Arja Harila
Professor at Department of Women's and Children's Health; Pediatric oncological and neurological research
- E-mail:
- arja.harila@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 UPPSALA

Publications
Recent publications
Part of Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, p. 929-933, 2025
Ex vivo drug responses and molecular profiles of 597 pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients
Part of HemaSphere, 2025
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Quality of life after treatment for childhood Hodgkin lymphoma in Sweden and Finland
2025
Part of Frontiers in Immunology, 2025
- DOI for The quantity and quality of B-cell immunity against SARS-CoV-2 in children with cancer and hematological diseases
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Part of International Journal of Cancer, p. 1347-1357, 2025
- DOI for Educational outcomes school year nine in children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A nationwide registry‐based study from Sweden
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Part of Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, p. 929-933, 2025
Ex vivo drug responses and molecular profiles of 597 pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients
Part of HemaSphere, 2025
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Part of Frontiers in Immunology, 2025
- DOI for The quantity and quality of B-cell immunity against SARS-CoV-2 in children with cancer and hematological diseases
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Part of International Journal of Cancer, p. 1347-1357, 2025
- DOI for Educational outcomes school year nine in children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A nationwide registry‐based study from Sweden
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Part of JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting, 2025
- DOI for Perspectives on Swedish Regulations for Online Record Access Among Adolescents With Serious Health Issues and Their Parents: Mixed Methods Study
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Part of Haematologica, p. 2846-2853, 2024
- DOI for Effects of allopurinol on 6-mercaptopurine metabolism in unselected patients with pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a prospective phase II study
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Part of Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2024
- DOI for Symptomatic osteonecrosis in children treated for Hodgkin lymphoma: A population‐based study in Sweden, Finland, and Denmark
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Radiological follow‐up of osteonecrosis lesions in children and adolescents with Hodgkin lymphoma
Part of British Journal of Haematology, p. 1460-1468, 2024
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Part of British Journal of Haematology, p. 1450-1459, 2024
- DOI for Severe steroid-related neuropsychiatric symptoms during paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia therapy-An observational Ponte di Legno Toxicity Working Group Study
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Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 2676-2678, 2024
- DOI for Haemostasis during early treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with the ALLTogether protocol
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Intensive care in children with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in Sweden
Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 1974-1976, 2024
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Part of Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2024
- DOI for Quality of life in children and adolescents after treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia according to the NOPHO ALL2008 protocol
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Part of JBMR Plus, 2024
- DOI for Demographic and disease-related factors impact bone turnover and vitamin D in children with hemato-oncological diseases
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Part of HemaSphere, 2024
- DOI for Parents' perception of treatment-related toxicity in children treated according to the NOPHO ALL2008 protocol for acute lymphoblastic leukemia
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Part of International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024
- DOI for Bone Marrow-Suppressive Treatment in Children Is Associated with Diminished IFN-γ Response from T Cells upon Polyclonal and Varicella Zoster Virus Peptide Stimulation
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Radiotherapy-induced vascular cognitive impairment 20 years after childhood brain tumor
Part of Neuro-Oncology, p. 362-373, 2024
Part of Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2024
- DOI for Educational and occupational outcomes in Swedish children treated for sarcomas: A nationwide registry-based study
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Comparison of high-throughput single-cell RNA-seq methods for ex vivo drug screening
Part of NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, 2024
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Multimodal classification of molecular subtypes in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Part of npj Precision Oncology, 2023
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Part of BMC Pediatrics, 2023
- DOI for An explorative study on proteomic analyses related to inflammation and pain in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis
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Parental experiences of the informed consent process in randomized clinical trials-A Nordic study
Part of Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2023
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Early disc degeneration in radiotherapy-treated childhood brain tumor survivors
Part of BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, 2023
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Part of HemaSphere, 2023
- DOI for Genetic Subtypes and Outcome of Patients Aged 1 to 45 Years Old With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in the NOPHO ALL2008 Trial
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Part of Acta Oncologica, p. 1723-1731, 2023
- DOI for Impact of body mass index on outcome and treatment-related toxicity in young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
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Part of Cancers, 2023
- DOI for Simultaneous Ultra-Sensitive Detection of Structural and Single Nucleotide Variants Using Multiplex Droplet Digital PCR in Liquid Biopsies from Children with Medulloblastoma
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Part of The Pharmacogenomics Journal, p. 105-111, 2023
- DOI for DNA polymerase gamma variants and hepatotoxicity during maintenance therapy of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: is there a causal relationship?
