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Barbro Numan Hellquist
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E-mail
barbro.hellquist@umu.se
Phone
+46 90 785 48 49
Works as
Affiliation
Research fellow
at
Department of Diagnostics and Intervention
Section: Oncology
Location
Målpunkt P01. Byggnad 5B, plan 0, Norrlands universitetssjukhus, Regionalt Cancercentrum
Umeå universitet, 901 85 Umeå
Publications
Publications
Research
Research
2025
Direct letters to relatives at risk of hereditary cancer: a randomised trial on healthcare-assisted versus family-mediated risk disclosure
European Journal of Human Genetics
, Springer Nature 2025, Vol. 33 : 1359-1367
Ehrencrona, Hans; Öfverholm, Anna; Hawranek, Carolina; et al.
2025
The impact of socioeconomic status on glioma survival: a retrospective analysis
Cancer Causes and Control
, Springer Nature 2025, Vol. 36
Söderlund, Maria; Almqvist, Carl; Sjöström, Olle; et al.
2024
Antidepressants and survival in glioma
: a registry-based retrospective cohort study
Neuro-Oncology Practice
, Oxford University Press 2024, Vol. 11, (2) : 125-131
Edström, Sonja; Numan Hellquist, Barbro; Sandström, Maria; et al.
2024
Who has the responsibility to inform relatives at risk of hereditary cancer?: a population-based survey in Sweden
BMJ Open
, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2024, Vol. 14, (11)
Grill, Kalle; Phillips, Amicia; Numan Hellquist, Barbro; et al.
2024
Antidepressant drugs and risk of developing glioma: a national registry-based case control study and a meta-analysis
American Journal of Epidemiology
, Oxford University Press 2024, Vol. 193, (11) : 1592-1599
Malmberg, Charlotte; Numan Hellquist, Barbro; Sadanandan, Sajna Anand; et al.
2023
Direct letters to relatives at risk of hereditary cancer: study protocol for a multi-center randomized controlled trial of healthcare-assisted versus family-mediated risk disclosure at Swedish cancer genetics clinics (DIRECT-study)
Trials
, BioMed Central (BMC) 2023, Vol. 24, (1)
Hawranek, Carolina; Ehrencrona, Hans; Öfverholm, Anna; et al.
2022
Cancer worry distribution and willingness to undergo colonoscopy at three levels of hypothetical cancer risk - a population-based survey in Sweden
Cancers
, MDPI 2022, Vol. 14, (4)
Hawranek, Carolina; Maxon, Johan; Andersson, Andreas; et al.
2020
Public support for healthcare-mediated disclosure of hereditary cancer risk information: Results from a population-based survey in Sweden
Hereditary Cancer in Clinical Practice
, Springer Nature 2020, Vol. 18
Andersson, Andreas; Hawranek, Carolina; Öfverholm, Anna; et al.
2020
Cancer worry and willingness to undergo colonoscopy at different risk levels: results from a population-based survey in Sweden
European Journal of Human Genetics
, Springer Nature 2020, Vol. 28 : 786-786
Hawranek, Carolina; Maxon, J.; Andersson, Andreas; et al.
2020
Travel time to care does not affect survival for patients with colorectal cancer in northern Sweden: A data linkage study from the Risk North database
PLOS ONE
, Public Library of Science 2020, Vol. 15, (8)
Sjöström, Olle; Dahlin, Anna M.; Silander, Gustav; et al.
2018
Disparities in colorectal cancer between Northern and Southern Sweden: a report from the new RISK North database
Acta Oncologica
, Taylor & Francis 2018, Vol. 57, (12) : 1622-1630
Sjöström, Olle; Silander, Gustav; Syk, Ingvar; et al.
2015
Effectiveness of population-based service screening with mammography for women ages 40 to 49 years with a high or low risk of breast cancer: socioeconomic status, parity, and age at birth of first child
Cancer
, Vol. 121, (2) : 251-258
Numan Hellquist, Barbro; Czene, Kamila; Hjälm, Anna; et al.
2014
Breast cancer screening with mammography of women 40-49 years in Sweden
Umeå University medical dissertations
, 1661
Numan Hellquist, Barbro
2012
Overdiagnosis in the population-based service screening programme with mammography for women aged 40 to 49 years in Sweden
Journal of Medical Screening
, Royal Society of Medicine Press 2012, Vol. 19, (1) : 14-19
Numan Hellquist, Barbro; Duffy, Stephen W; Nyström, Lennarth; et al.
2012
Author Reply [to: Unclear methods in estimate of screening effect in women ages 40-49 years]
Cancer
, John Wiley & Sons 2012, Vol. 118, (4) : 1170-1171
Numan Hellquist, Barbro; Jonsson, Håkan; Nyström, Lennarth
2011
Effectiveness of population-based service screening with mammography for women ages 40 to 49 years: evaluation of the Swedish Mammography Screening in Young Women (SCRY) cohort
Cancer
, Wiley-Blackwell 2011, Vol. 117, (4) : 714-722
Numan Hellquist, Barbro; Duffy, Stephen W; Abdsaleh, Shahin; et al.
2011
Reply to effectiveness of population-based service screening with mammography for women ages 40-49 years: Evaluation of the swedish mammography screening in young women (SCRY) cohort
Cancer
, Philadelphia: Lippincott 2011, Vol. 117, (17) : 4100-4101
Numan Hellquist, Barbro; Jonsson, Håkan; Nyström, Lennarth
Poisson based model for adjusting for non-compliance and contamination in cohort studies
Numan Hellquist, Barbro; Bolin, David; Yu, Jun; et al.
Effectiveness of population-based service screening with mammography for women ages 40 to 49 years with high and low risk of breast cancer: socioeconomic status, parity and age at birth of first child
Numan Hellquist, Barbro; Czene, Kamila; Hjälm, Anna; et al.
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2 September 2019 until 31 December 2028
The DIRECT-study - Disclosure of genetic risk to prevent cancer
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