Tom Kristian Grimsrud

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Tom Kristian Grimsrud er dr.med., overlege og forsker ved Forskningsavdelingen, Kreftregisteret. Han sitter i redaksjonskomiteen for Cancer in Norway.

Articles by Tom Kristian Grimsrud

Are the health risks of moist oral snuff (snus) underestimated?

Gunn Elisabeth Vist,
Tom Kristian Grimsrud,
Håkon Valen,
Rune Becher,
Bendik Christian Brinchmann,
Ida-Kristin Ørjasæter Elvsaas,
Jan Alexander

04.06.2020: The use of moist oral snuff (snus) has increased significantly, particularly among young adults who have not previously smoked. Snus increases the risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes and birth defects. In recent decades, there has been a worrying increase in the use of moist oral...

Lung cancer incidence associated with radon exposure in Norwegian homes

Christina Søyland Hassfjell,
Tom Kristian Grimsrud,
William J.F. Standring,
Steinar Tretli

21.08.2017: Lung cancer is the form of cancer that claims the highest number of lives (1). Incidence in Norway, measured as an age-standardised rate, is slightly declining for men and increasing for women (1). In 2015, altogether 1 564 cases of lung cancer were diagnosed in men and 1 471 in women. The main...