E Weiderpass

Summary

Affiliation: Karolinska Institutet
Country: Sweden

Publications

  1. ncbi Occurrence, trends and environment etiology of pancreatic cancer
    E Weiderpass
    Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
    Scand J Work Environ Health 24:165-74. 1998
  2. ncbi Low-potency oestrogen and risk of endometrial cancer: a case-control study
    E Weiderpass
    Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Lancet 353:1824-8. 1999
  3. ncbi Organochlorines and endometrial cancer risk
    E Weiderpass
    Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 9:487-93. 2000
  4. ncbi Breast cancer and occupational exposures in women in Finland
    E Weiderpass
    Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Am J Ind Med 36:48-53. 1999
  5. ncbi Risk of endometrial cancer following estrogen replacement with and without progestins
    E Weiderpass
    Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    J Natl Cancer Inst 91:1131-7. 1999
  6. ncbi Estrogen receptor alpha gene polymorphisms and endometrial cancer risk
    E Weiderpass
    Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, PO Box 281, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden
    Carcinogenesis 21:623-7. 2000
  7. ncbi 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
  8. ncbi Cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and endometrial cancer risk: a population-based study in Sweden
    E Weiderpass
    Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Cancer Causes Control 12:239-47. 2001
  9. ncbi Breast cancer risk in male alcoholics in Sweden
    E Weiderpass
    Department of Medical Epidemiology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
    Cancer Causes Control 12:661-4. 2001
  10. ncbi 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

Detail Information

Publications21

  1. ncbi Occurrence, trends and environment etiology of pancreatic cancer
    E 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...
  2. ncbi Low-potency oestrogen and risk of endometrial cancer: a case-control study
    E 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...
  3. ncbi Organochlorines and endometrial cancer risk
    E 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...
  4. ncbi Breast cancer and occupational exposures in women in Finland
    E 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...
  5. ncbi Risk of endometrial cancer following estrogen replacement with and without progestins
    E 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...
  6. ncbi Estrogen receptor alpha gene polymorphisms and endometrial cancer risk
    E 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...
  7. ncbi 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...
  8. ncbi Cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and endometrial cancer risk: a population-based study in Sweden
    E 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...
  9. ncbi Breast cancer risk in male alcoholics in Sweden
    E 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...
  10. ncbi 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...
  11. ncbi Alcoholism and risk for endometrial cancer
    E 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...
  12. ncbi Dietary fat and breast cancer risk in the Swedish women's lifestyle and health cohort
    M 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...
  13. ncbi 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...
  14. ncbi Lifestyle and endometrial cancer risk: a cohort study from the Swedish Twin Registry
    P 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...
  15. ncbi [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...
  16. ncbi Cause-specific mortality in a cohort of patients with diabetes mellitus: a population-based study in Sweden
    E 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...
  17. ncbi Alcohol abuse and the risk of pancreatic cancer
    W 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...
  18. ncbi Prospective study of body size and risk for stroke amongst women below age 60
    M 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...
  19. ncbi Birth weight in relation to endometrial and breast cancer risks in Swedish women
    M 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...
  20. ncbi [Known methods can reduce tobacco dependence drastically]
    H Vainio
    , Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
    Lakartidningen 98:4336-40. 2001
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  21. ncbi [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
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