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Sune F. Nielsen

University of Copenhagen · DK
Area of research
Genetics · Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Research interest
Research interests include Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, BRCA gene mutations in cancer, Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.
h-index
58
citations
20,003
works
194
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

Lifestyle characteristics and plasma biomarkers for risk of MASLD differ by sex in the general population.
2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
VLDL triglycerides and cholesterol in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and myocardial infarction.
2025cited by 2position: contributordoi
From a genomic risk model to clinical trial implementation in a learning health system: the ProGRESS Study
medRxiv 2024cited by 3position: middledoi
Characterizing prostate cancer risk through multi-ancestry genome-wide discovery of 187 novel risk variants
Nature Genetics 2023cited by 137position: 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
A genome-wide gene-environment interaction study of breast cancer risk for women of European ancestry
Breast Cancer Research 2023cited by 11position: middledoi
Observational and genetic associations between cardiorespiratory fitness and cancer: a UK Biobank and international consortia study
British Journal of Cancer 2023cited by 8position: middledoi
Evaluating Approaches for Constructing Polygenic Risk Scores for Prostate Cancer in Men of African and European Ancestry
medRxiv 2023cited by 2position: middledoi
Prostate cancer risk stratification improvement across multiple ancestries with new polygenic hazard score
Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases 2022cited by 38position: middledoi
Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction
Nature Genetics 2021cited by 492position: middledoi
Polygenic hazard score is associated with prostate cancer in multi-ethnic populations
Nature Communications 2021cited by 76position: middledoi
Additional SNPs improve risk stratification of a polygenic hazard score for prostate cancer
Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases 2021cited by 25position: middledoi
KLK3 SNP–SNP interactions for prediction of prostate cancer aggressiveness
Scientific Reports 2021cited by 15position: middledoi
Publisher Correction: Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction
Nature Genetics 2021cited by 13position: middledoi
CYP3A7*1C allele: linking premenopausal oestrone and progesterone levels with risk of hormone receptor-positive breast cancers
British Journal of Cancer 2021cited by 9position: middledoi
Prostate cancer risk stratification improved across multiple ancestries with new polygenic hazard score
medRxiv 2021cited by 2position: middledoi
The CHEK2 Variant C.349A>G Is Associated with Prostate Cancer Risk and Carriers Share a Common Ancestor
Cancers 2020cited by 24position: middledoi
Combining genome-wide studies of breast, prostate, ovarian and endometrial cancers maps cross-cancer susceptibility loci and identifies new genetic associations
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2020cited by 7position: middledoi
Additional SNPs improve the performance of a polygenic hazard score for prostate cancer
medRxiv 2020cited by 1position: middledoi
Polygenic hazard score is associated with prostate cancer in multi-ethnic populations
medRxiv 2019cited by 13position: middledoi
Association of<i>LPA</i>Variants With Risk of Coronary Disease and the Implications for Lipoprotein(a)-Lowering Therapies
JAMA Cardiology 2018cited by 663position: middledoi
Polygenic hazard score to guide screening for aggressive prostate cancer: development and validation in large scale cohorts
BMJ 2018cited by 226position: middledoi
Fifteen new risk loci for coronary artery disease highlight arterial-wall-specific mechanisms
Nature Genetics 2017cited by 320position: middledoi
Identification of new susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes and shared etiological pathways with coronary heart disease
Nature Genetics 2017cited by 295position: middledoi
Rare Variant Analysis of Human and Rodent Obesity Genes in Individuals with Severe Childhood Obesity
Scientific Reports 2017cited by 71position: middledoi
Body mass index and breast cancer survival: a Mendelian randomization analysis
International Journal of Epidemiology 2017cited by 68position: middledoi
Rare variant in scavenger receptor BI raises HDL cholesterol and increases risk of coronary heart disease
Science 2016cited by 543position: middledoi
The OncoArray Consortium: A Network for Understanding the Genetic Architecture of Common Cancers
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2016cited by 393position: middledoi
<i>PALB2</i>, <i>CHEK2</i> and <i>ATM</i> rare variants and cancer risk: data from COGS
Journal of Medical Genetics 2016cited by 217position: middledoi
A genomic approach to therapeutic target validation identifies a glucose-lowering <i>GLP1R</i> variant protective for coronary heart disease
Science Translational Medicine 2016cited by 118position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

· 2 papers (2025–2026)Klaus Fuglsang Kofoed · Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin1 papers (2026–2026)George Davey Smith · Laboratoire d’immunologie intégrative du cancer1 papers (2025–2025)Børge G. Nordestgaard · University College Copenhagen1 papers (2025–2025)