Publications
Ylitalo N, Valdimarsdóttir U, Onelöv E, Dickman PW, Steineck G. Guilt after the loss of a husband to cancer: is there a relation with the health care provided? Acta Oncol 2008;47:870-8. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Surkan PJ, Rådestad I, Cnattingius S, Steineck G, Dickman PW. Events after stillbirth in relation to maternal depressive symptoms: a brief report. Birth 2008;35:153-7. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Sanner K, Conner P, Bergfeldt K, Dickman P, Sundfeldt K, Bergh T, Hagenfeldt K, Janson PO, Nilsson S, Persson I. Ovarian epithelial neoplasia after hormonal infertility treatment: long-term follow-up of a historical cohort in Sweden. Fertil Steril 2008 (in press). [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Eriksson UK, Gatz M, Dickman PW, Fratiglioni L, Pedersen NL. Asthma, Eczema, Rhinitis and the Risk for Dementia. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2007;25:148-156. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Rådestad I, Surkan PJ, Steineck G, Cnattingius S, Onelöv E, Dickman PW. Long-term outcomes for mothers who have or have not held their stillborn baby. Midwifery 2007 (in press). [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Zendehdel K, Nyrén O, Luo J, Dickman PW, Boffetta P, Englund A, Ye W. Risk of gastroesophageal cancer among smokers and users of Scandinavian moist snuff. Int J Cancer 2008;122:1095-9. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Hartman M, Czene K, Reilly M, Adolfsson J, Bergh J, Adami HO, Dickman PW, Hall P. Incidence and prognosis of synchronous and metachronous bilateral breast cancer. J Clin Oncol 2007;25:4210-6. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Mucci LA, Dickman PW, Lambe M, Adami HO, Trichopoulos D, Riman T, Hsieh CC, Cnattingius S. Gestational age and fetal growth in relation to maternal ovarian cancer risk in a Swedish cohort. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007;16:1828-32. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Lambert PC, Dickman PW, Osterlund P, Andersson T, Sankila R, Glimelius B. Temporal trends in the proportion cured for cancer of the colon and rectum: A population-based study using data from the Finnish Cancer Registry. Int J Cancer 2007;121:2052-9. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Hartman M, Lindström L, Dickman PW, Adami HO, Hall P, Czene K. Is breast cancer prognosis inherited? Breast Cancer Research 2007;9:R39. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Kristinsson SY, Landgren O, Dickman PW, Derolf AR, Björkholm M. Patterns of Survival in Multiple Myeloma: A Population-Based Study of Patients Diagnosed in Sweden From 1973 to 2003. J Clin Oncol 2007;25:1993-9. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Bahmanyar S, Ye W, Dickman PW, Nyren O. Long-Term Risk of Gastric Cancer by Subsite in Operated and Unoperated Patients Hospitalized for Peptic Ulcer. Am J Gastroenterol 2007;102:1185-91. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Lundgren CI, Hall P, Dickman PW, Zedenius J. Influence of surgical and postoperative treatment on survival in differentiated thyroid cancer. Br J Surg 2007;94:571-7. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Brooks DR, Klint A, Dickman PW, Stahle E, Lambe M. Temporal trends in non-small cell lung cancer survival in Sweden. Br J Cancer 2007;96:519-22. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Ekman A, Klint A, Dickman PW, Adami HO, Litton JE. Optimizing the design of web-based questionnaires - experience from a population-based study among 50,000 women. Eur J Epidemiol 2007;22:293-300. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Rosenberg LU, Einarsdottir K, Friman EI, Wedren S, Dickman PW, Hall P, Magnusson C. Risk factors for hormone receptor-defined breast cancer in postmenopausal women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006;15:2482-8. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Gunnell AS, Tran TN, Torrang A, Dickman PW, Sparen P, Palmgren J, Ylitalo N. Synergy between cigarette smoking and human papillomavirus type 16 in cervical cancer in situ development. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2006;15:2141-7. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Lambert PC, Thompson JR, Weston CL, Dickman PW. Estimating and modelling the cure fraction in population-based cancer survival analysis. Biostatistics 2007;8:576-94. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Dickman PW, Adami HO. Interpreting trends in cancer patient survival. Journal of Internal Medicine 2006;260:103-117. