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Karin E. Smedby is affiliated with Karolinska University Hospital in Sweden and has a significant body of research within the field of medicine. Their scholarly work spans over 300 publications, with a focused expertise in areas such as pathology and forensic medicine, oncology, genetics, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and neurology.

The scientist's research mainly centers on lymphoma diagnosis and treatment, chronic lymphocytic leukemia research, and viral-associated cancers and disorders. Additional topics of their work include central nervous system lymphoma diagnosis and treatment, genetic factors in colorectal cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia research, and cancer risks and factors.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Karin E. Smedby include:

  • Adaptation of the Charlson Comorbidity Index for Register-Based Research in Sweden, 2021, Clinical Epidemiology
  • International prognostic score for asymptomatic early-stage chronic lymphocytic leukemia, 2020, Blood
  • Cancer survival statistics for patients and healthcare professionals - a tutorial of real-world data analysis, 2020, Journal of Internal Medicine
  • Incidence of relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) including CNS relapse in a population-based cohort of 4243 patients in Sweden, 2021, Blood Cancer Journal
  • Sex differences in lymphoma incidence and mortality by subtype: A population-based study, 2022, American Journal of Hematology

Their frequent co-authors, collaborating on multiple publications, include:

  • Sandra Eloranta
  • Ingrid Glimelius
  • Sara Ekberg
  • Mats Jerkeman
  • Tove Wästerlid

Karin E. Smedby publishes recurrently in several academic venues, notably:

  • Acta Oncologica
  • British Journal of Haematology
  • Journal of Internal Medicine
  • HemaSphere
  • Hematological Oncology

Best Publications

  • Autoimmune disorders and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes: a pooled analysis within the InterLymph Consortium.

    Karin Ekström Smedby;Claire M. Vajdic;Michael Falster;Eric A. Engels

  • Autoimmune and Chronic Inflammatory Disorders and Risk of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma by Subtype

    Karin Ekström Smedby;Henrik Hjalgrim;Johan Askling;Ellen T. Chang

  • Stereotyped B-cell receptors in one-third of chronic lymphocytic leukemia: a molecular classification with implications for targeted therapies

    Andreas Agathangelidis;Nikos Darzentas;Anastasia Hadzidimitriou;Xavier Brochet

  • Malignant lymphomas in coeliac disease: evidence of increased risks for lymphoma types other than enteropathy-type T cell lymphoma

    KE Smedby;Måns Åkerman;H Hildebrand;B Glimelius

  • Risk of skin cancer and other malignancies in kidney, liver, heart and lung transplant recipients 1970 to 2008--a Swedish population-based study.

    Britta Krynitz;Gustaf Edgren;Bernt Lindelöf;Eva Baecklund

  • Etiologic Heterogeneity Among Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Subtypes: The InterLymph Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Subtypes Project

    Lindsay M. Morton;Susan L. Slager;James R. Cerhan;Sophia S. Wang

  • Recurrent mutations refine prognosis in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

    P Baliakas;A Hadzidimitriou;L-A Sutton;D Rossi

  • Ultraviolet radiation exposure and risk of malignant lymphomas.

    Karin Ekström Smedby;Henrik Hjalgrim;Mads Melbye;Anna Torrång

  • Malignant lymphomas in autoimmunity and inflammation: a review of risks, risk factors, and lymphoma characteristics.

    Karin Ekström Smedby;Eva Baecklund;Johan Askling

  • Common variants at 2q37.3, 8q24.21, 15q21.3 and 16q24.1 influence chronic lymphocytic leukemia risk

    Dalemari Crowther-Swanepoel;Peter Broderick;Maria Chiara Di Bernardo;Sara E. Dobbins

  • Mucosal Healing and Risk for Lymphoproliferative Malignancy in Celiac Disease: A Population-Based Cohort Study

    Benjamin Lebwohl;Fredrik Granath;Anders Ekbom;Karin Ekström Smedby

  • Brain metastases admissions in Sweden between 1987 and 2006.

    K E Smedby;K E Smedby;L Brandt;M L Bäcklund;P Blomqvist

  • Genome-wide association study identifies multiple risk loci for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

    Sonja I. Berndt;Christine F. Skibola;Christine F. Skibola;Vijai Joseph;Nicola J. Camp

  • A genome-wide association study of Hodgkin's lymphoma identifies new susceptibility loci at 2p16.1 ( REL ), 8q24.21 and 10p14 ( GATA3 )

    Victor Enciso-Mora;Peter Broderick;Yussanne Ma;Ruth F. Jarrett

  • A genome-wide association study identifies multiple susceptibility loci for chronic lymphocytic leukemia

    Helen E Speedy;Maria Chiara Di Bernardo;Georgina P Sava;Martin J S Dyer

  • Infectious mononucleosis, childhood social environment, and risk of Hodgkin lymphoma.

    Henrik Hjalgrim;Karin Ekström Smedby;Klaus Rostgaard;Daniel Molin

  • Lymphoma development in patients with autoimmune and inflammatory disorders--what are the driving forces?

    Eva Baecklund;Karin E. Smedby;Lesley-Ann Sutton;Johan Askling

  • Family History of Hematopoietic Malignancy and Risk of Lymphoma

    Ellen T. Chang;Karin Ekström Smedby;Henrik Hjalgrim;Anna Porwit-MacDonald

  • Autoimmune and inflammatory disorders and risk of malignant lymphomas – an update

    K. E. Smedby;J. Askling;X. Mariette;Eva Baecklund

  • 15-year follow-up of the Second Nordic Mantle Cell Lymphoma trial (MCL2) : Prolonged remissions without survival plateau

    Christian W. Eskelund;Arne Kolstad;Mats Jerkeman;Riikka Räty

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans-Olov Adami
Hans-Olov Adami Karolinska Institute
Mads Melbye
Mads Melbye University of Copenhagen
Henrik Hjalgrim
Henrik Hjalgrim Statens Serum Institut
Richard Rosenquist
Richard Rosenquist Karolinska Institute
Bengt Glimelius
Bengt Glimelius Uppsala University
Gunnar Juliusson
Gunnar Juliusson Lund University
Ellen T. Chang
Ellen T. Chang Stanford University
Angela Brooks-Wilson
Angela Brooks-Wilson Simon Fraser University
John J. Spinelli
John J. Spinelli University of British Columbia
James R. Cerhan
James R. Cerhan Mayo Clinic

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