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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 Factors for Primary Bone Cancer After Childhood Cancer: A PanCare Childhood and Adolescent Cancer Survivor Care and Follow-Up Studies Nested Case-Control Study (2023)

Journal of Clinical Oncology
Reulen Raoul C, Winter David L, Diallo Ibrahim, Veres Cristina, Llanas Damien, Allodji Rodrigue S, Bagnasco Francesca, Bárdi Edit, Feijen Elizabeth A M, Alessi Daniela, Fidler-Benaoudia Miranda M, Høgsholt Stine, Teepen Jop C, Linge Helena, Haddy Nadia, Byrne Julianne, Debiche Ghazi, Grabow Desiree, Gudmundsdottir Thorgerdur, Fauchery Romain, Zrafi Wael, Michel Gisela, Øfstaas Hilde, Kaatsch Peter, Vu-Bezin Giao, Jenkinson Helen, Kaiser Melanie, Skinner Roderick, Cole Trevor, Waespe Nicolas, Sommer Grit, Nordenfelt Susanne, Jankovic Momcilo, Lähteenmäki Taalas Tuomas, Maule Milena M, van der Pal Helena J H, Ronckers Cécile M, van Leeuwen Flora E, Kok Judith L, Terenziani Monica, Winther Gunnes Maria, Wiebe Thomas, Sacerdote Carlotta, Jakab Zsuzsanna, Haupt Riccardo, Lähteenmäki Päivi M, Zadravec Zaletel Lorna, Kuehni Claudia E, Falck Winther Jeanette, Kremer Leontien C M, Hjorth Lars, de Vathaire Florent, Hawkins Michael M
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

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))
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