Johan Björklund

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About me

Attending Karolinska Institutet for a doctoral degree. Defense planned late
spring 2023. Working as a Specialist in Urology at Karolinska University
Hospital, Department of pelvic cancer.
Best abstract in session 52. EAU15
Rookie of the year 2015. Urologidagarna 2015, Svensk Urologisk Förening
MD at Karolinska Institutet, graduated 2010.
Internship at Nyköpings lasarett, Region Sörmland, finished in 2012
Urologic residency i Karolinska University Hospital, Region Stockholm,
finished dec 2017
SUO accredited fellowship in Uro-Oncology at the University of Toronto,
Ontario, Canada, 2019-2021.

Research

Main focus of research is postoperative complications in cancer surgery
focusing on short-term mortality and its causes, especially in prostate
cancers, while exploring venous thromboembolic events and arterial ischemic
events in particular in cancer surgery in general.

Articles

Article: ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. 2024;31(3):1739-1748

Risk of Postoperative Ischemic Stroke and Myocardial Infarction in Patients Operated for Cancer.

Rautiola J; Björklund J; Zelic R; Edgren G; Bottai M; Nilsson M; Vincent PH; Fredholm H; Falconer H; Sjövall A; Nilsson PJ; Wiklund P; Aly M; Akre O
Article: ANNALS OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY. 2024;31(3):1789-1790

ASO Author Reflections: Arterial Ischemic Events Following Cancer Surgery: Where Do We Stand?

Rautiola J; Björklund J; Zelic R; Edgren G; Bottai M; Nilsson M; Vincent PH; Fredholm H; Falconer H; Sjövall A; Nilsson PJ; Wiklund P; Aly M; Akre O
Article: JAMA NETWORK OPEN. 2024;7(2):e2354352

Risk of Venous Thromboembolic Events After Surgery for Cancer.

Björklund J; Rautiola J; Zelic R; Edgren G; Bottai M; Nilsson M; Vincent PH; Fredholm H; Falconer H; Sjövall A; Nilsson PJ; Wiklund P; Aly M; Akre O
Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF UROLOGY. 2023;57(1-6):29-35

Low-volume grade group 2 prostate cancer candidates for active surveillance: a radical prostatectomy retrospective analysis.

Björklund J; Cheung DC; Martin LJ; Komisarenko M; Lajkosz K; Hamilton RJ; Zlotta AR; Finelli A
Article: BJU INTERNATIONAL. 2022;129(3):318-324

The 90-day cause-specific mortality after radical prostatectomy: a nationwide population-based study.

Björklund J; Stattin P; Rönmark E; Aly M; Akre O
Article: PROSTATE CANCER AND PROSTATIC DISEASES. 2019;22(3):391-398

Preoperative staging using magnetic resonance imaging and risk of positive surgical margins after prostate-cancer surgery.

Jäderling F; Akre O; Aly M; Björklund J; Olsson M; Adding C; Öberg M; Blomqvist L; Nyberg T; Wiklund P; Carlsson S
Article: BJU INTERNATIONAL. 2016;118(2):302-306

Postoperative mortality 90 days after robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy and retropubic radical prostatectomy: a nationwide population-based study.

Björklund J; Folkvaljon Y; Cole A; Carlsson S; Robinson D; Loeb S; Stattin P; Akre O
Article: LAKARTIDNINGEN. 2009;106(14):1016-1019

[Fibrosis indexes reduce the need of liver biopsy in chronic hepatitis C].

Björklund J; Aleman S; Weiland O

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KI thesis / dissertation: 2023

Rare complications in cancer surgery

Björklund, Johan
Review: EUROPEAN UROLOGY OPEN SCIENCE. 2020;22:61-73

Treatment of Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma: Immunotherapies Have Demonstrated Overall Survival Benefits While Targeted Therapies Have Not.

Hemminki O; Perlis N; Bjorklund J; Finelli A; Zlotta AR; Hemminki A

Employments

Affiliated to Research, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2026

Degrees and Education

Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 2023
University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 2010

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