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Tapio Luostarinen
Researcher at Karolinska Institutet
Publications - 94
Citations - 4979
Tapio Luostarinen is an academic researcher from Karolinska Institutet. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Cervical cancer. The author has an hindex of 39, co-authored 91 publications receiving 4592 citations. Previous affiliations of Tapio Luostarinen include University of Helsinki.
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Both high and low levels of blood vitamin D are associated with a higher prostate cancer risk: a longitudinal, nested case-control study in the Nordic countries.
Pentti Tuohimaa,Leena Tenkanen,Merja H. Ahonen,Sonja Lumme,Egil Jellum,Göran Hallmans,Pär Stattin,Sverre Harvei,Timo Hakulinen,Tapio Luostarinen,Joakim Dillner,Matti Lehtinen,Matti Hakama +12 more
TL;DR: A longitudinal nested case‐control study on Nordic men using serum banks of 200,000 samples found that both low and high 25(OH)‐vitamin D serum concentrations are associated with higher prostate cancer risk.
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Chlamydia trachomatis infection as a risk factor for invasive cervical cancer
Pentti Koskela,Tarja Anttila,Tone Bjørge,Anne Brunsvig,Joakim Dillner,Matti Hakama,Timo Hakulinen,Egil Jellum,Matti Lehtinen,Per Lenner,Tapio Luostarinen,Eero Pukkala,Pekka Saikku,Steinar Thoresen,Linda Youngman,Jorma Paavonen +15 more
TL;DR: Sero‐epidemiologic evidence is provided that infection with C. trachomatis confers an increased risk for subsequent development of invasive squamous‐cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix, with invasive cancer as an end point.
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Survival of cancer patients in Finland 1955-1994.
Paul W. Dickman,Timo Hakulinen,Tapio Luostarinen,Eero Pukkala,Risto Sankila,Bengt Söderman,Lyly Teppo +6 more
TL;DR: The increasing survival rates reflect improvements that have taken place in various areas of cancer control, from health education and early diagnosis to treatment and aftercare.
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A population-based prospective study of Chlamydia trachomatis infection and cervical carcinoma
Keng-Ling Wallin,Fredrik Wiklund,Tapio Luostarinen,Tord Ångström,Tarja Anttila,Frank Bergman,Göran Hallmans,Irma Ikäheimo,Pentti Koskela,Matti Lehtinen,Ulf Stendahl,Jorma Paavonen,Joakim Dillner,Joakim Dillner +13 more
TL;DR: A prior cervical C. trachomatis infection was associated with an increased risk for development of invasive cervical cancer and the role of other sexually transmitted agents has not been well defined.
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High levels of circulating testosterone are not associated with increased prostate cancer risk: A pooled prospective study
Pär Stattin,Sonja Lumme,Leena Tenkanen,Henrik Alfthan,Egil Jellum,Göran Hallmans,Steinar Thoresen,Timo Hakulinen,Tapio Luostarinen,Matti Lehtinen,Joakim Dillner,Ulf-Håkan Stenman,Matti Hakama +12 more
TL;DR: No support was found for the hypothesis that high levels of circulating androgens within a physiologic range stimulate development and growth of prostate cancer.