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Hans-Olov Adami

Hans-Olov Adami

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2026

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in United States Leader Award
  • Jubilee Prize, Swedish Medical Society
  • Jubilee Prize, Swedish Medical Society
  • Jubilee Prize, Swedish Medical Society

Overview

Hans-Olov Adami is affiliated with the Karolinska Institute in Sweden and has produced extensive research spanning multiple areas within medicine, particularly focusing on oncology and cancer epidemiology.

Their research outputs include investigations on colorectal cancer screening and detection, global cancer incidence and screening, cancer risks and factors, and genetic influences on colorectal cancer. Other areas of focus in their work include nutritional studies and diet, gastric cancer management and outcomes, and viral-associated cancers and disorders.

Hans-Olov Adami's recent publications highlight ongoing contributions to cancer research. Notable papers include:

  • Effect of Colonoscopy Screening on Risks of Colorectal Cancer and Related Death (2022, New England Journal of Medicine)
  • Breast cancer risk after recent childbirth: A pooled analysis of 15 prospective studies (2024, PubMed)
  • Estimated Lifetime Gained With Cancer Screening Tests (2023, JAMA Internal Medicine)
  • Body size and weight change over adulthood and risk of breast cancer by menopausal and hormone receptor status: a pooled analysis of 20 prospective cohort studies (2020, European Journal of Epidemiology)
  • Association of the Age at Menarche with Site-Specific Cancer Risks in Pooled Data from Nine Cohorts (2021, Cancer Research)

The scientist frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including:

  • Weimin Ye (38 joint publications)
  • Mette Kalager (25 joint publications)
  • Michael Bretthauer (23 joint publications)
  • Elisabete Weiderpass (22 joint publications)
  • Graham G. Giles (21 joint publications)

Their work is regularly published in a range of international journals, with the most frequent publication venues being:

  • UNC Libraries (13 publications)
  • International Journal of Cancer (5 publications)
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention (5 publications)
  • European Journal of Epidemiology (4 publications)
  • Molecular Oncology (4 publications)

Hans-Olov Adami's research falls primarily within the broad field of Medicine, with specialization in several subfields including Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Genetics, and Surgery.

An award associated with this scientist includes the Jubilee Prize from the Swedish Medical Society.

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

  • Ulcerative colitis and colorectal cancer. A population-based study.

    Anders Ekbom;Charles Helmick;Matthew Zack;Hans-Olov Adami

  • 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

  • Radical prostatectomy versus watchful waiting in early prostate cancer.

    Anna Bill-Axelson;Anna Bill-Axelson;Lars Holmberg;Mirja Ruutu;Hans Garmo

  • Epidemiology and etiology of Parkinson’s disease: a review of the evidence

    Karin Wirdefeldt;Hans-Olov Adami;Hans-Olov Adami;Philip Cole;Dimitrios Trichopoulos

  • Leisure Time Physical Activity and Mortality: A Detailed Pooled Analysis of the Dose-Response Relationship

    Hannah Arem;Steven C. Moore;Alpa Patel;Patricia Hartge

  • The enigmatic epidemiology of nasopharyngeal carcinoma.

    Ellen T. Chang;Hans-Olov Adami

  • Association of Leisure-Time Physical Activity With Risk of 26 Types of Cancer in 1.44 Million Adults

    Steven C. Moore;I-Min Lee;Elisabete Weiderpass;Peter T. Campbell

  • Pooled Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies on Height, Weight, and Breast Cancer Risk

    Piet A. Van Den Brandt;Donna Spiegelman;Shiaw Shyuan Yaun;Hans Olov Adami

  • Radical Prostatectomy or Watchful Waiting in Early Prostate Cancer

    Anna Bill-Axelson;Lars Holmberg;Hans Garmo;Jennifer R. Rider

  • Overweight as an avoidable cause of cancer in Europe

    Anna Bergström;Paola Pisani;Vanessa Tenet;Alicja Wolk

  • A randomized trial comparing radical prostatectomy with watchful waiting in early prostate cancer

    Lars Holmberg;Anna Bill-Axelson;Fred Helgesen;Jaakko O. Salo

  • Infections as a major preventable cause of human cancer

    H. Kuper;H.-O. Adami;H.-O. Adami;D. Trichopoulos;D. Trichopoulos;D. Trichopoulos

  • The Risk of Breast Cancer after Estrogen and Estrogen-Progestin Replacement

    LElF Bergkvist;Hans-Olgy Adami;Ingemar Persson;Robert Hoover

  • Increased risk of large-bowel cancer in Crohn's disease with colonic involvement

    A. Ekbom;H.-O. Adami;C. Helmick;M. Zack

  • Natural History of Early, Localized Prostate Cancer

    Jan Erik Johansson;Ove Andrén;Swen Olof Andersson;Paul W. Dickman

  • 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

  • Cohort studies of fat intake and the risk of breast cancer--a pooled analysis.

    David J. Hunter;Donna Spiegelman;Hans Olov Adami;Lawrence Beeson

  • Sexually Transmitted Infection as a Cause of Anal Cancer

    Frisch M;Glimelius B;van den Brule Aj;Wohlfahrt J

  • TMPRSS2:ERG gene fusion associated with lethal prostate cancer in a watchful waiting cohort.

    F. Demichelis;K. Fall;S. Perner;S. Perner;O. Andrén

Frequent Co-Authors

Dimitrios Trichopoulos
Dimitrios Trichopoulos Harvard University
Elisabete Weiderpass
Elisabete Weiderpass International Agency For Research On Cancer
Reinhold Bergström
Reinhold Bergström Uppsala University
Lorelei A. Mucci
Lorelei A. Mucci Harvard University
Anders Ekbom
Anders Ekbom Karolinska Institute
Pagona Lagiou
Pagona Lagiou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Alicja Wolk
Alicja Wolk Karolinska Institute
Ellen T. Chang
Ellen T. Chang Stanford University
Mads Melbye
Mads Melbye University of Copenhagen
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne

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