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Research
My research is about investigating obesity and related risk factors in relation to risk and survival of disease, especially cancer. I lead the Obesity and Disease Development Sweden (ODDS) study, in which body size in millions of men and women in Sweden have been linked to several national registers to study the associations between various aspects of body size and risk of disease and mortality, cancer in particular. I have led the now completed Metabolic syndrome and Cancer (Me-Can) project, a collaboration between researchers in Sweden, Norway and Austria that resulted in more than 35 research studies.
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Medical and Health Sciences
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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Collaborations the last five years
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Weight trajectories and obesity onset between 17 and 60 years of age, and cause-specific mortality: the Obesity and Disease Development Sweden (ODDS) pooled cohort study
Le, H. T., da Silva, M., Bennet, L., Elhakeem, A., Häggström, C., Sun, M., Mboya, I. B., Wahlström, J., Michaëlsson, K., Sandin, S., Magnusson, P. K. E., Lagerros, Y. T., Chabok, A., Lönnberg, L., Elmståhl, S., Isaksson, K., Hägg, S., Nwaru, B. I., Kankaanranta, H. & Hedman, L. & 3 others, , 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: EClinicalMedicine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Association of height, BMI, and smoking status with prostate cancer risk before and after the introduction of PSA testing in Sweden
Mboya, I. B., Fritz, J., Scilipoti, P., Häggström, C., da Silva, M., Sun, M., Wahlström, J., Oskarsson, V., Michaëlsson, K., Leppert, J., Chabok, A., Magnusson, P. K. E., Lagerros, Y. T., Bonn, S. E., Hedman, L., Stattin, P. & Stocks, T., 2025 Dec, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 20290.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comparing waist circumference with body mass index on obesity-related cancer risk: A pooled Swedish study
Sun, M., Häggström, C., Da Silva, M., Mboya, I. B., Lagerros, Y. T., Michaëlsson, K., Sandin, S., Leppert, J., Hägg, S., Elmståhl, S., Magnusson, P. K. E., Söderberg, S., Yin, W., Chabok, A., Wood, A., Stocks, T. & Fritz, J., 2025 Oct, In: Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 117, 10, p. 1999-2009 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Collider Bias Is an Insufficient Explanation for the Inverse Obesity Paradox in Prostate Cancer
Stocks, T., Häggström, C. & Fritz, J., 2025 Apr, In: Cancer Medicine. 14, 8, e70871.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Body mass index and risk of over 100 cancer forms and subtypes in 4.1 million individuals in Sweden: the Obesity and Disease Development Sweden (ODDS) pooled cohort study
Sun, M., da Silva, M., Bjørge, T., Fritz, J., Mboya, I. B., Jerkeman, M., Stattin, P., Wahlström, J., Michaëlsson, K., van Guelpen, B., Magnusson, P. K. E., Sandin, S., Yin, W., Lagerros, Y. T., Ye, W., Nwaru, B., Kankaanranta, H., Lönnberg, L., Chabok, A. & Isaksson, K. & 6 others, , 2024 Oct, In: The Lancet regional health. Europe. 45, 101034.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Risk of death from prostate cancer in obesity, with and without cardiometabolic diseases
Stocks, T. (PI)
2025/02/21 → 2027/12/31
Project: Research
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Impact of obesity, weight changes and cardiometabolic diseases on cancer risk and survival: a longitudinal study of millions of men and women in Sweden
Stocks, T. (PI)
Cancerfonden, UMAS Cancerstiftelse - Allmänna Sjukhusets i Malmö Stiftelse för bekämpande av Cancer
2023/07/01 → 2029/12/30
Project: Research
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Obesity and the risk of rare cancers: a discovery study of obesity-related cancers in 4 million men and women in Sweden
Stocks, T. (PI)
2023/05/29 → 2025/05/29
Project: Research
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Metabolically (un)healthy obesity and cancer risk
Stocks, T. (PI)
2022/08/15 → 2023/06/30
Project: Research
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Obesity, weight changes, and risk of cancer and mortality in the Obesity and Disease Development Sweden (ODDS) study
Stocks, T. (PI)
2022/01/01 → 2025/12/31
Project: Research
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LUCC - Cancer epidemiology: Half day seminar
Jernström, H. (Organiser), Stocks, T. (Organiser), Plym, A. (Invited speaker), Manjer, J. (Presenter) & Jerkeman, M. (Presenter)
2025 Nov 26Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course
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LUCC Cancer epidemiology / Prevention / Breast / Radiology, imaging & nuclear medicine: seminar "Gene expression profiles and breast cancer radiation therapy "
Jernström, H. (Organiser), Stocks, T. (Organiser) & Karlsson, P. (Invited speaker)
2025 Oct 24Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of conference
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LUCC - Cancer epidemiology: Half Day Seminar
Jernström, H. (Organiser), Stocks, T. (Organiser), Wang, Q. (Presenter), Terry, M. B. (Invited speaker), Jernström, H. (Presenter), Stocks, T. (Presenter) & Rosendahl, A. (Presenter)
2025 May 28Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course
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LUCC - Cancer epidemiology network meeting
Stocks, T. (Organiser), Jernström, H. (Organiser), Sun, M. (Presenter), Hagberg, O. (Presenter) & Sahlin, U. (Speaker)
2024 Dec 5Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course
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LUCC - Cancer epidemiology: Workshop
Jernström, H. (Organiser), Stocks, T. (Organiser) & Bendahl, P.-O. (Presenter)
2024 May 22Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organisation of workshop/ seminar/ course