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Overview

Jesper Lagergren is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to medical research, primarily in the field of medicine with a focus on surgery, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, oncology, gastroenterology, and molecular biology.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes
  • Esophageal and GI Pathology
  • Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies
  • Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments
  • Eosinophilic Esophagitis
  • Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes

Lagergren's publication record shows frequent contributions to several key scientific journals. The venues with the highest number of publications include:

  • British Journal of Surgery
  • Diseases of the Esophagus
  • Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Several recent papers represent the breadth of their work:

  • "Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease" (2020) published in JAMA
  • "Identification of Subtypes of Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Based on DNA Methylation Profiles and Integration of Transcriptome and Genome Data" (2020) published in Gastroenterology
  • "Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease" (2020) published in JAMA
  • "Exercise prehabilitation during neoadjuvant chemotherapy may enhance tumour regression in oesophageal cancer: results from a prospective non-randomised trial" (2022) published in British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • "Long-term Survival in Esophageal Cancer After Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy Compared to Open Esophagectomy" (2021) published in Annals of Surgery

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jesper Lagergren include:

  • Giola Santoni
  • Joonas H. Kauppila
  • James Gossage
  • Dag Holmberg
  • My von Euler-Chelpin

Best Publications

  • Symptomatic Gastroesophageal Reflux as a Risk Factor for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

    Jesper Lagergren;Reinhold Bergström;Anders Lindgren;Olof Nyrén

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines on the diagnosis and management of Barrett's oesophagus

    Rebecca C Fitzgerald;Massimiliano di Pietro;Krish Ragunath;Yeng Ang

  • Association between Body Mass and Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagus and Gastric Cardia

    Jesper Lagergren;Reinhold Bergström;Olof Nyrén

  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

    Yilong Li;Nicola D Roberts;Jeremiah A Wala;Jeremiah A Wala;Ofer Shapira;Ofer Shapira

  • Obesity and estrogen as risk factors for gastroesophageal reflux symptoms.

    Magnus Nilsson;Roar Johnsen;Weimin Ye;Kristian Hveem

  • The Epidemiology of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

    Helen G. Coleman;Shao-Hua Xie;Jesper Lagergren;Jesper Lagergren

  • Lifestyle related risk factors in the aetiology of gastro-oesophageal reflux

    M Nilsson;R Johnsen;W Ye;K Hveem

  • Helicobacter pylori Infection and Gastric Atrophy: Risk of Adenocarcinoma and Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus and Adenocarcinoma of the Gastric Cardia

    Weimin Ye;Maria Held;Jesper Lagergren;Lars Engstrand

  • The role of tobacco, snuff and alcohol use in the aetiology of cancer of the oesophagus and gastric cardia

    Jesper Lagergren;Reinhold Bergström;Reinhold Bergström;Anders Lindgren;Olof Nyrén

  • Screening and surveillance for Barrett esophagus in high-risk groups: a cost-utility analysis.

    John M Inadomi;Richard Sampliner;Jesper Lagergren;David Lieberman

  • Body mass, tobacco and alcohol and risk of esophageal, gastric cardia, and gastric non-cardia adenocarcinoma among men and women in a nested case-control study.

    Mats Lindblad;Luis A. García Rodríguez;Jesper Lagergren;Jesper Lagergren

  • Recent developments in esophageal adenocarcinoma

    Jesper Lagergren;Pernilla Lagergren

  • Ordering of mutations in preinvasive disease stages of esophageal carcinogenesis

    Jamie M J Weaver;Caryn S Ross-Innes;Nicholas Shannon;Andy G Lynch

  • Mutational signatures in esophageal adenocarcinoma define etiologically distinct subgroups with therapeutic relevance

    Maria Secrier;Xiaodun Li;Nadeera de Silva;Matthew D Eldridge

  • Lifestyle Intervention in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.

    Eivind Ness-Jensen;Eivind Ness-Jensen;Kristian Hveem;Hashem El-Serag;Jesper Lagergren

  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease in monozygotic and dizygotic twins

    Alan J. Cameron;Jesper Lagergren;Christer Henriksson;Olof Nyren

  • Risk of adenocarcinomas of the esophagus and gastric cardia in patients with gastroesophageal reflux diseases and after antireflux surgery

    Weimin Ye;Wong Ho Chow;Jesper Lagergren;Li Yin

  • Adenocarcinoma of oesophagus: what exactly is the size of the problem and who is at risk?

    J Lagergren

  • Mutational signatures in esophageal adenocarcinoma define etiologically distinct subgroups with therapeutic relevance (vol 48, pg 1131, 2016)

    Maria Secrier;Xiaodun Li;Nadeera de Silva;Matthew D Eldridge

Frequent Co-Authors

Weimin Ye
Weimin Ye Karolinska Institute
Olof Nyrén
Olof Nyrén Karolinska Institute
Kristian Hveem
Kristian Hveem Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Douglas A. Corley
Douglas A. Corley Kaiser Permanente
Thomas L. Vaughan
Thomas L. Vaughan University of Washington
Rebecca C. Fitzgerald
Rebecca C. Fitzgerald University of Cambridge
David C. Whiteman
David C. Whiteman QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Laufey Tryggvadottir
Laufey Tryggvadottir University of Iceland
Elsebeth Lynge
Elsebeth Lynge University of Copenhagen
Nicholas J. Shaheen
Nicholas J. Shaheen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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