Lena Wettergren
Professor at Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences; Caring Sciences
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 66 16
- Mobile phone:
- +46 70 433 75 18, +46 73 469 71 48
- E-mail:
- lena.wettergren@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- BMC, Husargatan 3
- Postal address:
- Box 564
751 22 UPPSALA
- ORCID:
- 0000-0003-1279-2191
Short presentation
I am a professor in care science combined with clinical operation as a registered nurse at Uppsala University Hospital, Hematology and Oncology. My research focuses on sexual and reproductive health in young adults with cancer and I lead the research program Fex-Can - Fertility and sexuality following cancer.I am also involved in research and doctoral education in Uganda and Ethiopia. I teach in the Nursing programs, at Bachelor and Master levels.
Media
Study: Many women with cancer have sex problems
Interview in Swedish public television
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/uppsala/manga-kvinnor-med-cancer-har-problem-med-sex

Publications
Recent publications
Part of PLOS ONE, 2025
- DOI for An internet-delivered psychoeducational intervention (Fex-Can 2.0) targeting fertility-related distress and sexual dysfunction in young adults diagnosed with cancer: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial with an internal pilot phase
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Experiences of adult patients with cancer at a specialized cancer care facility in Uganda
Part of Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice, 2025
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Anxiety and Depression Trajectories in Young Adults Up to 5 Years After Being Diagnosed With Cancer
Part of Cancer Medicine, 2025
- DOI for Anxiety and Depression Trajectories in Young Adults Up to 5 Years After Being Diagnosed With Cancer
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Part of Digital Health, 2024
- DOI for Efficacy of a web-based psychoeducational intervention targeting young adults with sexual problems 1.5 years after cancer diagnosis—Results from a randomized controlled trial
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Part of Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice, p. 100-100, 2024
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of PLOS ONE, 2025
- DOI for An internet-delivered psychoeducational intervention (Fex-Can 2.0) targeting fertility-related distress and sexual dysfunction in young adults diagnosed with cancer: Study protocol of a randomized controlled trial with an internal pilot phase
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Experiences of adult patients with cancer at a specialized cancer care facility in Uganda
Part of Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice, 2025
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Anxiety and Depression Trajectories in Young Adults Up to 5 Years After Being Diagnosed With Cancer
Part of Cancer Medicine, 2025
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Part of Digital Health, 2024
- DOI for Efficacy of a web-based psychoeducational intervention targeting young adults with sexual problems 1.5 years after cancer diagnosis—Results from a randomized controlled trial
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Part of Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice, p. 100-100, 2024
Part of Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice, p. 101-101, 2024
Part of Journal of Psychosocial Oncology Research and Practice, p. 103-103, 2024
Part of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2024
- DOI for Health-related quality of life and supportive care needs in young adult cancer survivors: a longitudinal population-based study
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Nurses' perceptions of caring behaviors at referral hospitals in Ethiopia: A mixed-methods approach
Part of BMC Nursing, 2024
- DOI for Nurses' perceptions of caring behaviors at referral hospitals in Ethiopia: A mixed-methods approach
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Part of International Journal of Cancer, p. 2121-2131, 2024
- DOI for Reproductive late effects and testosterone replacement therapy in male childhood cancer survivors: A population-based study (the Fex-Can study)
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Part of Internet Interventions, 2024
- DOI for Efficacy of a web-based psychoeducational intervention, Fex-can sex, for young adult childhood cancer survivors with sexual dysfunction: A randomized controlled trial
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Health-related quality of life among adult patients with cancer in Uganda: a cross-sectional study
Part of Global Health Action, 2024
- DOI for Health-related quality of life among adult patients with cancer in Uganda: a cross-sectional study
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Perceptions of caring behaviors: Experiences of nurses in Ethiopia
Part of Nursing and Health Sciences, 2024
Part of Cancer Medicine, p. 17273-17283, 2023
- DOI for The role of a discussion forum within a web-based psychoeducational intervention focusing on sex and fertility: What do young adults communicate?
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Part of Cancer Medicine, p. 9893-9901, 2023
Part of Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2023
- DOI for Health-related quality of life among patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional survey
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Part of Acta Oncologica, p. 1599-1606, 2023
- DOI for Prevalence and predictors for fertility-related distress among 1010 young adults 1.5 years following cancer diagnosis: results from the population-based Fex-Can Cohort study
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Patients' experience of undergoing maintenance hemodialysis: An interview study from Ethiopia
Part of PLOS ONE, 2023
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Part of Sexual Medicine, 2023
- DOI for Psychometric evaluation of the Swedish version of the PROMIS Sexual Function and Satisfaction Measures in clinical and nonclinical young adult populations
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Part of International Journal of Cancer, p. 644-653, 2023
- DOI for Premature ovarian insufficiency and chance of pregnancy after childhood cancer: A population-based study (the Fex-Can study)
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Part of International Journal of Nursing Sciences, p. 391-397, 2023
- DOI for Patients' perceptions of caring behaviors at referral hospitals in Ethiopia: A cross-sectional survey
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Part of Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2022
- DOI for Psychometric properties of the kidney disease quality of life-36 (KDQOL-36) in Ethiopian patients undergoing hemodialysis
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Part of Acta Oncologica, p. 1165-1172, 2022
- DOI for Prevalence and risk factors for sexual dysfunction in young women following a cancer diagnosis - a population-based study
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Psychometric Properties of the Caring Behaviors Inventory-16 in Ethiopia
Part of Nursing Reports, p. 387-396, 2022
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Part of JMIR Cancer, 2022
- DOI for Efficacy of a Web-Based Psychoeducational Intervention for Young Adults With Fertility-Related Distress Following Cancer (Fex-Can): Randomized Controlled Trial
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Cancer in young adulthood: classifying the intensity of treatment
Part of Acta Oncologica, p. 809-813, 2022
Part of Internet Interventions, 2022
- DOI for Including a discussion forum in a web-based intervention on fertility and sexuality following cancer - Usage and content
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Psychometric properties of the EORTC QLQ-C30 in Uganda
Part of Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2021
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Part of Acta Oncologica, p. 976-983, 2021
- DOI for Fertility-related information received by young women and men with cancer - a population-based survey
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Part of Journal of Advanced Nursing, p. 2472-2480, 2021
- DOI for Towards a new understanding of HIV-related stigma in the era of efficient treatment: A qualitative reconceptualization of existing theory
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Sexual dysfunction in young adult survivors of childhood cancer - A population-based study
Part of European Journal of Cancer, p. 147-156, 2021
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Sexual Dysfunction Among Young Adults in Sweden: A Population-Based Observational Study
Part of Sexual Medicine, p. 631-642, 2020
- DOI for Sexual Dysfunction Among Young Adults in Sweden: A Population-Based Observational Study
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Part of Research Involvement and Engagement, 2020
- DOI for What makes it work?: Exploring experiences of patient research partners and researchers involved in a long-term co-creative research collaboration
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Part of Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, p. 133, 2012
Conference papers
Part of 30th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Research, 2023