Helgi Birgisson
Consultant at Department of Surgical Sciences; Gastro intestinal Surgery
- Telephone:
- +46 18 611 46 34
- E-mail:
- helgi.birgisson@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset, ingång 70, 1 tr
751 85 UPPSALA - Postal address:
- Akademiska sjukhuset, ingång 70, 1 tr
751 85 UPPSALA

Publications
Recent publications
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Part of European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2026
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Part of Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer, 2025
- DOI for The Extent of Tumor in the Peritoneum and Liver Influences Outcomes After Surgery for Synchronous Liver and Peritoneal Colorectal Metastases: A Cohort Study
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Prognostic genome and transcriptome signatures in colorectal cancers
Part of Nature, p. 137-146, 2024
- DOI for Prognostic genome and transcriptome signatures in colorectal cancers
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Part of International Journal of Surgery, p. 7187-7195, 2024
- DOI for Clinical significance of circulating tumor cells in colorectal cancer with peritoneal metastases: a prospective cohort study using a novel method for monitoring treatment response, and assessing minimal residual disease
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Part of Cancers, 2024
- DOI for Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Peritoneal Metastases from Colorectal Cancer-An Overview of Current Status and Future Perspectives
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of European Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2026
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Part of Journal of Gastrointestinal Cancer, 2025
- DOI for The Extent of Tumor in the Peritoneum and Liver Influences Outcomes After Surgery for Synchronous Liver and Peritoneal Colorectal Metastases: A Cohort Study
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Prognostic genome and transcriptome signatures in colorectal cancers
Part of Nature, p. 137-146, 2024
- DOI for Prognostic genome and transcriptome signatures in colorectal cancers
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Part of International Journal of Surgery, p. 7187-7195, 2024
- DOI for Clinical significance of circulating tumor cells in colorectal cancer with peritoneal metastases: a prospective cohort study using a novel method for monitoring treatment response, and assessing minimal residual disease
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Part of Clinical Epidemiology, p. 525-532, 2024
- DOI for A Validation of the Swedish Colorectal Cancer Register - With Focus on Histopathology, Complications and Recurrences
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Part of International Journal of Hyperthermia, 2024
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Part of Cancers, 2024
- DOI for Clinical Significance of Circulating Tumor Cells in Epithelial Appendiceal Neoplasms with Peritoneal Metastases
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No Indication for Routine Resection of Surgical Scars during Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC
Part of Cancers, 2024
- DOI for No Indication for Routine Resection of Surgical Scars during Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC
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Part of PLOS ONE, 2024
- DOI for Efficacy of hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in colorectal cancer: A phase I and III open label randomized controlled registry-based clinical trial protocol
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Part of Cancers, 2023
- DOI for Signet Ring Cell Colorectal and Appendiceal Cancer: A Small Signet Ring Cell Component Is Also Associated with Poor Outcome
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Noninvasive detection of any-stage cancer using free glycosaminoglycans
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2022
- DOI for Noninvasive detection of any-stage cancer using free glycosaminoglycans
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Part of Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology, p. 516-526, 2021
- DOI for Oxaliplatin-based hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy with single drug versus multiple drug treatment for colorectal cancer with peritoneal metastases: an observational cohort study
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Part of Annals of Surgical Oncology, p. 293-300, 2020
- DOI for Prognostic Impact of BRAF and KRAS Mutation in Patients with Colorectal and Appendiceal Peritoneal Metastases Scheduled for CRS and HIPEC
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Part of Annals of Surgical Oncology, p. 301-302, 2020
- DOI for ASO Author Reflections: Can Patient Selection for Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy be Improved?
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Part of European Journal of Surgical Oncology, p. 2283-2291, 2020
- DOI for Patients with colorectal peritoneal metastases and high peritoneal cancer index may benefit from cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy
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Part of Annals of Surgical Oncology, p. 4835-4842, 2019
- DOI for Gains of Chromosome 1p and 15q are Associated with Poor Survival After Cytoreductive Surgery and HIPEC for Treating Colorectal Peritoneal Metastases
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Part of Acta Oncologica, p. 187-194, 2018
- DOI for U-CAN: a prospective longitudinal collection of biomaterials and clinical information from adult cancer patients in Sweden.
