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Elsebeth Lynge
Researcher at University of Copenhagen
Publications - 484
Citations - 19048
Elsebeth Lynge is an academic researcher from University of Copenhagen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Breast cancer. The author has an hindex of 59, co-authored 461 publications receiving 17055 citations. Previous affiliations of Elsebeth Lynge include Statens Serum Institut & Karolinska Institutet.
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Breast density and outcome of mammography screening: a cohort study.
TL;DR: The study shows that BC in women with M/D breasts is more frequent, but on average less severe, than in Women with F breasts, and the effect of breast density on breast cancer mortality in a mammography screening programme is investigated.
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Overdiagnosis, Sojourn Time, and Sensitivity in the Copenhagen Mammography Screening Program
TL;DR: A modest overdiagnosis was estimated for the Copenhagen screening program, deriving almost exclusively from the first screen, although the CIs were very broad, however, and estimates from larger datasets are warranted.
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Incidence of cancer and mortality among employees in the asbestos cement industry in Denmark.
TL;DR: In a cohort study of the incidence of cancer and mortality among 7996 men and 584 women employed in the Danish asbestos cement industry between 1928 and 1984 over 99% were traced.
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Risk factors for cervical human papillomavirus and herpes simplex virus infections in greenland and denmark: a population-based study
Susanne K. Kjaer,Gerda Engholm,Chantal Teisen,Haugaard Bj,Elsebeth Lynge,Rene B. Christensen,Knud A. Møller,Henning Jensen,Foul Poll,Bent Faber Vestergaard,Ethel‐Michele ‐M De Villiers,Ole M. Jensen +11 more
TL;DR: A surprising risk pattern for HPV types 6/11 and 16/18 is demonstrated, but a pattern for HSV-2 in line with that to be expected for a sexually transmitted virus is demonstrated.
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Socioeconomic status and breast cancer in Denmark
TL;DR: During the last quarter of the 20th century academics had the highest risk of breast cancer in Denmark, and the increase being 45% in unskilled workers, and 26% in academics contributed to this increase.