Research dissemination

In the media

2024

Fant sammenheng mellom asbest og brysthinnekreft offshore. Interview with the Medical Faculty University of Oslo, August 2024
Benzen: Kreftfremkallende i 100 år. Interview with Dagsavisen, May 2024
Benzen og lungekreft. Short article in PUST, the magazine of the lung cancer association. March 2024
Ny kreftlink oppdaget: - ikke overrasket. Interview with Stavanger Aftenblad, February 2024

2023

Enda en kreftform knyttes til oljearbeid. Interview with Stavanger Aftenblad, September 2023
Helseskader i Nordsjøen: Krever 7,7 millioner for hver oljearbeider. Interview with NRK, February 2023
Rig research reveals night shift workers at greater risk of cancer. Interview with The Sunday Post, March 2023
Økt risiko for aggressiv prostatakreft ved nattarbeid offshore. Interview with the Medical Faculty University of Oslo, March 2023
Turnusarbeidarar sårbare for aggressiv prostatakreft. Interview with NRK, February 2023
Auka risiko for prostatakreft om ein jobbar på natt. Interview on NRK-radio starting at 00.50, February 2023
Norsk studie: Langvarig eksponering for skiftarbeid kan øke faren for aggressiv prostatakreft. Interview with Dagens medisin, February 2023
Night shift work may make offshore petroleum workers more susceptible to aggressive prostate cancer. Interview with News medical life sciences, February 2023
Night work may increase the risk of aggressive prostate cancer in offshore petroleum workers. Interview with Medical Express, February 2023

2022

De betaler den høyeste oljeprisen. Interview with Kreftforeningen, November 2022
Kreftforskere etterlyser flere svar. Interview with Stavanger Aftenblad, June 2022
Kreftundersøkelse av 70 000 offshorearbeidere. Interview at NRK-radio from 45:56, April 2022
Tord mener oljejobben førte til kreft og uførhet. Interview with NRK, April 2022
Vi kan fortsatt lære av Kielland-ulykken. Chronical in Dagens medisin, March 2022.

2021

Oljearbeidernes sykdoms-byrde – og den nye regjeringens ansvar. Chronical in Dagens medisin, September 2021
Kreftundersøkelse av 70 000 offshorearbeidere. Interview with NRK radio from 41:29, January 2021
Kreftrisikoen blant offshorearbeidere skal kartlegges. Interview with forskning.no. January 2021
Vil kartlegge alle som har jobbet i Nordsjøen de siste tjue åra. Interview with NRK, January 2021

Peer-reviewd articles

Leon Alexander Mclaren Berge, Nita Kaupang Shala, Francesco Barone-Adesi, H Dean Hosgood, Sven Ove Samuelsen, Magne Bråtveit, Jorunn Kirkeleit, Debra Silverman, Melissa C Friesen, Ronnie Babigumira, Tom K Grimsrud, Marit B Veierød, Jo S Stenehjem. Exposure to fibres and risk of pleural mesothelioma in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers cohort. Occup Environ Med. 2024 Jul 2. Online ahead of print. PMID: 38955483

Ronnie Babigumira, Marit B Veierød, H Dean Hosgood, Sven Ove Samuelsen, Magne Bråtveit, Jorunn Kirkeleit, Nathaniel Rothman, Qing Lan, Debra T Silverman, Melissa C Friesen, Nita Kaupang Shala, Tom K Grimsrud, Jo Steinson Stenehjem. Benzene exposure and risk of lung cancer in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Worker cohort: a prospective case-cohort study. Occup Environ Med. 2023 Dec 28. PMID: 38154914

Nita K Shala, Jo S Stenehjem, Ronnie Babigumira, Fei-Chih Liu, Leon A M Berge, Debra T Silverman, Melissa C Friesen, Nathaniel Rothman, Qing Lan, H Dean Hosgood, Sven O Samuelsen, Magne Bråtveit, Jorunn Kirkeleit, Bettina K Andreassen, Marit B Veierød, Tom K Grimsrud. Exposure to benzene and other hydrocarbons and risk of bladder cancer among male offshore petroleum workers. Br J Cancer. 2023 Jul 18. PMID: 37464024

Leon A M Berge, Fei-Chih Liu, Tom K Grimsrud, Ronnie Babigumira, Nathalie C Støer, Kristina Kjærheim, Trude E Robsahm, Reza Ghiasvand, H Dean Hosgood, Sven Ove Samuelsen, Debra T Silverman, Melissa C Friesen, Nita K Shala, Marit B Veierød, Jo S Stenehjem. Night shift work and risk of aggressive prostate cancer in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers (NOPW) cohort. Int J Epidemiol. 2023 Aug 2;52(4):1003-1014. PMID: 36548214

Fei-Chih Liu, Tom K Grimsrud, Marit B Veierød, Trude E Robsahm, Reza Ghiasvand, Ronnie Babigumira, Nita K Shala, Jo S Stenehjem. Ultraviolet radiation and risk of cutaneous melanoma and squamous cell carcinoma in males and females in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers cohort. Am J Ind Med. 2021 Jun;64(6):496-510. PMID: 33682179

