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Eero Pukkala is affiliated with Tampere University in Finland and has a significant number of publications primarily in the field of Medicine, with 201 scientific works. Their research spans multiple subfields, including Oncology, Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, and Reproductive Medicine.

The scientist's work encompasses a variety of topics, notably:

  • Occupational and environmental lung diseases
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Head and Neck Cancer Studies
  • Genetic factors in colorectal cancer
  • Cancer Risks and Factors

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Eero Pukkala are the following:

  • Deciphering colorectal cancer genetics through multi-omic analysis of 100,204 cases and 154,587 controls of European and East Asian ancestries, 2022, Nature Genetics
  • Epidemiology, risk of malignancy and patient survival in primary sclerosing cholangitis: a population-based study in Finland, 2020, Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
  • Vaccination With Moderate Coverage Eradicates Oncogenic Human Papillomaviruses If a Gender-Neutral Strategy Is Applied, 2020, The Journal of Infectious Diseases
  • Incidence of lichen sclerosus and subsequent causes of death: a nationwide Finnish register study, 2020, BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
  • Cancer Risk After Bariatric Surgery in a Cohort Study from the Five Nordic Countries, 2020, Obesity Surgery

Eero Pukkala frequently publishes in several venues, which include:

  • Acta Oncologica
  • International Journal of Cancer
  • Human Reproduction
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Cancer Medicine

Collaborations feature prominently in their career, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Elsebeth Lynge
  • Kazem Zendehdel
  • Elisabete Weiderpass
  • Sanna Heikkinen
  • Jan Ivar Martinsen

Best Publications

  • Environmental and Heritable Factors in the Causation of Cancer — Analyses of Cohorts of Twins from Sweden, Denmark, and Finland

    Paul Lichtenstein;Niels V. Holm;Pia K. Verkasalo;Anastasia Iliadou

  • Cancer risk in mutation carriers of DNA-mismatch-repair genes.

    M. Aarnio;R. Sankila;E. Pukkala;R. Salovaara

  • Frequency of specific cancer types in dermatomyositis and polymyositis: a population-based study.

    Catherine L Hill;Yuqing Zhang;Bardur Sigurgeirsson;Eero Pukkala

  • Human Papillomavirus Infection as a Risk Factor for Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

    Mork J;Lie Ak;Glattre E;Hallmans G

  • Dietary Flavonoids and the Risk of Lung Cancer and Other Malignant Neoplasms

    Paul Knekt;Ritva Järvinen;Ritva Seppänen;Markku Heliövaara

  • Second Cancers Among 40 576 Testicular Cancer Patients: Focus on Long-term Survivors

    Lois B. Travis;Sophie D. Fosså;Sara J. Schonfeld;Mary L. McMaster

  • Data quality and quality control of a population-based cancer registry. Experience in Finland.

    Lyly Teppo;Eero Pukkala;Maria Lehtonen

  • Hopelessness and risk of mortality and incidence of myocardial infarction and cancer.

    Susan A. Everson;Debbie E. Goldberg;George A. Kaplan;Richard D. Cohen

  • Familial Risk and Heritability of Cancer Among Twins in Nordic Countries.

    Lorelei A Mucci;Lorelei A Mucci;Jacob B Hjelmborg;Jennifer R Harris;Kamila Czene

  • Cancer risk after renal transplantation in the Nordic countries, 1964-1986.

    Sven A. Birkeland;Hans H. Storm;Lars U. Lamm;Lotti Barlow

  • Occupation and cancer – follow-up of 15 million people in five Nordic countries

    Eero Pukkala;Jan Ivar Martinsen;Elsebeth Lynge;Holmfridur Kolbrun Gunnarsdottir

  • Breast Cancer Following Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy Among Young Women With Hodgkin Disease

    Lois B. Travis;Deirdre A. Hill;Graça M. Dores;Mary Gospodarowicz

  • Inherited susceptibility to uterine leiomyomas and renal cell cancer

    Virpi Launonen;Outi Vierimaa;Maija Ht Kiuru;Jorma Isola

  • Night work and breast cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Sarah P. Megdal;Candyce H. Kroenke;Candyce H. Kroenke;Francine Laden;Francine Laden;Eero Pukkala

  • Second Malignant Neoplasms Among Long-Term Survivors of Hodgkin’s Disease: A Population-Based Evaluation Over 25 Years

    Graça M. Dores;Catherine Metayer;Rochelle E. Curtis;Charles F. Lynch

  • Lung Cancer Following Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy for Hodgkin's Disease

    Lois B. Travis;Mary Gospodarowicz;Rochelle E. Curtis;E. Aileen Clarke

  • NORDCAN - A Nordic tool for cancer information, planning, quality control and research

    Gerda Engholm;Jacques Ferlay;Niels Christensen;Freddie Bray

  • Coeliac disease--associated disorders and survival.

    P Collin;T Reunala;E Pukkala;P Laippala

  • Serotypes of Chlamydia trachomatis and risk for development of cervical squamous cell carcinoma.

    Tarja Anttila;Pekka Saikku;Pentti Koskela;Aini Bloigu

  • Risk of Second Malignant Neoplasms Among Long-term Survivors of Testicular Cancer

    Lois B. Travis;Rochelle E. Curtis;Joseph F. Fraumeni;John D. Boice

Frequent Co-Authors

Elisabete Weiderpass
Elisabete Weiderpass International Agency For Research On Cancer
Laufey Tryggvadottir
Laufey Tryggvadottir University of Iceland
Matti Lehtinen
Matti Lehtinen Tampere University
Hans H. Storm
Hans H. Storm Danish Cancer Society
Elsebeth Lynge
Elsebeth Lynge University of Copenhagen
Pär Sparén
Pär Sparén Karolinska Institute
Anssi Auvinen
Anssi Auvinen Tampere University
Timo Hakulinen
Timo Hakulinen University of Helsinki
Charles F. Lynch
Charles F. Lynch University of Iowa
Jaakko Kaprio
Jaakko Kaprio University of Helsinki

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