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Giske Ursin is affiliated with the University of Oslo in Norway and has a research focus primarily in the field of medicine, with significant contributions to oncology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, cancer research, genetics, and clinical psychology. Their work spans various aspects of cancer epidemiology and clinical studies.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Cancer Survivorship and Care
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • COVID-19 and Healthcare Impacts

Ursin has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • Breast cancer risk after recent childbirth: A pooled analysis of 15 prospective studies (2024, PubMed)
  • Artificial Intelligence Evaluation of 122,969 Mammography Examinations from a Population-based Screening Program (2022, Radiology)
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening With Repeated Fecal Immunochemical Test Versus Sigmoidoscopy: Baseline Results From a Randomized Trial (2020, Gastroenterology)
  • In modern times, how important are breast cancer stage, grade and receptor subtype for survival: a population-based cohort study (2021, Breast Cancer Research)
  • Can breast cancer be stopped? Modifiable risk factors of breast cancer among women with a prior benign or premalignant lesion (2021, International Journal of Cancer)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Edoardo Botteri (14 joint publications)
  • Tor Åge Myklebust (13 joint publications)
  • Solveig Hofvind (11 joint publications)
  • Graham G. Giles (9 joint publications)
  • Tom Børge Johannesen (8 joint publications)

Ursin's research is often published in prominent journals such as:

  • Breast Cancer Research (8 publications)
  • Acta Oncologica (7 publications)
  • International Journal of Cancer (6 publications)
  • Norsk Epidemiologi (5 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (5 publications)

Best Publications

  • Breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy: collaborative reanalysis of data from 51 epidemiological studies of 52 705 women with breast cancer and 108 411 women without breast cancer

    E. E. Calle;C. W. Heath;R. J. Coates;J. M. Liff

  • Breast cancer and hormonal contraceptives : collaborative reanalysis of individual data on 53.297 women with breast cancer and 100.239 women without breast cancer from 54 epidemiological studies

    E. E. Calle;C. W. Heath;H. L. Miracle-McMahill;R. J. Coates

  • International incidence of childhood cancer, 2001-10 a population-based registry study

    Eva Steliarova-Foucher;Murielle Colombet;Lynn A G Ries;Florencia Moreno

  • Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Kyriaki Michailidou;Sara Lindström;Sara Lindström;Joe Dennis;Jonathan Beesley

  • Alcohol, tobacco and breast cancer - Collaborative reanalysis of individual data from 53 epidemiological studies, including 58 515 women with breast cancer and 95 067 women without the disease

    N Hamajima;K Hirose;K Tajima;T Rohan

  • Menarche, menopause, and breast cancer risk: Individual participant meta-analysis, including 118 964 women with breast cancer from 117 epidemiological studies

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • Oral Contraceptives and the Risk of Breast Cancer

    Polly A. Marchbanks;Jill A. McDonald;Hoyt G. Wilson;Suzanne G. Folger

  • Genome-wide association analysis of more than 120,000 individuals identifies 15 new susceptibility loci for breast cancer

    Kyriaki Michailidou;Jonathan Beesley;Sara Lindstrom;Sander Canisius

  • Type and timing of menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer risk: individual participant meta-analysis of the worldwide epidemiological evidence

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy and Change in Mammographic Density

    Gail A. Greendale;Beth A. Reboussin;Stacey Slone;Carol Wasilauskas

  • Reproductive factors and breast cancer risk according to joint estrogen and progesterone receptor status: a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies

    Huiyan Ma;Leslie Bernstein;Malcolm C Pike;Giske Ursin;Giske Ursin

  • Influence of individual and combined health behaviors on total and cause-specific mortality in men and women: the United Kingdom health and lifestyle survey.

    Elisabeth Kvaavik;G. David Batty;G. David Batty;Giske Ursin;Rachel Huxley

  • Meat consumption and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.

    D. Aune;G. Ursin;G. Ursin;M. B. Veierød

  • Mammographic Density and Breast Cancer in Three Ethnic Groups

    Giske Ursin;Huiyan Ma;Anna H. Wu;Leslie Bernstein

  • Prevalence and Predictors of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutations in a Population-Based Study of Breast Cancer in White and Black American Women Ages 35 to 64 Years

    Kathleen E. Malone;Janet R. Daling;David R. Doody;Li Hsu

  • Projecting Individualized Absolute Invasive Breast Cancer Risk in African American Women

    Mitchell H. Gail;Joseph P. Costantino;David Pee;Melissa Bondy

  • Mammographic Density Phenotypes and Risk of Breast Cancer: A Meta-analysis

    Andreas Pettersson;Rebecca E Graff;Giske Ursin;Isabel Dos Santos Silva

  • A meta-analysis of body mass index and risk of premenopausal breast cancer.

    Giske Ursin;Matthew P. Longnecker;Matthew P. Longnecker;Robert W. Haile;Robert W. Haile;Sander Greenland

  • Cervical carcinoma and reproductive factors: Collaborative reanalysis of individual data on 16,563 women with cervical carcinoma and 33,542 women without cervical carcinoma from 25 epidemiological studies.

    T. Rajkumar;J. Cuzick;P. Appleby;R. Barnabas

  • Oral contraceptives and the risk of breast cancer

    Polly A. Marchbanks;Jill A. Mcdonald;Hoyt G. Wilson;Suzanne G. Folger

Frequent Co-Authors

Leslie Bernstein
Leslie Bernstein University of Southern California
Malcolm C. Pike
Malcolm C. Pike Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Dennis Deapen
Dennis Deapen University of Southern California
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Pamela L. Horn-Ross
Pamela L. Horn-Ross Cancer Prevention Institute of California
Brian L. Strom
Brian L. Strom Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Anna H. Wu
Anna H. Wu University of Southern California
Michael F. Press
Michael F. Press University of Southern California
Christopher A. Haiman
Christopher A. Haiman University of Southern California
David Van Den Berg
David Van Den Berg University of Southern California

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