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Tom Børge Johannesen er dr.med., overlege og nestleder ved Registeravdelingen, Kreftregisteret.
Articles by Tom Børge Johannesen
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in Norway – incidence and prognostic markers at diagnosis
- Geir E. Tjønnfjord,
- Bernt E. Ly,
- Tom Børge Johannesen,
- Anne Tierens,
- Klaus Beiske,
- Sverre Heim,
- Viggo Jønsson
02.10.2012:
Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) is the most common form of leukaemia in Norway. A Norwegian study from the late 1990s indicated an incidence of almost 4/100 000 inhabitants per year, with a male-female ratio of 1.5; the median age at the time of diagnosis was 72 years at which time 78 % of the...
Familial occurrence of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in Norway
- Geir E. Tjønnfjord,
- Viggo Jønsson,
- Bernt E. Ly,
- Tom Børge Johannesen
02.10.2012:
The highest incidence of CLL is found in Europe and in population groups of European extraction elsewhere in the world (1). A low incidence is seen in South and East Asia, particularly among the Japanese. Migration surveys show that the incidence remains low among Asians, even those born in the...
Comparison of data from the Norwegian Patient Register and the Cancer Registry of Norway
- Inger Johanne Landsjøåsen Bakken,
- Stein Olav Gystad,
- Øyvind Olav Schjøtt Christensen,
- Unn Elisabeth Huse,
- Siri Larønningen,
- Jan Nygård,
- Lena Holmstrøm,
- Tom Børge Johannesen,
- Bjørn Møller,
- Inger Kristin Larsen
12.06.2012:
The Norwegian Patient Register receives administrative data on patients from hospitals and private contract specialists, and the Cancer Registry records information on all cases of cancer and selected pre-stages of cancer. The Norwegian Patient Register contains codes for the conditions deemed to be...