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Laufey Tryggvadottir

Laufey Tryggvadottir

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D-Index
79
Citations
32269
World Ranking
17376
National Ranking
10

Overview

Laufey Tryggvadottir is affiliated with the University of Iceland in Iceland and has an extensive research portfolio primarily within the field of Medicine with a focus on Oncology, Surgery, Epidemiology, Genetics, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Their scholarly output includes more than a hundred publications, reflecting sustained engagement in these areas of study.

Their work addresses several key topics related to cancer and dermatology. These include:

  • Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection
  • Cancer and Skin Lesions
  • Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments

Laufey Tryggvadottir has contributed to various notable journals, frequently publishing in:

  • Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
  • Læknablaðið
  • Acta Oncologica
  • International Journal of Cancer
  • British Journal of Dermatology

Recent scholarly articles authored or co-authored by Laufey Tryggvadottir include:

  • Final analysis of a 14-year long-term follow-up study of the effectiveness and immunogenicity of the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine in women from four Nordic countries, 2020, EClinicalMedicine
  • Genetics and epidemiology of mutational barcode-defined clonal hematopoiesis, 2023, Nature Genetics
  • Cancer Risk After Bariatric Surgery in a Cohort Study from the Five Nordic Countries, 2020, Obesity Surgery
  • Association between hydrochlorothiazide and the risk of in situ and invasive squamous cell skin carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma: A population-based case-control study, 2020, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
  • The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer diagnosis based on pathology notifications: A comparison across the Nordic countries during 2020, 2022, International Journal of Cancer

The scientist regularly collaborates with a group of co-authors, with frequent partnerships including:

  • ÁdEero Pukkala
  • Jón G. Jónasson
  • Elsebeth Lynge
  • Elínborg J. Ólafsdóttir
  • Jónas A. Aðalsteinsson

Best Publications

  • Global surveillance of trends in cancer survival 2000-14 (CONCORD-3): analysis of individual records for 37 513 025 patients diagnosed with one of 18 cancers from 322 population-based registries in 71 countries.

    Claudia Allemani;Tomohiro Matsuda;Veronica Di Carlo;Rhea Harewood

  • Genome-wide association yields new sequence variants at seven loci that associate with measures of obesity

    Gudmar Thorleifsson;G Bragi Walters;Daniel F Gudbjartsson;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir

  • 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

  • Occupation and cancer – follow-up of 15 million people in five Nordic countries

    Eero Pukkala;Jan Ivar Martinsen;Elsebeth Lynge;Holmfridur Kolbrun Gunnarsdottir

  • Many sequence variants affecting diversity of adult human height

    Daniel F Gudbjartsson;G Bragi Walters;Gudmar Thorleifsson;Hreinn Stefansson

  • Clonal hematopoiesis, with and without candidate driver mutations, is common in the elderly.

    Florian Zink;Simon N. Stacey;Gudmundur L. Norddahl;Michael L. Frigge

  • A single BRCA2 mutation in male and female breast cancer families from Iceland with varied cancer phenotypes.

    Steinunn Thorlacius;Gudridur Olafsdottir;Laufey Tryggvadottir;Susan Neuhausen

  • Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

    Cathy E. Elks;John R B Perry;Patrick Sulem;Daniel I. Chasman

  • The BOADICEA model of genetic susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancers: updates and extensions.

    A C Antoniou;A P Cunningham;J Peto;D G Evans

  • 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

  • Large-scale genomic analyses link reproductive aging to hypothalamic signaling, breast cancer susceptibility and BRCA1-mediated DNA repair

    Felix R. Day;Katherine S. Ruth;Deborah J Thompson;Kathryn L. Lunetta

  • Population-Based Study of Risk of Breast Cancer in Carriers of BRCA2 Mutation

    Steinunn Thorlacius;Jeffery P Struewing;Patricia Hartage;Gudridur H Olafsdottir

  • Mutations in BRIP1 confer high risk of ovarian cancer

    Thorunn Rafnar;Daniel F Gudbjartsson;Patrick Sulem;Aslaug Jonasdottir

  • Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune pathways

    Lisette Stolk;John R B Perry;John R B Perry;Daniel I. Chasman;Chunyan He

  • Study of a single BRCA2 mutation with high carrier frequency in a small population.

    Thorlacius S;Sigurdsson S;Bjarnadottir H;Olafsdottir G

  • A germline variant in the TP53 polyadenylation signal confers cancer susceptibility

    Simon N. Stacey;Patrick Sulem;Aslaug Jonasdottir;Gisli Masson

  • Prediction of cancer incidence in the Nordic countries up to the year 2020.

    Bjørn Møller;Harald Fekjaer;Timo Hakulinen;Laufey Tryggvadóttir

  • The Burden of Genital Warts: A Study of Nearly 70,000 Women from the General Female Population in the 4 Nordic Countries

    Susanne Krüger Kjær;Trung Nam Tran;Trung Nam Tran;Par Sparen;Laufey Tryggvadottir

  • Large-scale genomic analyses link reproductive ageing to hypothalamic signaling, breast cancer susceptibility and BRCA1-mediated DNA repair

    Felix R. Day;Katherine S. Ruth;Deborah J. Thompson;Kathryn L. Lunetta

Frequent Co-Authors

Eero Pukkala
Eero Pukkala Tampere University
Elisabete Weiderpass
Elisabete Weiderpass International Agency For Research On Cancer
Pär Sparén
Pär Sparén Karolinska Institute
Jon G. Jonasson
Jon G. Jonasson University of Iceland
Elsebeth Lynge
Elsebeth Lynge University of Copenhagen
Kari Stefansson
Kari Stefansson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir
Unnur Thorsteinsdottir deCODE Genetics (Iceland)
Hans H. Storm
Hans H. Storm Danish Cancer Society
Jesper Lagergren
Jesper Lagergren King's College London
Daniel F. Gudbjartsson
Daniel F. Gudbjartsson deCODE Genetics (Iceland)

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