sweden Publications
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Occurrence, trends and environment etiology of pancreatic cancerE Weiderpass
Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Scand J Work Environ Health 24:165-74. 1998..Ki-ras mutations have been associated with life-style factors in relation to pancreatic cancer, but the evidence is still scant and inconsistent...
Low-potency oestrogen and risk of endometrial cancer: a case-control studyE Weiderpass
Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Lancet 353:1824-8. 1999..Although low-potency oestrogen formulations are assumed to have few, if any, adverse effects on the endometrium, risk of endometrial neoplasia has not been quantified...
Organochlorines and endometrial cancer riskE Weiderpass
Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 9:487-93. 2000..1 (95% confidence interval, 0.6-2.2; P for trend, 0.90). Our data do not support the hypothesis that the organochlorine exposure studied increases the risk for endometrial cancer...
Breast cancer and occupational exposures in women in FinlandE Weiderpass
Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Am J Ind Med 36:48-53. 1999..The etiology of breast cancer is not fully understood. Environmental and occupational exposures may contribute to breast cancer risk...
Risk of endometrial cancer following estrogen replacement with and without progestinsE Weiderpass
Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
J Natl Cancer Inst 91:1131-7. 1999..In this study, we examined the endometrial cancer risk associated with combined estrogen-progestin regimens currently in use, since the safety profiles of these regimens have not been clearly defined...
Estrogen receptor alpha gene polymorphisms and endometrial cancer riskE Weiderpass
Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, PO Box 281, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
Carcinogenesis 21:623-7. 2000..Our data suggest that variants of the ER gene may be associated with an altered risk of endometrial cancer...
Body size in different periods of life, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and risk of postmenopausal endometrial cancer (Sweden)E Weiderpass
Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Cancer Causes Control 11:185-92. 2000..To measure the association between endometrial cancer risk and obesity at age 18 and recently, adult weight gain, diabetes mellitus and hypertension...
Cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and endometrial cancer risk: a population-based study in SwedenE Weiderpass
Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Cancer Causes Control 12:239-47. 2001..To assess effects of cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption on the risk of endometrial cancer among postmenopausal women...
Breast cancer risk in male alcoholics in SwedenE Weiderpass
Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Cancer Causes Control 12:661-4. 2001..To investigate the association between alcoholism and risk of male breast cancer...
Physical activity and postmenopausal endometrial cancer risk (Sweden)T Moradi
Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Cancer Causes Control 11:829-37. 2000..To examine the hypothesis that sedentary women have an increased risk of endometrial cancer compared to physically active women...
Alcoholism and risk for endometrial cancerE Weiderpass
Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Int J Cancer 93:299-301. 2001..Hence, the effect of alcoholism on endometrial cancer appears to be age dependent...
Dietary fat and breast cancer risk in the Swedish women's lifestyle and health cohortM Lof
Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, PO 281, Stockholm SE 171 77, Sweden
Br J Cancer 97:1570-6. 2007..The associations did not differ by oestrogen or progesterone receptor status. Despite the negative findings, type of fat during premenopausal years may have later differential effects on risk...
Hydatidiform moles and the long-term risk of breast cancer (Sweden)G Erlandsson
Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Cancer Causes Control 11:117-20. 2000..We performed a population-based cohort study in which women with a history of hydatidiform mole were followed up for future cancer outcomes...
Lifestyle and endometrial cancer risk: a cohort study from the Swedish Twin RegistryP Terry
Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Int J Cancer 82:38-42. 1999..We did not find a genetic component to endometrial cancer. Our results confirm that environmental factors are the most important, especially physical activity, parity, and weight in young and middle age...
[Hormone therapy in climacteric. Different effects of estrogen and gestagen on the risk of breast and endometrial cancer]C Magnusson
Institutionen for medicinsk epidemiologi, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
Lakartidningen 98:418-21. 2001..A large epidemiological study in Sweden, in which combined estrogen-progestin treatment was predominantly used, is reported...
Cause-specific mortality in a cohort of patients with diabetes mellitus: a population-based study in SwedenE Weiderpass
Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
J Clin Epidemiol 54:802-9. 2001..We conclude that excess mortality persisted throughout all calendar periods and at all ages, indicating the need for health care prevention measures...
Alcohol abuse and the risk of pancreatic cancerW Ye
Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Gut 51:236-9. 2002..Although most epidemiological studies do not support a role for alcohol in the aetiology of pancreatic cancer, an increased risk among heavy drinkers cannot be excluded...
Prospective study of body size and risk for stroke amongst women below age 60M Lu
Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
J Intern Med 260:442-50. 2006..This study provides evidence that, in contrast to BMI, several different measures of abdominal obesity are strong predictors of stroke in women...
Birth weight in relation to endometrial and breast cancer risks in Swedish womenM Lof
Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, PO 281, SE 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden
Br J Cancer 96:134-6. 2007..An examination of birth weight in a Swedish cohort study of 38,566 women showed no significant association between birth weight and endometrial cancer, but supported a protective role for low birth weight for premenopausal breast cancer...
[Known methods can reduce tobacco dependence drastically]H Vainio
, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
Lakartidningen 98:4336-40. 2001....
[Oncologic diseases in menopause: causes and methods of prevention]E Weiderpass
Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
Vopr Onkol 47:139-47. 2001....
