Research

Finnish Cancer Registry is an active cancer research institute, with an average of about two scientific articles published every week. The column on the left contains links to examples of published and ongoing studies of typical research topics, such as cancer risk related to life habits and environment, effects of interventions, and later life events of cancer patients.  

For a more complete overview, see our list of publications in international languages (mainly English). There are also some publications in Finnish and Swedish.

• Selected abstracts of recent publications

 Life habits and cancer

• Cancers of female organs rare among women with 5+ children

Living environment and cancer

• Work and cancer in the Nordic countries (NOCCA)
• Breast cancer in areas with highest fall-out from Chernobyl
• Sunlight deprivation, influenza and leukaemia

Effects of cancer treatment

• Highest education, best cancer survival
• Risk of second cancer related to treatment of first cancer

Screening evaluations

• Population-based screening programmes for cervical cancer are expanding in Europe

Other studies

• Cancer atlas of Northern Europe
• Increased cancer risk after liver transplantation