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Bergmark K, Avall-Lundqvist E, Dickman PW, Henningsohn L, Steineck G. Lymphedema and bladder-emptying difficulties after radical hysterectomy for early cervical cancer and among population controls. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2006;16:1130-9. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Surkan PJ, Dickman PW, Steineck G, Onelov E, Kreicbergs U. Home care of a child dying of a malignancy and parental awareness of a child's impending death. Palliative Medicine 2006;20:161-9. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Surkan PJ, Kreicbergs U, Valdimarsdóttir U, Nyberg U, Onelöv E, Dickman PW, Steineck G. Perceptions of Inadequate Health Care and Feelings of Guilt in Parents After the Death of a Child to a Malignancy: A Population-Based Long-Term Follow-Up. Journal of Palliative Medicine 2006;9:317-31. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Ekman A, Dickman PW, Klint A, Weiderpass E, Litton JE. Feasibility of Using Web-based Questionnaires in Large Population-based Epidemiological Studies. Eur J Epidemiol 2006;21(2):103-11. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Rosenberg LU, Magnusson C, Lindström E, Sara Wedrén S, Hall P, Dickman PW. Menopausal hormone therapy and other breast cancer risk factors in relation to the risk of different histological subtypes of breast cancer: a case-control study. Breast Cancer Research 2006;8(1):R11. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Eaker S, Dickman PW, Bergkvist L, Holmberg L. Differences in management of older women influence breast cancer survival. Results from a population-based database in Sweden. PLoS Medicine 2006;3:e25.[Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Lundgren CI, Hall P, Dickman PW, Zedenius J. Clinically significant prognostic factors for differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Cancer 2006;106:524-31. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Eaker S, Dickman PW, Hellstrom V, Zack MM, Ahlgren J, Holmberg L. Regional differences in breast cancer survival despite common guidelines. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2005;14:2914-8.[Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Bergmark K, Avall-Lundqvist E, Dickman PW, Steineck G, Henningsohn L. Synergy between sexual abuse and cervical cancer in causing sexual dysfunction. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy 2005;31:361-83. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Jansson M, McCarthy S, Sullivan PF, Dickman P, Andersson B, Oreland L, Schalling M, Pedersen NL. MAOA haplotypes associated with thrombocyte-MAO activity. BMC Genetics 2005;6:46. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Jansson C, Johansson AL, Bergdahl IA, Dickman PW, Plato N, Adami J, Boffetta P, Lagergren J. Occupational exposures and risk of esophageal and gastric cardia cancers among male Swedish construction workers. Cancer Causes and Control 2005;16:755-64. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Newby PK, Dickman PW, Adami HO, Wolk A. Early anthropometric measures and reproductive factors as predictors of body mass index and obesity among older women. International Journal of Obesity 2005;29:1084-92. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Riman T, Dickman PW, Nilsson S, Nordlinder H, Magnusson CM, Persson IR. Some life-style factors and the risk of invasive epithelial ovarian cancer in Swedish women. European Journal of Epidemiology 2004;19:1011-9. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Talbäck M, Rosén M, Stenbeck M, Dickman PW. Cancer patient survival in Sweden at the beginning of the third millennium - predictions using period analysis, Cancer Causes and Control, 2004;15:967-76. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Dickman PW, Adolfsson J, Åström K, Steineck G. Hip Fractures in Men with Prostate Cancer Treated with Orchiectomy. Journal of Urology 2004;172:2208-2212. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Jansson C, Johansson AL, Jeding K, Dickman PW, Nyren O, Lagergren J. Psychosocial working conditions and the risk of esophageal and gastric cardia cancers. European Journal of Epidemiology 2004;19:631-41. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Surkan PJ, Hsieh CC, Johansson AL, Dickman PW, Cnattingius S. Reasons for increasing trends in large for gestational age births. Obstetrics & Gynecology 2004;104:720-6. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format] [Comment]