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Risk factors for appendiceal and colorectal peritoneal metastases
Part of European Journal of Surgical Oncology, p. 997-1005, 2018
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Part of Acta Oncologica, p. 1611-1621, 2018
- DOI for Evaluation of the Swedish Colorectal Cancer Registry: an overview of completeness, timeliness, comparability and validity
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Part of Translational Oncology, p. 1034-1043, 2018
- DOI for Plasma Protein Profiling Reveal Osteoprotegerin as a Marker of Prognostic Impact for Colorectal Cancer
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2017
- DOI for Highly sensitive and specific protein detection via combined capillary isoelectric focusing and proximity ligation
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Part of European Journal of Surgical Oncology, p. 311-321, 2017
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Somatic Ephrin Receptor Mutations Are Associated with Metastasis in Primary Colorectal Cancer
Part of Cancer Research, p. 1730-1740, 2017
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Increased incidence of bowel cancer after non-surgical treatment of appendicitis
Part of European Journal of Surgical Oncology, p. 2067-2075, 2017
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Risk of second primary cancer in patients treated with radiotherapy for rectal cancer
Part of British Journal of Surgery, p. 278-287, 2017
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Part of BMC Cancer, 2016
- DOI for High sensitivity isoelectric focusing to establish a signaling biomarker for the diagnosis of human colorectal cancer
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Part of Journal of Translational Medicine, 2016
- DOI for Significant association and synergistic adverse prognostic effect of podocalyxin-like protein and epidermal growth factor receptor expression in colorectal cancer
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Part of Annals of Surgical Oncology, p. 1149-1156, 2016
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Part of Translational Oncology, p. 251-255, 2016
- DOI for Detection of prognostic biomarkers with solid-phase proximity ligation assay in patients with colorectal cancer
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Complications Related To Surgery For Ovarian Cancer With Intestinal Involvement
Part of International Journal of Gynecological Cancer, p. 492-492, 2015
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Part of BMC Cancer, 2015
- DOI for Microsatellite instability and mutations in BRAF and KRAS are significant predictors of disseminated disease in colon cancer
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Time trends, improvements and national auditing of rectal cancer management over an 18-year period
Part of Colorectal Disease, 2015
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Part of BMC Cancer, p. 872, 2014
- DOI for 1p36 deletion is a marker for tumour dissemination in microsatellite stable stage II-III colon cancer
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STC1 Expression By Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts Drives Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer
Part of Cancer Research, p. 1287-1297, 2013
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Validation of podocalyxin-like protein as a biomarker of poor prognosis in colorectal cancer
Part of BMC Cancer, p. 282, 2012
- DOI for Validation of podocalyxin-like protein as a biomarker of poor prognosis in colorectal cancer
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Part of CANCER BIOMARK, p. 173-181, 2012
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Allele-specific copy number analysis of tumor samples with aneuploidy and tumor heterogeneity
Part of Genome Biology, 2011
- DOI for Allele-specific copy number analysis of tumor samples with aneuploidy and tumor heterogeneity
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Part of BMC Cancer, p. 438, 2011
- DOI for Survival endpoints in colorectal cancer and the effect of second primary other cancer on disease free survival
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SATB2 in Combination With Cytokeratin 20 Identifies Over 95% of all Colorectal Carcinomas
Part of American Journal of Surgical Pathology, p. 937-948, 2011
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Growth differentiation factor 15: a prognostic marker for recurrence in colorectal cancer
Part of British Journal of Cancer, p. 1619-1627, 2011
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Part of BMC Cancer, p. 660, 2010
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Part of BMC Cancer, p. 498, 2010
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Part of European Journal of Cancer, p. 3323-3331, 2010
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Part of Familial Cancer, p. 555-561, 2009
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Part of British Journal of Cancer, p. 1540-1548, 2009
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The prognostic significance of tryptophanyl-tRNA synthetase in colorectal cancer
Part of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention, p. 2949-2956, 2009
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Part of British Journal of Surgery, p. 803-803, 2008
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Late adverse effects of radiation therapy for rectal cancer: a systematic overview
Part of Acta Oncologica, p. 504-516, 2007
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Part of J Clin Oncol, p. 5644-50, 2005
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Improved survival in cancer of the colon and rectum in Sweden.
Part of Eur J Surg Oncol, p. 845-53, 2005
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Part of J Clin Oncol, p. 8697-705, 2005
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Occurrence of second cancers in patients treated with radiotherapy for rectal cancer.
Part of J Clin Oncol, p. 6126-31, 2005
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[Self-expanding stent in obstructing colorectal cancer. A new technique to avoid abdominal surgery]
Part of Lakartidningen, p. 1982-6, 2003
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Part of Eur J Surg, p. 278-82, 2002
Articles, review/survey
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Part of Cancers, 2024
- DOI for Cytoreductive Surgery and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Peritoneal Metastases from Colorectal Cancer-An Overview of Current Status and Future Perspectives
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Part of Laeknabladid, p. 398-405, 2021
- DOI for Skimun fyrir krabbameinum í ristli og endaþarmi: Yfirlitsgrein um nýgengi, dánartíðni, kostnað og árangur
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