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Overview

Lars Holmberg is affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with specific expertise in Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, Cancer Research, and Urology. Holmberg's scientific work covers a range of topics related to cancer detection, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as global cancer incidence and screening efforts.

The main topics of Holmberg's work include:

  • Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
  • Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Urinary and Genital Oncology Studies
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Breast Cancer Treatment Studies
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection

Holmberg has published extensively, contributing to prominent scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Scandinavian Journal of Urology
  • PLoS ONE
  • European Urology
  • BMJ Open
  • BJUI Compass

Holmberg collaborates regularly with several researchers across various projects. Frequent co-authors are:

  • Hans Garmo
  • Christel Häggström
  • Fredrik Liedberg
  • Oskar Hagberg
  • Truls Gårdmark

Selected recent publications associated with Holmberg's research include:

  • "Mammography screening reduces rates of advanced and fatal breast cancers: Results in 549,091 women" (2020), Cancer
  • "Beneficial Effect of Consecutive Screening Mammography Examinations on Mortality from Breast Cancer: A Prospective Study" (2021), Radiology
  • "Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening and 15-Year Prostate Cancer Mortality" (2024), JAMA
  • "Long-term risk of ischemic heart disease after adjuvant radiotherapy in breast cancer: results from a large population-based cohort" (2020), Breast Cancer Research
  • "Prediction of metastatic prostate cancer by prostate-specific antigen in combination with T stage and Gleason Grade: Nationwide, population-based register study" (2020), PLoS ONE

Best Publications

  • Effects of chemotherapy and hormonal therapy for early breast cancer on recurrence and 15-year survival: an overview of the randomised trials

    O. Abe;R. Abe;K. Enomoto;K. Kikuchi

  • Radical prostatectomy versus watchful waiting in early prostate cancer.

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

  • The completeness of the Swedish Cancer Register: a sample survey for year 1998.

    Lotti Barlow;Kerstin Westergren;Lars Holmberg;Mats Talbäck

  • Early detection of prostate cancer: AUA Guideline

    H. Ballentine Carter;Peter C. Albertsen;Michael J. Barry;Ruth Etzioni

  • Update on the pathophysiology and classification of von Willebrand disease: a report of the Subcommittee on von Willebrand Factor

    J E Sadler;U Budde;J C J Eikenboom;E J Favaloro

  • Alcohol and breast cancer in women: a pooled analysis of cohort studies.

    S. Smith-Warner;D. Spiegelman;S. Yaun;P. Van Den Brandt

  • Radical Prostatectomy or Watchful Waiting in Early Prostate Cancer

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

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

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

  • Gene expression profiling spares early breast cancer patients from adjuvant therapy: derived and validated in two population-based cohorts.

    Yudi Pawitan;Judith Bjöhle;Lukas Amler;Anna-Lena Borg

  • Quality of Life after Radical Prostatectomy or Watchful Waiting

    Gunnar Steineck;Fred Helgesen;Jan Adolfsson;Paul W. Dickman

  • Natural History of Early, Localized Prostate Cancer

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

  • Fruit, vegetables, dietary fiber, and risk of colorectal cancer.

    Paul Terry;Edward Giovannucci;Karin B. Michels;Leif Bergkvist

  • Alcohol intake and colorectal cancer: a pooled analysis of 8 cohort studies.

    Eunyoung Cho;Stephanie A. Smith-Warner;John Ritz;Piet A. Van Den Brandt

  • Radical Prostatectomy Versus Watchful Waiting in Localized Prostate Cancer: the Scandinavian Prostate Cancer Group-4 Randomized Trial

    Anna Bill-Axelson;Lars Holmberg;Frej Filén;Mirja Ruutu

  • 10-Year Results After Sector Resection With or Without Postoperative Radiotherapy for Stage I Breast Cancer: A Randomized Trial

    Göran Liljegren;Lars Holmberg;Jonas Bergh;Anders Lindgren

  • Lung Cancer Incidence in Never Smokers

    Heather A. Wakelee;Ellen T. Chang;Scarlett L. Gomez;Theresa H. M. Keegan

  • The relation between survival and age at diagnosis in breast cancer.

    Hans-Olov Adami;Birgitta Malker;Lars Holmberg;Ingemar Persson

  • High 10-year survival rate in patients with early, untreated prostatic cancer.

    Jan-Erik Johansson;Hans-Olov Adami;Swen-Olof Andersson;Reinhold Bergström

  • Fifteen-year survival in prostate cancer. A prospective, population-based study in Sweden

    Jan-Erik Johansson;Lars Holmberg;Sara Johansson;Reinhold Bergström

  • The sextant protocol for ultrasound-guided core biopsies of the prostate underestimates the presence of cancer

    M. Norberg;L. Egevad;L. Holmberg;P. Sparén

Frequent Co-Authors

Mats Lambe
Mats Lambe Karolinska Institute
Niklas Hammar
Niklas Hammar Karolinska Institute
Pär Stattin
Pär Stattin Uppsala University
Hans-Olov Adami
Hans-Olov Adami Karolinska Institute
Inga Marie Nilsson
Inga Marie Nilsson Lund University
Alicja Wolk
Alicja Wolk Karolinska Institute
Henrik Møller
Henrik Møller King's College London
Reinhold Bergström
Reinhold Bergström Uppsala University
Freddie C. Hamdy
Freddie C. Hamdy University of Oxford
Carl Blomqvist
Carl Blomqvist University of Helsinki

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