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Paivi Lahteenmaki

Primary Position
Senior Consultant in Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Job Responsibilities
Research
Patient Care
Education/Training
Other
Other Education/Training
MD, PhD
Short Synopsis of Professional Interests
I’m a medical doctor and the head of our pediatric hematology-oncology unit (at Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland). I have been in the field for about 25 years and my research interest has always been the late effects of cancer treatment.
Training Opportunities at Location
Yes
Address
Turku Unversity Hospital, Department of Pediatrics
PO BOX 52
FI20521 Turku, Finland
eMAIL
paivi.maria.lahteenmaki@tyks.fi
Phone(s)
+358 2 3130670
Keywords
Late-effect
leukemia
leukemia
quality of life
epidemiology
Publications of Interest

Järvelä LS, Kemppainen J, Niinikoski H, Hannukainen JC, Lähteenmäki PM, Kapanen J, Arola M, Heinonen OJ. Effects of a home-based exercise program on metabolic risk factors and fitness in long-term survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Dec 19. doi: 10.1002/pbc.24049. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 22184098.

Mört S, Salanterä S, Matomäki J, Salmi TT, Lähteenmäki PM. Self-reported health-related quality of life of children and adolescent survivors of extracranial childhood malignancies: a Finnish nationwide survey. Qual Life Res. 2011 Jun;20(5):787-97. Epub 2010 Nov 20. PubMed PMID: 21103942.

Madanat-Harjuoja LM, Malila N, Lähteenmäki PM, Boice JD Jr, Gissler M, Dyba T. Preterm delivery among female survivors of childhood, adolescent and young adulthood cancer. Int J Cancer. 2010 Oct 1;127(7):1669-79. PubMed PMID: 20054856; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2919618.

Harila-Saari AH, Lähteenmäki PM, Pukkala E, Kyyrönen P, Lanning M, Sankila R. Scholastic achievements of childhood leukemia patients: a nationwide, register-based study. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Aug 10;25(23):3518-24. PubMed PMID: 17687156.

Lähteenmäki PM, Harila-Saari A, Pukkala EI, Kyyrönen P, Salmi TT, Sankila R. Scholastic achievements of children with brain tumors at the end of comprehensive education: a nationwide, register-based study. Neurology. 2007 Jul 17;69(3):296-305. PubMed PMID: 17636068.