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Part of British Journal of Haematology, p. 384-392, 2023
- DOI for The prognostic impact of IKZF1 deletions and UKALL genetic classifiers in paediatric B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukaemia treated according to NOPHO 2008 protocols
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Childhood lymphoma treatment impacts educational outcomes: a registry study from Sweden
Part of Journal of cancer survivorship, p. 1072-1081, 2023
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Part of Haematologica, p. 2318-2328, 2022
- DOI for Acute central nervous system toxicity during treatment of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia: phenotypes, risk factors and genotypes
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Part of British Journal of Haematology, p. 1032-1040, 2022
- DOI for Quality of life in mothers and fathers of children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in Sweden, Finland and Denmark
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A somatic UBA2 variant preceded ETV6-RUNX1 in the concordant BCP-ALL of monozygotic twins
Part of Blood Advances, p. 2275-2289, 2022
Part of eJHaem, p. 1188-1200, 2022
- DOI for Inflammatory biomarkers after an exercise intervention in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivors
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Part of Frontiers in Oncology, 2022
- DOI for Patient-Specific Assays Based on Whole-Genome Sequencing Data to Measure Residual Disease in Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: A Proof of Concept Study
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Part of Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2022
- DOI for Characteristics of white blood cell count in acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A COST LEGEND phenotype-genotype study
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Obesity as a predictor of treatment-related toxicity in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Part of British Journal of Haematology, p. 1239-1247, 2022
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The human cathelicidin hCAP-18 in serum of children with haemato-oncological diseases
Part of British Journal of Haematology, p. 1023-1031, 2022
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Part of Supportive Care in Cancer, p. 127-133, 2022
- DOI for Reduced dose folinic acid rescue after rapid high-dose methotrexate clearance is not associated with increased toxicity in a pediatric cohort
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Part of Supportive Care in Cancer, p. 5157-5166, 2022
- DOI for Health-related quality of life in long-term survivors of childhood brain tumors: a population-based cohort study
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Part of Blood Advances, p. 138-147, 2022
Part of International Journal of Cancer, p. 406-419, 2022
Part of PLOS ONE, 2022
- DOI for Pre- and postdiagnosis growth failure, adult short stature, and untreated growth hormone deficiency in radiotherapy-treated long-term survivors of childhood brain tumor
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High need for intensive care in paediatric acute myeloid leukaemia: A population-based study
Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 2235-2241, 2022
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COVID-19 seroprevalence and clinical picture in Swedish pediatric oncology and hematology patients
Part of Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2022
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Part of Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2022
- DOI for Does minimal central nervous system involvement in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia increase the risk for central nervous system toxicity?
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Part of Supportive Care in Cancer, p. 1901-1902, 2022
Part of BMJ Open, 2021
- DOI for Help-seeking behaviour and attitudes towards internet-administered psychological support among adolescent and young adults previously treated for cancer during childhood: Protocol for a survey and embedded qualitative interview study in Sweden
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Part of International Journal of Cancer, p. 1863-1876, 2021
- DOI for Skeletal adverse events in childhood cancer survivors: An Adult Life after Childhood Cancer in Scandinavia cohort study
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Part of British Journal of Haematology, p. 119-122, 2021
Part of Scientific Reports, 2021
- DOI for Mutational patterns and clonal evolution from diagnosis to relapse in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia
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Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 2252-2258, 2021
- DOI for Prevalence of and factors influencing vitamin D deficiency in paediatric patients diagnosed with cancer at northern latitudes
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Part of The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, p. 622-637, 2021
Part of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, p. 1050-1060, 2021
Part of Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology, p. 911-917, 2021
Part of Neuro-Oncology Practice, p. 266-277, 2021
- DOI for Neurocognitive impairment, employment, and social status in radiotherapy-treated adult survivors of childhood brain tumors
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Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support in Children With Hematologic Malignancies in Sweden
Part of Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology (Print), 2021
Part of Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition - JPGN, p. 630-635, 2021
Vitamin D status in children with leukemia, its predictors, and association with outcome
Part of Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2020
Part of European Journal of Haematology, p. 797-807, 2020
- DOI for Impact of body mass index on relapse in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia treated according to Nordic treatment protocols
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Part of Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2020
Part of European Journal of Pediatrics, p. 91-98, 2020
- DOI for Trends in age- and sex-adjusted body mass index and the prevalence of malnutrition in children with cancer over 42 months after diagnosis: a single-center cohort study
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Part of Neuro-Oncology Practice, p. 415-427, 2020
- DOI for Radiation-induced accelerated aging of the brain vasculature in young adult survivors of childhood brain tumors
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Seizures during treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A population-based cohort study
Part of European journal of paediatric neurology, p. 72-77, 2020
Part of Leukemia, p. 336-346, 2020
Part of Journal of Clinical Oncology, p. 145-154, 2020
Part of Blood Advances, p. 2722-2731, 2019
Part of Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology, p. 593-601, 2019
Part of Acta Oncologica, p. 997-1002, 2019
- DOI for Prevalence of chronic hepatitis C virus infection among childhood cancer survivors in Stockholm, Sweden
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Part of Leukemia and Lymphoma, p. 1469-1475, 2019
Part of British Journal of Haematology, p. 354-357, 2019
The radiological and clinical follow-up of osteonecrosis in cancer patients
Part of Acta Oncologica, p. 505-511, 2019
Part of Pediatric Blood & Cancer, 2019
Part of British Journal of Haematology, p. 405-417, 2019
Sweden and Finland need to improve the support provided for the siblings of children with cancer
Part of Acta Paediatrica, p. 369-370, 2019
Vitamin D Status in Children With Hemato-Oncological Diseases in Northern Finland
Part of Clinical Pediatrics, p. 241-244, 2019
Late vertebral side effects in long-term survivors of irradiated childhood brain tumor
Part of PLOS ONE, 2018
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Vitamin D Status in Children with Leukemia
Part of Blood, 2018
Part of European Journal of Cancer, p. 238-248, 2018
Part of Leukemia, p. 2527-2535, 2018
Bone mineral density is compromised in very long-term survivors of irradiated childhood brain tumor
Part of Acta Oncologica, p. 665-674, 2018
Part of JBMR Plus
Articles, review/survey
Part of The Lancet Haematology, 2021