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Börje Ljungberg

Börje Ljungberg

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National Ranking
320

Overview

Börje Ljungberg is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden and specializes primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research contributions focus extensively on various aspects of renal cancers and related treatments.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Renal cell carcinoma treatment
  • Renal and related cancers
  • Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
  • Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research

Ljungberg's published papers reflect ongoing involvement in European Association of Urology guidelines and renal cancer research. Notable recent papers include:

  • "European Association of Urology Guidelines on Renal Cell Carcinoma: The 2022 Update" (2022) published in European Urology
  • "European Association of Urology Guidelines Office Rapid Reaction Group: An Organisation-wide Collaborative Effort to Adapt the European Association of Urology Guidelines Recommendations to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Era" (2020) published in European Urology
  • "The 2021 Updated European Association of Urology Guidelines on Renal Cell Carcinoma: Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor-based Combination Therapies for Treatment-naive Metastatic Clear-cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Are Standard of Care" (2021) published in European Urology
  • "Updated European Association of Urology Guidelines on Renal Cell Carcinoma: Nivolumab plus Cabozantinib Joins Immune Checkpoint Inhibition Combination Therapies for Treatment-naïve Metastatic Clear-Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma" (2020) published in European Urology
  • "Limitations of Available Studies Prevent Reliable Comparison Between Tumour Ablation and Partial Nephrectomy for Patients with Localised Renal Masses: A Systematic Review from the European Association of Urology Renal Cell Cancer Guideline Panel" (2020) published in European Urology Oncology

Frequent co-authors who collaborate with Ljungberg include:

  • Axel Bex
  • Saeed Dabestani
  • Umberto Capitanio
  • Lorenzo Marconi
  • Sergio Fernandéz-Pello

In terms of publication venues, Ljungberg has a strong presence in:

  • European Urology
  • Scandinavian Journal of Urology
  • European Urology Open Science
  • European Urology Oncology
  • World Journal of Urology

Their research intersects several subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, Surgery, Oncology, and Cancer Research. This multidisciplinary approach underpins the studies on cancer treatments and diagnostics, especially in renal cell carcinoma.

Best Publications

  • EAU Guidelines on Renal Cell Carcinoma: 2014 Update

    Borje Ljungberg;Karim Bensalah;Steven Canfield;Saeed Dabestani

  • The Heidelberg classification of renal cell tumours

    Gyula Kovacs;Mohammed Akhtar;Bruce J. Beckwith;Peter Bugert

  • GuidelinesEAU Guidelines on Renal Cell Carcinoma: The 2010 Update

    Börje Ljungberg;Nigel C. Cowan;Damian C. Hanbury;Milan Hora

  • The Epidemiology of Renal Cell Carcinoma

    Börje Ljungberg;Steven C. Campbell;Han Yong Cho;Didier Jacqmin

  • European Association of Urology Guidelines on Renal Cell Carcinoma: The 2019 Update.

    Börje Ljungberg;Laurance Albiges;Yasmin Abu-Ghanem;Karim Bensalah

  • Renal cell carcinoma guideline.

    Börje Ljungberg;Damian C. Hanbury;Marcus A. Kuczyk;Axel S. Merseburger

  • Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Diagnostic Accuracy of Percutaneous Renal Tumour Biopsy

    Lorenzo Marconi;Saeed Dabestani;Thomas B. Lam;Fabian Hofmann

  • A multi-stage genome-wide association study of bladder cancer identifies multiple susceptibility loci

    Nathaniel Rothman;Montserrat Garcia-Closas;Nilanjan Chatterjee;Nuria Malats

  • Guidelines on Renal Cell Carcinoma

    Börje Ljungberg;D C Hanbury;M A Kuczyk;A S Merseburger

  • Systematic review of oncological outcomes following surgical management of localised renal cancer.

    Steven MacLennan;Mari Imamura;Marie C. Lapitan;Muhammad Imran Omar

  • Molecular Stratification of Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma by Consensus Clustering Reveals Distinct Subtypes and Survival Patterns

    A. Rose Brannon;Anupama Reddy;Michael Seiler;Alexandra Arreola

  • Blood Pressure and Risk of Renal Cell Carcinoma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

    Steffen Weikert;Heiner Boeing;Tobias Pischon;Cornelia Weikert

  • Follow-up guidelines for nonmetastatic renal cell carcinoma based on the occurrence of metastases after radical nephrectomy

    Börje Ljungberg;Farhood Iranparvar Alamdari;Torgny Rasmuson;Göran roos

  • Body size and risk of renal cell carcinoma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).

    Tobias Pischon;Petra H. Lahmann;Heiner Boeing;Anne Tjønneland

  • Local treatments for metastases of renal cell carcinoma: a systematic review

    Saeed Dabestani;Lorenzo Marconi;Fabian Hofmann;Fiona Stewart

  • Vascular endothelial growth factor as prognostic factor in renal cell carcinoma.

    Jan Jacobsen;Torgny Rasmuson;Kjell Grankvist;BöRJE Ljungberg

  • Systematic review of perioperative and quality-of-life outcomes following surgical management of localised renal cancer

    Steven MacLennan;Mari Imamura;Marie C. Lapitan;Muhammad Imran Omar

  • Genome-wide association study of renal cell carcinoma identifies two susceptibility loci on 2p21 and 11q13.3

    Mark P. Purdue;Mattias Johansson;Diana Zelenika;Jorge R. Toro

  • European Association of Urology Guidelines Office Rapid Reaction Group: An Organisation-wide Collaborative Effort to Adapt the European Association of Urology Guidelines Recommendations to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Era.

    Maria J. Ribal;Philip Cornford;Alberto Briganti;Thomas Knoll

  • Gene Expression Profiling Predicts Survival in Conventional Renal Cell Carcinoma

    Hongjuan Zhao;Börje Ljungberg;Kjell Grankvist;Torgny Rasmuson

Frequent Co-Authors

Anders Bergh
Anders Bergh Umeå University
Elio Riboli
Elio Riboli Imperial College London
Petra H.M. Peeters
Petra H.M. Peeters Utrecht University
Anne Tjønneland
Anne Tjønneland University of Copenhagen
Dimitrios Trichopoulos
Dimitrios Trichopoulos Harvard University
Thomas Powles
Thomas Powles Queen Mary University of London
H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita
H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
Paolo Vineis
Paolo Vineis Imperial College London
Heiner Boeing
Heiner Boeing German Institute of Human Nutrition

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