Fei-Chih Liu, Marit B Veierød, Kristina Kjærheim, Trude E Robsahm, Reza Ghiasvand, Ronnie Babigumira, Nita K Shala, Leon A M Berge, Giske Ursin, Tom K Grimsrud, Jo S Stenehjem. Excess risk of male breast cancer in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers (NOPW) cohort: a possible link to extreme night shift work? Breast Cancer Res. 2021 Nov 18;23(1):106. PMID: 34794511

Fei Chih Liu, Marit Bragelien Veierød, Kristina Kjærheim, Trude Eid Robsahm, Reza Ghiasvand, H Dean Hosgood, Sven Ove Samuelsen, Magne Bråtveit, Jorunn Kirkeleit, Nathaniel Rothman, Qing Lan, Debra T Silverman, Melissa C Friesen, Ronnie Babigumira, Nita Shala, Tom K Grimsrud, Jo Steinson Stenehjem. Night shift work, chemical coexposures and risk of female breast cancer in the Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers (NOPW) cohort: a prospectively recruited case-cohort study. BMJ Open. 2022 Jan 24;12(1):e056396. PMID: 35074823

Jo S Stenehjem, Ronnie Babigumira, H Dean Hosgood, Marit B Veierød, Sven Ove Samuelsen, Magne Bråtveit, Jorunn Kirkeleit, Nathaniel Rothman, Qing Lan, Debra T Silverman, Melissa C Friesen, Trude E Robsahm, Kristina Kjærheim, Bettina K Andreassen, Nita K Shala, Fei-Chih Liu, Leif-Åge Strand, Tom K Grimsrud. Cohort Profile: Norwegian Offshore Petroleum Workers (NOPW) Cohort. Int J Epidemiol., 2021 May 17;50(2):398-399. PMID: 32879941

Jo Steinson Stenehjem, Ronnie Babigumira, Melissa C Friesen, Tom Kristian Grimsrud. Harmonizing work history data in epidemiologic studies with overlapping employment records. Am J Ind Med. 2019 May;62(5):422-429. PMID: 30919995

J S Stenehjem, T E Robsahm, M Bråtveit, S O Samuelsen, J Kirkeleit, T K Grimsrud. Ultraviolet radiation and skin cancer risk in offshore workers . Occup Med (Lond). 2017 Oct 1;67(7):569-573. PMID: 2904859

Jo Steinson Stenehjem, Trude Eid Robsahm, Magne Bråtveit, Sven Ove Samuelsen, Jorunn Kirkeleit, Tom Kristian Grimsrud. Aromatic hydrocarbons and risk of skin cancer by anatomical site in 25 000 male offshore petroleum workers. Am J Ind Med. 2017 Aug;60(8):679-688. PMID: 28692192

Jo S Stenehjem, Melissa C Friesen, Tone Eggen, Kristina Kjærheim, Magne Bråtveit, Tom K Grimsrud. Self-reported Occupational Exposures Relevant for Cancer among 28,000 Offshore Oil Industry Workers Employed between 1965 and 1999. J Occup Environ Hyg. 2015;12(7):458-68. PMID: 5671393

J S Stenehjem, K Kjærheim, M Bråtveit, S O Samuelsen, F Barone-Adesi, N Rothman, Q Lan, T K Grimsrud. Benzene exposure and risk of lymphohaematopoietic cancers in 25 000 offshore oil industry workers. Br J Cancer. 2015 Apr 28;112(9):1603-12. PMID: 25867262

J S Stenehjem, K. Kjærheim, K. S. Rabanal, T. K. Grimsrud. Cancer incidence among 41 000 offshore oil industry workers. Occupational Medicine, 2014 Oct; 64(7):539–545, https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqu111

Gjøril Bergva Aas, Bjarte Aagnes, Leif Age Strand, Tom K Grimsrud. Suggested excess of occupational cancers in Norwegian offshore workers: preliminary results from the Cancer Registry Offshore Cohort. Scand J Work Environ Health, 2009 Oct;35(5):397. PMID: 19554245

Other reports and publications:

Liu FC (2022). Ultraviolet exposure and night shift work in relation to risk of
skin, breast and prostate cancer in offshore petroleum workers. PhD thesis. Kreftregisteret, Universitetet i Oslo

Stenehjem & Grimsrud (2015). Benzeneksponering og risiko for lymfohematologisk kreft. Best Practice Juni 2015.

Stenehjem J (2014). Cancer incidence and occupational exposure in offshore oil industry workers. PhD thesis. Kreftregisteret, Universitetet i Oslo.

Stenehjem and Grimsrud (2012). Prosjekt kjemisk arbeidsmiljø i olje- og gassindustrien. Yrkeshygienikeren

Aas. GB, Strand LÅ & Grimsrud (2007). Kartlegging av kreftrisiko og årsaksspesifikk dødelighet blant ansatte i norsk offshorevirksomhet - Utdanning og yrkesaktivitet utenfor offshore. Oslo: Kreftregisteret

Aas GB, Strand LÅ & Grimsrud TK (2007). Kartlegging av kreftrisiko og årsaksspesiﬁkk dødelighet blant ansatte i norsk offshorevirksomhet - Foreløpig vurdering av kreftforekomst ogskisse for fremtidige studier. Oslo: Kreftregisteret.

Strand LÅ, Andersen A (2001). Kartlegging av kreftrisiko og årsaksspesifikk dødelighet blant ansatte i norsk offshorevirksomhet. Forskningsrapport nr. 1 – 2001. Oslo: Kreftregisteret.