Lars Holmberg

47.4k total citations · 12 hit papers
533 papers, 31.9k citations indexed

About

Lars Holmberg is a scholar working on Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Lars Holmberg has authored 533 papers receiving a total of 31.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 193 papers in Oncology, 152 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 138 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Lars Holmberg's work include Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (90 papers), Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (86 papers) and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (77 papers). Lars Holmberg is often cited by papers focused on Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research (90 papers), Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (86 papers) and Global Cancer Incidence and Screening (77 papers). Lars Holmberg collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. Lars Holmberg's co-authors include Hans Garmo, Hans‐Olov Adami, Jan‐Erik Johansson, Jonas Bergh, Anna Bill‐Axelson, Erik Wilander, Jonas Rastad, Niklas Zar, Mieke Van Hemelrijck and Gunnar Steineck and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lars Holmberg

522 papers receiving 30.7k citations

Hit Papers

REDUCTION IN MORTALITY FROM BREAST CANCER AFTER MASS SCRE... 1985 2026 1998 2012 1985 1996 2008 2013 2005 400 800 1.2k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. REDUCTION IN MORTALITY FROM BREAST CANCER AFTER MASS SCREENING WITH MAMMOGRAPHY
    1985 1.4k citations Lars Holmberg et al. profile →
  2. Survival in small intestinal adenocarcinoma
    1996 1.2k citations Lars Holmberg et al. European Journal of Cancer profile →
  3. The completeness of the Swedish Cancer Register – a sample survey for year 1998
    2008 976 citations Lars Holmberg, Mats Talbäck et al. Acta Oncologica profile →
  4. Early Detection of Prostate Cancer: AUA Guideline
    2013 872 citations Lars Holmberg et al. profile →
  5. Radical Prostatectomy versus Watchful Waiting in Early Prostate Cancer
    2005 794 citations Anna Bill‐Axelson, Lars Holmberg et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  6. Radical Prostatectomy versus Watchful Waiting in Early Prostate Cancer
    2011 778 citations Anna Bill‐Axelson, Lars Holmberg et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  7. Alcohol and Breast Cancer in Women
    1998 660 citations Lars Holmberg et al. profile →
  8. Radical Prostatectomy or Watchful Waiting in Early Prostate Cancer
    2014 643 citations Anna Bill‐Axelson, Lars Holmberg et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  9. Gene expression profiling spares early breast cancer patients from adjuvant therapy: derived and validated in two population-based cohorts
    2005 613 citations Lars Holmberg, Jonas Bergh et al. profile →
  10. Quality of Life after Radical Prostatectomy or Watchful Waiting
    2002 530 citations Gunnar Steineck, Jan Adolfsson et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  11. A Randomized Trial Comparing Radical Prostatectomy with Watchful Waiting in Early Prostate Cancer
    2002 520 citations Lars Holmberg, Anna Bill‐Axelson et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →
  12. Radical Prostatectomy or Watchful Waiting in Prostate Cancer — 29-Year Follow-up
    2018 284 citations Anna Bill‐Axelson, Lars Holmberg et al. New England Journal of Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lars Holmberg Sweden 81 11.8k 9.9k 7.2k 4.7k 4.1k 533 31.9k
Lynn A. G. Ries United States 56 13.0k 1.1× 6.6k 0.7× 3.6k 0.5× 3.7k 0.8× 4.1k 1.0× 81 26.7k
Susan S. Devesa United States 90 11.5k 1.0× 8.0k 0.8× 3.5k 0.5× 7.8k 1.6× 5.4k 1.3× 205 30.5k
Eric J. Feuer United States 68 17.9k 1.5× 11.0k 1.1× 4.9k 0.7× 5.8k 1.2× 5.5k 1.3× 252 40.4k
James R. Wright Canada 98 8.1k 0.7× 11.2k 1.1× 3.9k 0.5× 4.0k 0.8× 13.4k 3.3× 1.0k 39.1k
Robert N. Hoover United States 96 10.1k 0.9× 3.6k 0.4× 4.6k 0.6× 3.4k 0.7× 5.3k 1.3× 381 29.7k
M. J. Thun United States 25 13.2k 1.1× 8.5k 0.9× 5.3k 0.7× 5.1k 1.1× 10.1k 2.4× 39 32.8k
Richard B. Hayes United States 95 6.3k 0.5× 4.9k 0.5× 5.5k 0.8× 3.6k 0.8× 9.4k 2.3× 496 30.6k
Robert J. Mayer United States 87 18.2k 1.5× 8.1k 0.8× 3.6k 0.5× 9.3k 2.0× 6.1k 1.5× 388 32.7k
J.W.W. Coebergh Netherlands 87 16.3k 1.4× 6.4k 0.6× 4.5k 0.6× 5.3k 1.1× 3.9k 0.9× 520 30.6k
Kari Hemminki Sweden 86 10.1k 0.9× 4.3k 0.4× 9.0k 1.3× 3.8k 0.8× 12.3k 3.0× 1.0k 35.2k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lars Holmberg