Ejerblad E, Fored CM, Lindblad P, Fryzek J, Dickman PW, Elinder CG, McLaughlin JK, Nyren O. Association between Smoking and Chronic Renal Failure in a Nationwide Population-Based Case-Control Study. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology 2004;15:2178-85. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Yu XQ, O'Connell DL, Gibberd RW, Smith DP, Dickman PW, Armstrong BK. Estimating regional variation in cancer survival: a tool for improving cancer care. Cancer Causes and Control 2004;15:611-8. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Ösby E, Askling J, Landgren O, Dickman PW, Ekbom A, Björkholm M. Parental longevity and prognosis in elderly patients with aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Acta Oncologica 2004;43:297-301. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Dickman P, Palmgren J, Pawitan Y. Cancerforskare behöver statistisk osäkerhet! Läkartidningen 2004;101:1842. [in Swedish] [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Johansson JE, Andren O, Andersson SO, Dickman PW, Holmberg L, Magnuson A, Adami HO. Natural history of early, localized prostate cancer. JAMA. 2004;291:2713-9. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Mucci LA, Hsieh CC, Williams PL, Dickman PW, Bjorkman L, Pedersen NL. Birth Order, Sibship Size, and Housing Density in Relation to Tooth Loss and Periodontal Disease: A Cohort Study among Swedish Twins. American Journal of Epidemiology 2004;159:499-506. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Surkan PJ, Stephansson O, Dickman PW, Cnattingius S. Previous preterm and small-for-gestational-age births and the subsequent risk of stillbirth. New England Journal of Medicine 2004;350:777-85. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Dickman PW, Sloggett A, Hills M, Hakulinen T. Regression models for relative survival. Statistics in Medicine 2004; 23:51-64. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Stephansson O, Dickman PW, Cnattingius S. The influence of interpregnancy interval on the subsequent risk of stillbirth and early neonatal death. Obstet Gynecol. 2003;102:101-8. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Dickman PW, Holm LE, Lundell G, Boice JD Jr, Hall P. Thyroid cancer risk after thyroid examination with 131I: A population-based cohort study in Sweden. International Journal of Cancer 2003;106:580-7. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Lundgren CI, Hall P, Ekbom A, Frisell J, Zedenius J, Dickman PW. Incidence and survival of Swedish patients with differentiated thyroid cancer. International Journal of Cancer 2003;106:569-73. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Stephansson O, Dickman PW, Johansson AL, Kieler H, Cnattingius S. Time of birth and risk of intrapartum and early neonatal death. Epidemiology 2003;14:218-22. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Mucci LA, Dickman PW, Steineck G, Adami HO, Augustsson K. Dietary acrylamide and cancer of the large bowel, kidney, and bladder: Absence of an association in a population-based study in Sweden. British Journal of Cancer 2003;88:84–89. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Kieler H, Zettergren T, Svensson H, Dickman PW, Larsson A. Assessing urinary albumin excretion in pre-eclamptic women: which sample to use? BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2003;110:12–17. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Steineck G, Helgesen F, Adolfsson J, Dickman PW, Johansson J.-E, Norlén BJ, Holmberg L. Quality of Life after Radical Prostatectomy or Watchful Waiting. New England Journal of Medicine, 2002;347:790-796. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Steineck G, Bergmark K, Henningsohn L, al-Abany M, Dickman PW, Helgason A. Symptom documentation in cancer survivors as a basis for therapy modifications. Acta Oncologica, 2002;41(3):244-52. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Riman T, Dickman PW, Nilsson S, Correia N, Nordlinder H, Magnusson CM, Persson IR. Risk factors for invasive epithelial ovarian cancer: results from a Swedish case-control study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 2002;156(4):363-73. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Sundelöf M, Ye W, Dickman PW, Lagergren J. Improved survival in both histologic types of oesophageal cancer in Sweden. International Journal of Cancer, 2002;99(5):751-4. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Landgren O, Askling J, Dickman PW, Ösby E, Axdorph U, Ekbom A, Björkholm M. Parental longevity and survival in elderly patients with Hodgkin's lymphoma. Haematologica, 2002;87(6):595-601. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Bergmark K, Åvall-Lundqvist E, Dickman PW, Henningsohn L, Steineck
G. Patient-rating of distressful symptoms after treatment for early cervical
cancer. Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, 2002;81(5):443-50.
