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Lennarth Nyström

Lennarth Nyström

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Medicine

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79
Citations
22333
World Ranking
17584
National Ranking
335

Overview

Lennarth Nyström is affiliated with Umeå University in Sweden and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of Medicine as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including Cancer Research, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Genetics.

Their research covers a diverse range of cancer-related topics and medical issues. The main topics include:

  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response
  • Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Gout, Hyperuricemia, Uric Acid

Nyström's recent published papers include:

  • Analysis of androgen receptor dynamics through immunofluorescent staining of circulating tumor cells in castration-resistant prostate cancer, 2023, Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Abstract 1978: Circulating rare events as a biomarker of anti-tumoral effect of ketamine therapy in non-small cell lung cancer, 2025, Cancer Research
  • Anti-tumour effects of perioperative ketamine in lung cancer: a non-randomised, exploratory biomarker study, 2025, British Journal of Anaesthesia
  • Uric acid and future complications in young individuals with type 1 diabetes: results from the Diabetes Incidence Study in Sweden (DISS) and the National Diabetes Registry of Sweden (NDR), 2025, Diabetologia

Frequent co-authors associated with Nyström's publications include:

  • Ethan Barnett
  • Michelle Zanone
  • Howard I. Scher
  • Anya Shah
  • Stephanie N. Shishido

The scientist's work appears regularly in journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, Cancer Research, British Journal of Anaesthesia, and Diabetologia, reflecting a focus on clinical oncology, cancer biology, anesthesiology, and diabetes research.

Best Publications

  • Long-term effects of mammography screening: updated overview of the Swedish randomised trials

    Lennarth Nyström;Ingvar Andersson;Nils Bjurstam;Jan Frisell

  • Breast cancer screening with mammography : overview of Swedish randomised trials

    L. Nyström;S. Wall;L.E. Rutqvist;A. Lindgren

  • Epidemic of coeliac disease in Swedish children

    Anneli Ivarsson;L A Persson;Lennarth Nyström;H Ascher

  • The impact of mammographic screening on breast cancer mortality in Europe: a review of observational studies

    Mireille Broeders;Sue Moss;Lennarth Nyström;Sisse Njor

  • The Gothenburg Breast Screening Trial.

    Nils Bjurstam;R N Lena Björneld;Jane Warwick;Evis Sala

  • An altered immune response to Epstein-Barr virus in multiple sclerosis A prospective study

    P Sundström;P Juto;G Wadell;Göran Hallmans

  • Lower levels of plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D among young adults at diagnosis of autoimmune type 1 diabetes compared with control subjects: results from the nationwide Diabetes Incidence Study in Sweden (DISS).

    Bengt Littorin;P. Blom;Anna Schölin;H. J. Arnqvist

  • Obstructive lung disease in northern Sweden: respiratory symptoms assessed in a postal survey.

    B Lundbäck;L Nyström;L Rosenhall;N Stjernberg

  • An incident case-referent study of epileptic seizures in adults

    Lars Forsgren;Lennarth Nyström

  • Effectiveness of Population-Based Service Screening With Mammography for Women Ages 40 to 49 Years Evaluation of the Swedish Mammography Screening in Young Women (SCRY) Cohort

    Barbro Numan Hellquist;Stephen W. Duffy;Shahin Abdsaleh;Lena Björneld

  • The incidence of Type I diabetes has not increased but shifted to a younger age at diagnosis in the 0-34 years group in Sweden 1983-1998.

    Auste Pundziute-Lyckå;Gisela Dahlquist;Lennarth Nyström;Hans Arnqvist

  • Reduction in breast cancer mortality from organized service screening with mammography : 1. Further confirmation with extended data

    SW Duffy;L Tabar;Thh Chen;RA Smith

  • Rural Tanzanian women's awareness of danger signs of obstetric complications

    Andrea B Pembe;Andrea B Pembe;David P Urassa;Anders Carlstedt;Gunilla Lindmark

  • Obesity increases the risk of incident asthma among adults.

    E Rönmark;C Andersson;Lennarth Nyström;B Forsberg

  • The Swedish childhood diabetes study--results from a nine year case register and a one year case-referent study indicating that type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus is associated with both type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus and autoimmune disorders.

    G. Dahlquist;L. Blom;T. Tuvemo;L. Nyström

  • Breast Cancer in Limited‐Resource Countries: Early Detection and Access to Care

    Robert A. Smith;Maira Caleffi;Ute Susann Albert;Tony H.H. Chen

  • The Swedish childhood diabetes study. Vaccinations and infections as risk determinants for diabetes in childhood.

    L. Blom;L. Nyström;G. Dahlquist

  • The incidence of retinopathy 10 years after diagnosis in young adult people with diabetes : Results from the nationwide population-based Diabetes Incidence Study in Sweden (DISS)

    Marianne Henricsson;Lennarth Nyström;Göran Blohmé;Jan Östman

  • Breast cancer mortality in mammographic screening in Europe : a review of incidence-based mortality studies

    Sisse Njor;Lennarth Nyström;Sue Moss;Eugenio Paci

  • Randomised controlled trial of a reduced-visits programme of antenatal care in Harare, Zimbabwe.

    Stephen P Munjanja;Gunilla Lindmark;Lennarth Nyström

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Emmelin
Maria Emmelin Lund University
Gisela Dahlquist
Gisela Dahlquist Umeå University
Stephen W. Duffy
Stephen W. Duffy Queen Mary University of London
Åke Lernmark
Åke Lernmark Lund University
Birgitta Essén
Birgitta Essén Uppsala University
Bo Lundbäck
Bo Lundbäck University of Gothenburg
Nawi Ng
Nawi Ng University of Gothenburg
Åsa Ljungh
Åsa Ljungh Lund University
Ingrid Kockum
Ingrid Kockum Karolinska Institute
Jonas Blomberg
Jonas Blomberg Uppsala University

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