Werdegang

1984 M.Sc. in Biochemie, Universität Kuopio, Finnland
1992 PhD in Biochemie und Biotechnologie, Universität Kuopio, Finnland

Forschungsgebiet

Brustkrebs, Darmkrebs, genetische Associationsstudien

Ausgewählte Publikationen

Försti A, Jin Q, Altieri A, Johansson R, Wagner K, Enquist K, Grzybowska E, Pamula J, Pekala W, Hallmans G, Lenner P, Hemminki K. Polymorphisms in the KDR and POSTN genes: association with breast cancer susceptibility and prognosis. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2007;101:83-93.

Ji J, Försti A, Sundquist J, Lenner P, Hemminki K. Survival in ovarian cancer patients by histology and family history. Acta Oncol 2008;47:1133-9.

Pechlivanis S, Lorenzo Bermejo J, Pardini B, Naccarati A, Vodickova L, Novotny J, Hemminki K, Vodicka P, Försti A. Genetic variation in adipokine genes and risk of colorectal cancer. Eur J Endocrinol 2009;160):933-40.

Varadi V, Brendle A, Grzybowska E, Johansson R, Enquist K, Butkiewicz D, Pamula-Pilat J, Pekala W, Hemminki K, Lenner P, Försti A. A functional promoter polymorphism in the TERT gene does not affect inherited susceptibility to breast cancer. Cancer Genet Cytogenet 2009;190(2):71-4.

Brendle A, Brandt A, Johansson R, Enquist K, Hallmans G, Hemminki K, Lenner P, Försti A. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in chromosomal instability genes and risk and clinical outcome of breast cancer: A Swedish prospective case-control study. Eur J Cancer. 2009;45:435-42.