Susanne K. Kjær

Lifestyle risk factors for cervical glandular and squamous cell neoplasia: insights from a prospective cohort study of over 117,000 women

Abstract Background While cervical cancer screening has successfully reduced squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) rates, adenocarcinoma (AC) incidence is rising, particularly among younger women. Although SCC and AC differ in genomics and treatment responses, evidence regarding their di...

Risk of malignant melanoma in hyperthyroid and hypothyroid female populations: Results from a large Danish cohort study

Introduction Experimental studies suggest that thyroid hormones may influence tumor development through endocrine and cellular signaling pathways. Although malignant melanoma (MM) is primarily associated with ultraviolet radiation exposure, the potential role of thyroid dysfuncti...

Childhood body mass index trajectories and subtypes of endometrial cancer: A Danish cohort study

Background Obesity in adulthood is a well-established risk factor for endometrial cancer, a heterogeneous disease comprising several histological subtypes. Although childhood body mass index (BMI) is linked to endometrial cancer, the role of childhood growth patterns in different...

p16 Overexpression and Human Papillomavirus Positivity in More Than 1000 Penile Cancers

Penile cancer is a severe disease, and a large proportion is related to high-risk (hr) human papillomavirus (HPV). P16 is used as an immunohistochemical marker of HPV in clinical diagnostics. Population-based data on the prevalence of p16 in penile cancer is scarce. We investigat...