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Alicja Wolk

Karolinska Institutet · SE
Area of research
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health · Oncology
Research interest
Research interests include Nutritional Studies and Diet, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Cancer Risks and Factors, and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection.
h-index
151
citations
83,891
works
1,120
NIH funding
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Recent publications

TGF-β Pathway–Based Polygenic Risk Score Modifies the Association between Red Meat Intake and Colorectal Cancer Risk: Application of a Novel Pathway-Based PRS Method
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2026cited by 1position: middledoi
Alcohol intake and pancreatic cancer risk: An analysis from 30 prospective studies across Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America
PLoS Medicine 2025cited by 22position: middledoi
Composition of plant-based diets and the incidence and prognosis of inflammatory bowel disease: a multinational retrospective cohort study
The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 2025cited by 14position: middledoi
Development of empirical anti-inflammatory diet index: a cross-sectional study
Nutrition Journal 2025cited by 5position: lastdoi
Meat consumption and incident type 2 diabetes: an individual-participant federated meta-analysis of 1·97 million adults with 100 000 incident cases from 31 cohorts in 20 countries
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 2024cited by 71position: middledoi
Association between circulating inflammatory markers and adult cancer risk: a Mendelian randomization analysis
EBioMedicine 2024cited by 44position: middledoi
Adherence to the EAT-Lancet diet in relation to mortality and exposure to food contaminants in population-based cohorts of Swedish men and women
Environment International 2024cited by 19position: lastdoi
Genetic risk impacts the association of menopausal hormone therapy with colorectal cancer risk
British Journal of Cancer 2024cited by 10position: middledoi
A PSA SNP associates with cellular function and clinical outcome in men with prostate cancer
Nature Communications 2024cited by 9position: middledoi
Identification of potential mediators of the relationship between body mass index and colorectal cancer: a Mendelian randomization analysis
International Journal of Epidemiology 2024cited by 8position: middledoi
Characterization of Additive Gene–environment Interactions For Colorectal Cancer Risk
Epidemiology 2024cited by 3position: middledoi
Genetic Variation and Regulation of MICA Alters Natural Killer Cell-Mediated Immunosurveillance in Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer
medRxiv 2024cited by 0position: middledoi
Germline Sequencing Analysis to Inform Clinical Gene Panel Testing for Aggressive Prostate Cancer
JAMA Oncology 2023cited by 51position: middledoi
Combining Asian and European genome-wide association studies of colorectal cancer improves risk prediction across racial and ethnic populations
Nature Communications 2023cited by 27position: middledoi
Evaluating approaches for constructing polygenic risk scores for prostate cancer in men of African and European ancestry
The American Journal of Human Genetics 2023cited by 23position: middledoi
Association of hormonal and reproductive factors with differentiated thyroid cancer risk in women: a pooled prospective cohort analysis
International Journal of Epidemiology 2023cited by 18position: middledoi
Genome-Wide Gene–Environment Interaction Analyses to Understand the Relationship between Red Meat and Processed Meat Intake and Colorectal Cancer Risk
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2023cited by 15position: middledoi
A Genetic Locus within the FMN1/GREM1 Gene Region Interacts with Body Mass Index in Colorectal Cancer Risk
Cancer Research 2023cited by 14position: middledoi
Probing the diabetes and colorectal cancer relationship using gene – environment interaction analyses
British Journal of Cancer 2023cited by 14position: middledoi
Novel insights into genetic susceptibility for colorectal cancer from transcriptome-wide association and functional investigation
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2023cited by 12position: middledoi
Genome-wide interaction analysis of folate for colorectal cancer risk
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2023cited by 11position: middledoi
International Pooled Analysis of Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Premenopausal Breast Cancer in Women From 19 Cohorts
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2023cited by 10position: middledoi
Elucidating the Risk of Colorectal Cancer for Variants in Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Genes
Gastroenterology 2023cited by 6position: middledoi
Validation of a Genetic-Enhanced Risk Prediction Model for Colorectal Cancer in a Large Community-Based Cohort
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2023cited by 6position: middledoi
Evaluating Approaches for Constructing Polygenic Risk Scores for Prostate Cancer in Men of African and European Ancestry
medRxiv 2023cited by 2position: middledoi
Combining Asian-European Genome-Wide Association Studies of Colorectal Cancer Improves Risk Prediction Across Race and Ethnicity
medRxiv 2023cited by 1position: middledoi
Associations Between Glycemic Traits and Colorectal Cancer: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2022cited by 102position: middledoi
Lifestyle factors for the prevention of inflammatory bowel disease
Gut 2022cited by 81position: middledoi
Distinct Reproductive Risk Profiles for Intrinsic-Like Breast Cancer Subtypes: Pooled Analysis of Population-Based Studies
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2022cited by 50position: middledoi
The DASH diet is associated with a lower risk of heart failure: a cohort study
European Journal of Preventive Cardiology 2022cited by 43position: lastdoi

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Frequent collaborators

Susanna C. Larsson · Karolinska Institutet42 papers (2012–2025)Nicola Orsini · Karolinska Institutet25 papers (2012–2022)Agneta Åkesson · Uppsala University21 papers (2012–2025)Niclas Håkansson · Karolinska Institutet15 papers (2015–2022)Karl Michaëlsson · Uppsala University15 papers (2012–2025)Joanna Kałuża · Warsaw University of Life Sciences13 papers (2012–2025)Holly R. Harris · University of Washington10 papers (2012–2020)Andrea Bellavia · Brigham and Women's Hospital8 papers (2013–2017)Alice Wallin · Karolinska Institutet7 papers (2012–2018)Daniela Di Giuseppe · Karolinska Institutet7 papers (2012–2015)Emily B. Levitan · University of Alabama at Birmingham7 papers (2012–2022)Ben Schöttker · German Cancer Research Center6 papers (2015–2022) · 6 papers (2013–2017)Hermann Brenner · Stanford University6 papers (2015–2022)Andrea Discacciati · Karolinska Institutet5 papers (2012–2016)Bruna Gigante · Danderyds sjukhus5 papers (2015–2022) · 5 papers (2015–2017)Anders Lindén · Karolinska University Hospital5 papers (2017–2019)Matteo Bottai · Svenska Örtmedicinska Institute5 papers (2012–2015)Susanne Rautiainen · Brigham and Women's Hospital5 papers (2012–2019)