Emma Tham
Affiliated to Research | Docent
E-mail: emma.tham@ki.se
Visiting address: Karolinska Institutet, BioClinicum J10:20, Visionsgatan 4, 17164 Solna
Postal address: K1 Molekylär medicin och kirurgi, K1 MMK Klinisk genetik, 171 76 Stockholm
About me
- I am Associate Professor (Docent) at MMK, KI, team leader of the "Multi-omics analyses in cancer" team which is part of the Clinical Genetics group.
I am also a Senior Consultant in Clinical Genetics at Karolinska University Hospital . At the clinic, I meet patients with hereditary cancer and at our clinical laboratory, I analyse constitutional variants in whole genome sequencing as well as somatic genetic alterations in haematological malignancies.
Research
- *Research projects:*
(1) Multi-omics analyses of liquid biopsies as a minimally invasive biopsy for diagnosis, prognosis and monitoring in adults and children with cancer
and other conditions.
(2) Hereditary Cancer: Multi-omics analyses for improvement of diagnostics of hereditary cancer as well as characterisation of clinical phenotype and evaluation of surveillance in rare hereditary cancer syndromes
Teaching
Teacher for medical, biomedical and Ph.D. students at KI
Previous Director of Studies for residents in Clinical Genetics at Karolinska University Hospital
Articles
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS. 2025;:1-10
- Article: BJU INTERNATIONAL. 2024
- Article: HUMAN GENETICS. 2024;143(12):1481-1498
- Article: ENDOCRINE-RELATED CANCER. 2024;31(9):e230061
- Article: HEREDITARY CANCER IN CLINICAL PRACTICE. 2024;22(1):14
- Article: CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH. 2024;30(13):2764-2771
- Article: LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-EUROPE. 2024;39:100881
- Article: CANCERS. 2024;16(5):953
- Article: NPJ PRECISION ONCOLOGY. 2024;8(1):44
- Article: NEURO-ONCOLOGY ADVANCES. 2024;6(1):vdae008
- Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2023;62(12):1649-1652
- Article: WORLD JOURNAL OF UROLOGY. 2023;41(12):3421-3427
- Article: WORLD JOURNAL OF UROLOGY. 2023;41(12):3405-3411
- Article: NPJ GENOMIC MEDICINE. 2023;8(1):39
- Journal article: ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY. 2023;34:s537
- Article: BMC CANCER. 2023;23(1):738
- Article: CANCERS. 2023;15(4):1160
- Journal article: PATHOLOGY. 2023;55:s19-s20
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2023;18(7):e0289346
- Article: FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY. 2023;13:1176698
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS. 2022;65(12):104632
- Article: GENETICS IN MEDICINE. 2022;24(11):2296-2307
- Article: GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY. 2022;167(1):107-114
- Article: BJU INTERNATIONAL. 2022;130(1):92-101
- Article: CANCERS. 2022;14(2):380
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2022;17(2):e0264056
- Article: FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY. 2022;12:899325
- Article: HUMAN GENETICS. 2021;140(12):1709-1731
- Article: HEREDITARY CANCER IN CLINICAL PRACTICE. 2021;19(1):46
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2021;11(1):14763
- Article: GENOME MEDICINE. 2021;13(1):40
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2021;148(2):307-319
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2021;16(2):e0245488
- Article: JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH. 2020;37(2):226-235
- Article: CLINICAL EPIGENETICS. 2020;12(1):102
- Article: GENETICS IN MEDICINE. 2020;22(5):857-866
- Article: BMC BIOINFORMATICS. 2020;21(1):128
- Article: JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY. 2020;250(2):183-194
- Article: CANCERS. 2020;12(2):E292-292
- Article: HEREDITARY CANCER IN CLINICAL PRACTICE. 2020;18(1):18
- Article: HEREDITARY CANCER IN CLINICAL PRACTICE. 2020;18(1):1
- Article: CLINICAL GENETICS. 2019;96(3):216-225
- Article: MODERN PATHOLOGY. 2019;32(8):1082-1094
- Article: MOLECULAR GENETICS & GENOMIC MEDICINE. 2019;7(5):e605
- Article: FAMILIAL CANCER. 2019;18(2):281-284
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS. 2018;103(4):553-567
- Article: HUMAN MUTATION. 2018;39(10):1456-1467
- Article: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. 2018;9(1):3166
- Article: CANCER MEDICINE. 2018;7(5):1978-1987
- Article: JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH. 2018;33(4):753-760
- Article: HEREDITARY CANCER IN CLINICAL PRACTICE. 2018;16:16
- Article: JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS. 2017;62(4):503-506
- Article: CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION. 2016;25(11):1503-1510
- Article: SKELETAL RADIOLOGY. 2016;45(11):1557-1560
- Article: CEREBELLUM. 2016;15(5):632-635
- Article: NATURE GENETICS. 2016;48(6):667-674
- Article: ENDOCRINE-RELATED CANCER. 2016;23(2):77-91
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS. 2016;24(2):198-207
- Article: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 2015;5:17369
- Article: ENDOCRINE-RELATED CANCER. 2015;22(5):851-861
- Article: GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY. 2015;138(3):717-722
- Article: ONCOLOGY LETTERS. 2015;9(4):1782-1786
- Article: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS. 2015;96(3):507-513
- Article: HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS. 2015;24(5):1478-1492
- Article: HUMAN GENETICS. 2015;134(2):231-245
- Article: HEREDITARY CANCER IN CLINICAL PRACTICE. 2014;12(1):14
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY. 2012;167(2):181-187
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2011;6(5):e19138
- Article: ARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOLOGY. 2008;58(10):3224-3238
- Article: HUMAN GENETICS. 2008;123(5):553
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM. 2007;92(9):3389-3395
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2006;64(6):609-622
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2005;114(5):713-719
- Article: JOURNAL OF HISTOCHEMISTRY & CYTOCHEMISTRY. 2002;50(7):935-944
- Article: MAMMALIAN GENOME. 1998;9(8):660-665
- Article: IUBMB LIFE. 1998;44(3):589-594
- Article: HUMAN GENETICS. 1996;99(1):130-132
- Article: HUMAN GENETICS. 1996;98(2):185-188
- Article: BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. 1996;223(2):335-340
- Article: GENOME RESEARCH. 1996;6(2):124-131
- Article: GENOMICS. 1996;31(3):380-384
- Article: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 1995;238(3):245-248
- Article: GENOMICS. 1995;26(3):467-472
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All other publications
- Other: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH (AACR). 2024
- Other: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH (AACR). 2024
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- Other: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH (AACR). 2024
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS. 2024;32:568
- Letter: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2023;62(6):560-564
- Review: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2023;152(11):2232-2242
- Conference publication: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS. 2023;31:13
- Corrigendum: HEREDITARY CANCER IN CLINICAL PRACTICE. 2021;19(1):47
- Review: MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF MEDICINE. 2019;69:107-122
- Review: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2019;286(2):118-136
- Review: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2019;285(2):187-204
- Letter: JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH. 2018;33(7):1377-1378
- Letter: CLINICAL GENETICS. 2015;87(5):496-498
- Corrigendum: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY. 2007;65(3):310
- Review: ASIAN JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY. 2004;6(2):149-153
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Employments
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2026
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2022
- European Certificate in Medical Genetics and Genomics, Medical Genetics and Genomics, Section of Medical Genetics, European Union of Medical Specialists, 2021
- Consultant, Clinical Genetics, Karolinska University Hospital, 2014
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 2006
- University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 1999