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lars Holmberg. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lars Holmberg based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Lars Holmberg. Lars Holmberg is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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George, Gincy, Hans Garmo, Jan Adolfsson, et al.. (2023). Use of Antiepileptic Drugs and Risk of Prostate Cancer: A Nationwide Case-Control Study in Prostate Cancer Data Base Sweden. Journal of Oncology. 2023. 1–7. 1 indexed citations
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Bergengren, Oskar, Anna Bill‐Axelson, Hans Garmo, et al.. (2023). Short term outcomes after robot assisted and open cystectomy - A nation-wide population-based study. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 49(4). 868–874. 4 indexed citations
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Bergengren, Oskar, Linda Drevin, Hans Garmo, et al.. (2022). Changes in Characteristics of Men with Lethal Prostate Cancer During the Past 25 Years: Description of Population-based Deaths. European Urology Open Science. 41. 81–87. 1 indexed citations
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Bergengren, Oskar, Hans Garmo, Ola Bratt, et al.. (2019). Determinants for choosing and adhering to active surveillance for localised prostate cancer: a nationwide population-based study. BMJ Open. 9(12). e033944–e033944. 8 indexed citations
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Crawley, Danielle, Hans Garmo, Sarah Rudman, et al.. (2018). Does a prostate cancer diagnosis affect management of pre-existing diabetes? Results from PCBaSe Sweden: a nationwide cohort study. BMJ Open. 8(3). e020787–e020787. 7 indexed citations
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Bill‐Axelson, Anna, Lars Holmberg, Hans Garmo, et al.. (2018). Radical Prostatectomy or Watchful Waiting in Prostate Cancer — 29-Year Follow-up. New England Journal of Medicine. 379(24). 2319–2329. 284 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fredholm, Hanna, Kristina Magnusson, Linda S. Lindström, et al.. (2017). Breast cancer in young women and prognosis: How important are proliferation markers?. European Journal of Cancer. 84. 278–289. 29 indexed citations
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Gazińska, Patrycja, Anita Grigoriadis, John P. Brown, et al.. (2013). Comparison of basal-like triple-negative breast cancer defined by morphology, immunohistochemistry and transcriptional profiles. Modern Pathology. 26(7). 955–966. 67 indexed citations
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Botling, Johan, Karolina Edlund, Miriam Lohr, et al.. (2012). Biomarker Discovery in Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer: Integrating Gene Expression Profiling, Meta-analysis, and Tissue Microarray Validation. Clinical Cancer Research. 19(1). 194–204. 284 indexed citations
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Berglund, Anders, Mats Lambe, Margreet Lüchtenborg, et al.. (2012). Social differences in lung cancer management and survival in South East England: a cohort study. BMJ Open. 2(3). e001048–e001048. 31 indexed citations
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Hemelrijck, Mieke Van, Linda Drevin, Lars Holmberg, et al.. (2012). Primary cancers before and after prostate cancer diagnosis. Cancer. 118(24). 6207–6216. 23 indexed citations
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Ahlin, Cecilia, Marit Holmqvist, Lars Holmberg, et al.. (2012). Inflammatory cells in node-negative breast cancer. Acta Oncologica. 51(5). 680–686. 15 indexed citations
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Hemelrijck, Mieke Van, Danielle Harari, Hans Garmo, et al.. (2012). Biomarker-based score to predict mortality in persons aged 50 years and older: a new approach in the Swedish AMORIS study.. Research Portal (King's College London). 29 indexed citations
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Klint, Åsa, Mats Talbäck, & Lars Holmberg. (2009). Rapportering till Cancerregistret kan förbättras. Läkartidningen. 106(11).
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Demichelis, Francesca, et al.. (2008). Testing a multigene model to predict lethal prostate cancer. Modern Pathology. 21. 1 indexed citations
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Wakelee, Heather A., Ellen T. Chang, Scarlett Lin Gomez, et al.. (2007). Lung Cancer Incidence in Never Smokers. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 25(5). 472–478. 435 indexed citations
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Jansson, T., Mats Inganäs, S. Sjögren, et al.. (1995). p53 Status predicts survival in breast cancer patients treated with or without postoperative radiotherapy: a novel hypothesis based on clinical findings.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 13(11). 2745–2751. 76 indexed citations
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Holmberg, Lars, Bengt Lindberg, & Bengt Lindqvist. (1994). The reaction between epichlorohydrin and polysaccharides: Part 1, syntheses of some model substances with non-cyclic substituents. Carbohydrate Research. 262(2). 213–221. 14 indexed citations
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Holmberg, Lars, Judith Dent, Reinhard Schneppenheim, et al.. (1993). von Willebrand factor mutation enhancing interaction with platelets in patients with normal multimeric structure.. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 91(5). 2169–2177. 61 indexed citations

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