[Medline]
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Henningsohn L, Wijkström H, Dickman PW, Bergmark K, Steineck G. Distressful symptoms after radical radiotherapy for urinary bladder cancer. Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2002;62(2):215-25. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Riman T, Dickman PW, Nilsson S, Correia N, Nordlinder H, Magnusson CM, Weiderpass E, Persson IR. Hormone replacement therapy and the risk of invasive epithelial ovarian cancer in Swedish women. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2002;94(7):497-504. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Stephansson O, Dickman PW, Johansson A, Cnattingius S. The influence of socioeconomic status on stillbirth risk in Sweden. International Journal of Epidemiology 2001;30:1296-301. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Fored CM, Ejerblad E, Lindblad P, Fryzek JP, Dickman PW, Signorello LB, et al.. Acetaminophen, aspirin, and chronic renal failure. New England Journal of Medicine 2001;345:1801-1808. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Riman T, Dickman PW, Nilsson S, Correia N, Nordlinder H, Magnusson CM, Persson IR. Risk factors for epithelial borderline ovarian tumors: results of a Swedish casecontrol study. Gynecologic Oncology 2001;83:575-585. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Henningsohn L, Wijkström H, Dickman PW, Bergmark K, Steineck G. Distressful symptoms after radical cystectomy with urinary diversion for urinary bladder cancer: A Swedish populationbased study. European Eurology 2001;40:151-162. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Helgason AR, Dickman PW, Adolfsson J, Steineck G. Emotional isolation: prevalence and the effect on wellbeing among 50--80 year old prostate cancer patients. Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology. 35:97-101, 2001. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Askling J, Dickman PW, Karlen P, Brostrom O, Lapidus A, Lofberg R, Ekbom A. Family history as a risk factor for colorectal cancer in inflammatory bowel disease. Gastroenterology. 120:1356-62, 2001. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Stephansson O, Dickman PW, Johansson A, Cnattingius S. Maternal weight, pregnancy weight gain, and the risk of antepartum stillbirth. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 184: 463-9, 2001. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Askling J, Dickman PW, Karlen P, Brostrom O, Lapidus A, Lofberg R, Ekbom A. Colorectal cancer rates among first-degree relatives of patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based cohort study. Lancet, 357: 262-6, 2001. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Stephansson O, Dickman PW, Johansson A, Cnattingius S. Maternal hemoglobin concentration during pregnancy and risk of stillbirth. JAMA, 284: 2611-7, 2000. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Voskuil, D. Augustsson, K., Dickman, P.W., van ’t Veer, P., Steineck, G. Assessing the Human Intake of Heterocyclic Amines: Limited Loss of Information Using Reduced Sets of Questions. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention, 8: 809-814, 1999. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Bergmark, K., Lundqvist E.Å., Dickman P.W., Henningsohn, L., Steineck, G. Vaginal Changes, Sexuality, and Distress in Women with Cervical Cancer, New England Journal of Medicine, 340: 1383-9, 1999. [Medline] [Abstract] [Full text in PDF format]
Storm, H.H., Dickman, P.W., Engeland, A., Haldorsen, T., Hakulinen, T. Do Morphology and Stage Explain the Inferior Lung Cancer Survival in Denmark? European Respiratory Journal, 13: 430-435, 1999. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Dickman, P.W., Hakulinen, T., Luostarinen, T., Pukkala, E., Sankila, R., Söderman, B., Teppo, L. Survival of Cancer Patients in Finland 1955-1994, Acta Oncologica, 38 (Suppl. 12): 1-103, 1999. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format (1.3Mb)]
Teppo, L., Dickman, P.W., Hakulinen, T., Luostarinen, T., Pukkala, E., Sankila, R., Söderman, B. Cancer Patient Survival – Patterns, Comparisons, and Trends: A Population-Based Cancer Registry Study in Finland 1955-1994, Acta Oncologica, 38: 283-294, 1999. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format] [Invited editorial by Franco Berrino] [Invited editorial by Jan-Willem Coebergh]
Hakulinen, T., Hakala, T., Dickman, P. Measuring treatment results and evaluating prognostic factors. In Joensuu, H., Roberts, P.J., and Teppo, L. (editors). Oncology, Vammala: Duodecim, 202-215, 1999. [In Finnish]
