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Timo Hakulinen
Researcher at University of Helsinki
Publications - 241
Citations - 19556
Timo Hakulinen is an academic researcher from University of Helsinki. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Population. The author has an hindex of 73, co-authored 240 publications receiving 18561 citations. Previous affiliations of Timo Hakulinen include Karolinska University Hospital.
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Vitamin E and cancer prevention.
Paul Knekt,Arpo Aromaa,J. Maatela,Ritva-Kaarina Aaran,Tapio Nikkari,Matti Hakama,Timo Hakulinen,Richard Peto,Lyly Teppo +8 more
TL;DR: The hypothesis that dietary vitamin E in some circumstances protects against cancer is confirmed, and the association was strongest among nonsmoking men and among women with low levels of serum selenium.
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Clinical Relevance of Conditional Survival of Cancer Patients in Europe: Age-Specific Analyses of 13 Cancers
Maryska L.G. Janssen-Heijnen,Adam Gondos,Freddie Bray,Timo Hakulinen,David H. Brewster,Hermann Brenner,Jan Willem Coebergh +6 more
TL;DR: Conditional 5-year relative survival shows clinically relevant variations according to time since diagnosis, type of cancer, and age, and can help serve as a guide for cancer survivors in planning for their future and for doctors in planning schedules for surveillance.
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Use of period analysis for providing more up-to-date estimates of long-term survival rates: empirical evaluation among 370 000 cancer patients in Finland
TL;DR: It is concluded that period analysis should be implemented as a standard tool for providing up-to-date estimates of long-term survival rates by cancer registries.
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Toward a comparison of survival in American and European cancer patients
Gemma Gatta,Riccardo Capocaccia,Michel P Coleman,Lynn A. G. Ries,Timo Hakulinen,Andrea Micheli,Milena Sant,Arduino Verdecchia,Franco Berrino +8 more
TL;DR: Only recently have extensive population‐based cancer survival data become available in Europe, providing an opportunity to compare survival in Europe and the United States.
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Cancer survival increases in Europe, but international differences remain wide
Milena Sant,Riccardo Capocaccia,Michel P Coleman,F Berrino,Gemma Gatta,Andrea Micheli,Arduino Verdecchia,Jean Faivre,Timo Hakulinen,J.W.W. Coebergh,Carmen Martinez-Garcia,David Forman,A. Zappone +12 more
TL;DR: For potentially curable malignancies such as Hodgkin's disease, large bowel, breast and testicular cancers, there were substantial increases in survival, suggesting an earlier diagnosis and more effective treatment.