Olof Akre

Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden

Associate Professor at Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden

Research Interests:
Cancer epidemiology
Perinatal epidemiology
Clinical epidemiology
Research on risk factors for testicular cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, esophagus cancer, and congenital malformations.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Public Health & Epidemiology > Epidemiology (since 19 September 2007)

Links

http://www.ki.se/medicin/medicine_ks/clinical_epidemiology_unit/staff/Olof_A.html

All recent recommendations

• 9.0
  Prostate cancer-specific survival following salvage radiotherapy vs observation in men with biochemical recurrence after radical prostatectomy.
  Recommended by Olof Akre
  
• 3.0
  Volume of procedures and risk of recurrence after repair of groin hernia: national register study.
  Recommended by Olof Akre
  
• 3.0
  Concordance of survival in family members with prostate cancer.
  Recommended by Olof Akre with Dr Lorenzo Richiardi
  
• 3.0
  Cumulative association of five genetic variants with prostate cancer.
  Recommended by Olof Akre
  
• 3.0
  Androgen deprivation therapy for localized prostate cancer and the risk of cardiovascular mortality.
  Recommended by Olof Akre