Augustsson, K., Skog, K., Jägerstad, M, Dickman, P.W., Steineck, G. Dietary Heterocyclic Amines and Cancer of the Colon, Rectum, Bladder, and Kidney – A Population-Based Study, The Lancet, 353:703-707, 1999. [Full text in PDF format] [Lancet Editorial] [Medline]
Engeland, A., Haldorsen, T., Dickman, P. W., Hakulinen, T., Möller, T. R., Storm, H. H., Tulinius, H. Relative Survival of Cancer Patients. A Comparison between Denmark and the Other Nordic Countries, Acta Oncologica, 37: 49-59, 1998. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Dickman, P.W., Hakulinen, T. Cancer in the Nordic Countries. Potential Savings in Cancer Deaths Resulting from the Elimination of Regional Variation in Cancer Survival in the Nordic Countries, TemaNord, 501: 73-88, 1998. [In Swedish]
Dickman, P.W., Auvinen, A., Voutilainen, E.T., Hakulinen, T. Measuring Social Class Differences in Cancer Patient Survival: Is it Necessary to Control for Social Class Differences in General Population Mortality? A Finnish Population-Based Study, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 52: 727-734, 1998. [Full text in PDF format] [Medline]
Adolfsson, J., Helgason, Á.R., Dickman, P., Steineck, G., Urinary and bowel symptoms in men with and without prostate cancer: results from an observational study in the Stockholm area. European Urology, 33: 11-16, 1998. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Helgason, Á.R., Arver, S., Adolfsson, J., Dickman, P.W., Granath, F., Steineck, G. 'Potency': the validation of information from a self-administered questionnaire using objective measurements of night-time erections and test-retest reliability, British Journal of Urology, 81:135-141, 1998. [Medline]
Helgason, Á.R., Adolfsson, J., Dickman, P., Fredrikson, M., Steineck, G. Distress due to unwanted side-effects of prostate cancer treatment is related to impaired well-being (quality of life), Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Disease, 1:128-133, 1998. [Medline] [Full text in PDF format]
Helgason, Á.R., Adolfsson, J., Dickman, P.W., Arver, S., Fredrikson, M., Steineck, G. Factors Associated with Waning Sexual Function Among Elderly Men and Prostate Cancer Patients, Journal of Urology, 157:155-9, 1997. [Medline]
Dickman, P.W., Gibberd, R.W., Hakulinen, T. Estimating Potential Savings in Cancer Deaths by Eliminating Regional and Social Class Variation in Cancer Survival in the Nordic Countries, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 51: 289-298, 1997. [Medline]
Dickman, P.W., Hakulinen, T. Adjusting for Region of Residence in Relative Survival Analysis, Journal of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2: 87-94, 1996.
Dickman, P.W., Hakulinen, T. The Accuracy of Index Dates and Calculation of Survival Time from Cancer Registry Data, Journal of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 1: 213-218, 1996.
Helgason, Á.R., Adolfsson, J., Dickman, P.W., Arver, S., Fredrikson, M., Göthberg, M., Steineck, G. Sexual Desire, Erection, Orgasm and Ejaculatory Functions and Their Importance to Elderly Swedish Men - A Population-Based Study, Age and Aging, 25:285-29, 1996. [Medline]
Helgason, Á.R., Adolfsson, J., Dickman, P.W., Fredrikson, M., Arver, S., Steineck, G. Waning Sexual Function - The Most Important Disease-Specific Distress for Patients with Prostate Cancer, British Journal of Cancer, 73:1417-1421, 1996. [Medline]
Research reports and other publications:
Voutilainen, E.T., Dickman, P.W., Hakulinen, T., SURV2: Relative Survival Analysis Program (software manual), Helsinki: Finnish Cancer Registry, 1998.
Dickman, P. W. Estimating Regional Variation in Cancer Patient Survival. Ph.D. thesis. The University of Newcastle, Australia, 1997. [Abstract]
Bonett A., Dickman P. W., Gibberd R.W., Roder D, Hakulinen T. Survival of Cancer Patients in South Australia 1977-1990, Adelaide, Lutheran Publishing Press, 1992.
Dickman P.W., Gibberd R.W. Comparison of Case-mix and Average Length of Stay for Admissions to Acute Care Hospitals within Six States/Territories in Australia, University of Newcastle, NSW Health Services Research Group, 1992.
Clavarino, L., Dickman P.W., Gibberd R.W. Methods to Estimate Systematic Variation in the Coding of Hospital Discharge Data, University of Newcastle, NSW Health Services Research Group, 1990.
Dickman P.W., Gibberd R.W. The Estimation of Tobacco and Alcohol-Caused Hospital Admissions and Their Inpatient Costs in NSW Hospitals 1988/89, University of Newcastle, NSW Health Services Research Group, 1990.