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Päivi
Lähteenmäki
Docent, Department of Clinical Medicine
Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
MD, PhD Docent (Adjunct professor); Medicine (Department of Clinical Medicine)

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CURRICULUM VITAE2019_utu.pdf
ORCID

Areas of expertise

Pediatric and adolescent hematology and oncology
Late-effects of cancer treatment at an early age
Quality improvement and registration.

Biography

Päivi Lähteenmäki graduated from the Medical School at the University of Turku in 1984, where she also specialized in Pediatrics and PediatricHematology and Oncology. She defended her thesis in 1999 on Effects of childhood cancer on patients and their families - physical and psychosocial aspects. She worked in 2002 as a post-doc Clinical and Research Fellow at Bristol Sick Children’s Hospital BMT Unit, Bristol, UK. Subsequently, she has worked as a Consultant at the Department of Pediatrics, University of Turku. Since 2008, she has been Docent (Adjunct Professor) of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, and Head of the Division of Pediatric and Adolescent Hematology/Oncology at Turku University Hospital in Turku, Finland. Currently she works also as the Chief of the Swedish Childhood Cancer Registry at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden.

During the years, Päivi Lähteenmäki has served as the chairman or a board member of the Nordic Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology as well as the Finnish Association of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. In 2012-2014, She was the chair of a group planning the establishment of childhood cancer late-effect clinics in Finland. In 2016, she was awarded the Finnish Cancer Association Price, Oncologist of the year in Finland.

Teaching

Since 2008, clinical pediatric hematology and oncology at the Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Turku.

Research

Päivi Lähteenmäki´s major research interest lies in the late-effects of childhood cancer. In year 2000, she founded her own research group and initiated a long-term research project called “Health and Quality of Life in Patients with Early Age Onset Cancer” including the epidemiology, diagnosis, prevention, and overall societal impact of the late sequelae of cancer and its treatments. Päivi Lähteenmäki has been actively involved in international research collaboration. In 2006, she started a collaboration with NIH funded GCCT (Genetic consequences of cancer therapies) consortium, followed by a Nordic project ALiCCS (Adult life in childhood cancer survivors), and an EU funded project PanCareSurFup (PanCare Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Survivor Care and Follow-Up Studies). In 2018, two new Nordic collaborations started (PACCS Physical activity in childhood cancer survivors; PACS Pregnancy associated cancer). She is also a principal investigator in NOPHO-CARE (A Nordic study on epidemiology, biology, treatment and survival of children with cancer and severe hematological diseases).

Publications

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Risk of subsequent primary oral cancer in a cohort of 69,460 5-year survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer in Europe: the PanCareSurFup study (2022)

British Journal of Cancer
Sunguc Ceren, Hawkins Michael M., Winter David L., Dudley Isabelle M., Heymer Emma J., Teepen Jop C., Allodji Rodrigue S., Belle Fabien N., Bagnasco Francesca, Byrne Julianne, Bardi Edit, Ronckers Cecile M., Haddy Nadia, Gudmundsdottir Thorgerdur, Garwicz Stanislaw, Jankovic Momcilo, van der Pal Helena J. H., Mazic Maja Cesen, Schindera Christina, Grabow Desiree, Maule Milena M., Kaatsch Peter, Kaiser Melanie, Fresneau Brice, Michel Gisela, Skinner Roderick, Wiebe Thomas, Sacerdote Carlotta, Jakab Zsuzsanna, Gunnes Maria Winther, Terenziani Monica, Winther Jeanette F., Lähteenmäki Päivi M., Zaletel Lorna Zadravec, Kuehni Claudia E., Kremer Leontien C., Haupt Riccardo, de Vathaire Florent, Hjorth Lars, Reulen Raoul C.
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

The Physical Activity and Fitness in Childhood Cancer Survivors (PACCS) Study: Protocol for an International Mixed Methods Study (2022)

JMIR Research Protocols
Lie Hanne C, Anderssen Sigmund, Rueegg Corina Silvia, Raastad Truls, Grydeland May, Thorsen Lene, Stensrud Trine, Edvardsen Elisabeth, Larsen Marie Hamilton, Torsvik Ingrid Kristin, Bovim Lars Peder, Götte Miriam, Lähteenmäki Päivi Maria, Kriemler Susi, Larsen Hanne Bækgaard, Fridh Martin Kaj, Ørstavik Kristin, Brun Henrik, Matthews Iren, Hornset Else, Ruud Ellen
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

International variation in childhood cancer mortality rates from 2001 to 2015: Comparison of trends in the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership countries (2022)

International Journal of Cancer
Smith Lesley, Stiller Charles A., Aitken Joanne F., Hjalgrim Lisa L., Johannesen Tom, Lähteenmäki Päivi, McCabe Martin G., Phillips Robert, Pritchard-Jones Kathy, Steliarova-Foucher Eva, Winther Jeanette F., Woods Ryan R., Glaser Adam W., Feltbower Richard G.
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Male breast cancer after childhood cancer: Systematic review and analyses in the PanCareSurFup cohort (2022)

European Journal of Cancer
Wang Yuehan, Reulen Raoul C., Kremer Leontien C.M., de Vathaire Florent, Haupt Riccardo, Zadravec Zaletel Lorna, Bagnasco Francesca, Demoor-Goldschmidt Charlotte, van Dorp Willem J., Haddy Nadia, Hjorth Lars, Jakab Zsuzsanna, Kuehni Claudia E., Lähteenmäki Päivi M, van der Pal Helena J.H., Sacerdote Carlotta, Skinner Roderick, Terenziani Monica, Wesenberg Finn, Winther Jeanette.F., van Leeuwen Flora E., Hawkins Mike M., Teepen Jop C., van Dalen Elvira C., Ronckers Cécile M.
(Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A2))

Prospective registration of symptoms and times to diagnosis in children and adolescents with central nervous system tumors: A study of the Swedish Childhood Cancer Registry (2022)

Pediatric Blood and Cancer
Rask Olof, Nilsson Fredrik, Lähteenmäki Päivi, Ehrstedt Christoffer, Holm Stefan, Sandström Per-Erik, Nyman Per, Sabel Magnus, Grillner Pernilla; for the Swedish Childhood CNS Tumor Working Group(VCTB)
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
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