Search Results - "Hakulinen, T. T."

What if cancer survival in Britain were the same as in Europe: how many deaths are avoidable? by Abdel-Rahman, M, Stockton, D, Rachet, B, Hakulinen, T, Coleman, M P

“…Objective: To estimate the number of deaths among cancer patients diagnosed in Great Britain that would be avoidable within 5 years of diagnosis if the mean…”
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Period analysis for ‘up-to-date’ cancer survival data: theory, empirical evaluation, computational realisation and applications by Brenner, H., Gefeller, O., Hakulinen, T.

“…Long-term survival rates are the most commonly used outcome measures for patients with cancer. However, traditional long-term survival statistics, which are…”
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Education, survival and avoidable deaths in cancer patients in Finland by Pokhrel, A, Martikainen, P, Pukkala, E, Rautalahti, M, Seppä, K, Hakulinen, T

“…Background: Relative survival after cancer in Finland is at the highest level observed in Europe and has, in general, been on a steady increase. The aim of…”
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Testicular cancer in Europe and the USA: survival still rising among older patients by Verhoeven, R.H.A., Gondos, A., Janssen-Heijnen, M.L.G., Saum, K.U., Brewster, D.H., Holleczek, B., Crocetti, E., Rosso, S., Hakulinen, T., Aareleid, T., Brenner, H.

“…Despite high curability, some testicular cancer (TC) patient groups may have increased mortality. We provide a detailed age- and histology-specific comparison…”
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Tunable Raman Soliton Source Using Mode-Locked Tm-Ho Fiber Laser by Kivisto, S., Hakulinen, T., Guina, M., Okhotnikov, O.G.

“…We report a femtosecond pulse source that uses a mode-locked Tm-Ho oscillator and a self-frequency shift of Raman solitons in Tm-Ho power amplifier. The master…”
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The Effect of Hospital Volume on the Outcome of Breast Cancer Surgery by Peltoniemi, P., Peltola, M., Hakulinen, T., Häkkinen, U., Pylkkänen, L., Holli, K.

“…Background This study was conducted to investigate whether annual surgical unit caseload affects extent of breast cancer surgery, breast cancer recurrence or…”
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Study populations for period analyses of cancer survival by Jansen, L, Hakulinen, T, Brenner, H

“…Background: Period analysis is increasingly used to compute long-term cancer survival, as it provides better prediction of survival of newly diagnosed patients…”
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Population-based survival of penile cancer patients in Europe and the United States of America: No improvement since 1990 by Verhoeven, R.H.A, Janssen-Heijnen, M.L.G, Saum, K.U, Zanetti, R, Caldarella, A, Holleczek, B, Brewster, D.H, Hakulinen, T, Horenblas, S, Brenner, H, Gondos, A

“…Abstract Introduction Penile cancer is a rare neoplasm in Western countries, and detailed studies on trends in population-based survival of penile cancer have…”
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Avoidable deaths and random variation in patients' survival by Seppä, K, Hakulinen, T, Läärä, E

“…Background: Random error in the numbers of avoidable deaths among cancer patients has not been considered in earlier studies. Methods: Methods to obtain valid…”
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Trends in cancer survival in 11 European populations from 1990 to 2009: a model-based analysis by Gondos, A., Bray, F., Hakulinen, T., Brenner, H.

“…Background: The timely provision and interpretation of trends in population-based cancer survival estimates is an important clinical and public health…”
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Prospective Study of Human Papillomavirus Seropositivity and Risk of Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer by ANDERSSON, Kristin, MICHAEL, Kristina M, LUOSTARINEN, Tapio, WATERBOER, Tim, GISLEFOSS, Randi, HAKULINEN, Timo, FORSLUND, Ola, PAWLITA, Michael, DILLNER, Joakim

“…Cutaneous human papillomaviruses (HPVs) have been associated with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in case-control studies, but there are limited data from…”
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Recent trends in cancer survival across Europe between 2000 and 2004: A model-based period analysis from 12 cancer registries by Gondos, A, Bray, F, Brewster, D.H, Coebergh, J.W.W, Hakulinen, T, Janssen-Heijnen, M.L.G, Kurtinaitis, J, Brenner, H

“…Abstract Background Monitoring population-based cancer survival is an essential component in the evaluation of cancer control, but subject to an inherent delay…”
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Early detection of colorectal cancer with faecal occult blood test screening by Paimela, H., Malila, N., Palva, T., Hakulinen, T., Vertio, H., Järvinen, H.

“…Background: Faecal occult blood test (FOBT) screening has been shown to decrease the incidence and mortality from colorectal cancer. This study compared the…”
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Dietary fat, cholesterol and colorectal cancer in a prospective study by JÄRVINEN, R, KNEKT, P, HAKULINEN, T, RISSANEN, H, HELIÖVAARA, M

“…The relationships between consumption of total fat, major dietary fatty acids, cholesterol, consumption of meat and eggs, and the incidence of colorectal…”
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Age at introduction of new foods and advanced beta cell autoimmunity in young children with HLA-conferred susceptibility to type 1 diabetes by VIRTANEN, S. M, KENWARD, M. G, SIMELL, O, ILONEN, J, KNIP, M, ERKKOLA, M, KAUTIAINEN, S, KRONBERG-KIPPILA, C, HAKULINEN, T, AHONEN, S, UUSITALO, L, NIINISTÖ, S, VEIJOLA, R

“…Evidence for the role of infant feeding in the development of beta cell autoimmunity is inconsistent. We set out to study the effects of breastfeeding and of…”
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Standard errors of non-standardised and age-standardised relative survival of cancer patients by Jansen, L, Hakulinen, T, Brenner, H

“…Background: Relative survival estimates cancer survival in the absence of other causes of death. Previous work has shown that standard errors of…”
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Coffee consumption and risk of colorectal cancer by Bidel, S, Hu, G, Jousilahti, P, Antikainen, R, Pukkala, E, Hakulinen, T, Tuomilehto, J

“…Background/Objectives: The possible association between coffee consumption and risk of colorectal cancer has been extensively studied in the many populations…”
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Pregnancy incidence and outcome among patients with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: a retrospective cohort study by Kalliala, I, Anttila, A, Dyba, T, Hakulinen, T, Halttunen, M, Nieminen, P

“…Please cite this paper as: Kalliala I, Anttila A, Dyba T, Hakulinen T, Halttunen M, Nieminen P. Pregnancy incidence and outcome among patients with cervical…”
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Population-based monitoring of cancer patient survival in situations with imperfect completeness of cancer registration by BRENNER, H, HAKULINEN, T

“…Selective underascertainment of cases may bias estimates of cancer patient survival. We show that the magnitude of potential bias strongly depends on the time…”
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A computer program for period analysis of cancer patient survival by Brenner, H, Gefeller, O, Hakulinen, T

“…Monitoring of long-term survival rates, which is now routinely performed by many cancer registries throughout the world, should be as up-to-date as possible. A…”
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