Magnus Bäcklund
Affiliated to Research
E-mail: magnus.backlund@ki.se
Visiting address: Nobels väg 12a, 17165 Solna
Postal address: C8 Medicinsk epidemiologi och biostatistik, C8 MEB Czene, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- Medical doctor, Oncology specialist, PhD in Experimental Pathology on Brain
tumors. Clinical Trial Physician. Executive MBA. Entrepreneur. Senior
consultant in Oncology.
Pedagogic prize, Dpt of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 2002.
1987-1993: Medical education, Karolinska Institutet
1995: Licensed clinical doctor (Lindesbergs lasarett/Karolinska Institutet)
2002: Specialist in General Oncology (Radiumhemmet, Karolinska University
Hospital
1998-2005 (part time): PhD training, Febr 11th, 2005: Dissertation in
Experimental Pathology of the thesis "The Epidemiology, Biology and Genetics
of Human Astrocytic Tumours", Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska
Institutet. Main supervisor Peter Collins, co-supervisor Dan Grandér.
2009-2010 (part time): Executive MBA (EMBA) at Stockholm School of Economics
(SSE; Handelshögskolan).
2013-2014 (part time): Patient safety at Royal Institute of Technology and Karolinska
Institutet.
Research
- Breast cancer prevention. Primary brain tumors, Brain metastases, Skin cancer
prevention, Epidemiology, Health Economics, Lead times in cancer diagnostics,
Clinical Trials.
Teaching
- Starting 1998 with group seminars/case based teaching of Medical students on
the Oncology course, semester 11 at Karolinska Institutet. 2001-2006
independent teaching and teaching administration on 30-50%
of a full-time, being Head of Oncology teaching (mainly teaching Medical, Biomedicine and PhD
students. Also lecturing about cancer on the Nursing programme as well as on
post-graduate educations for nurses, Health science students, Pharma
Industry, Radiophysics students at KI/Stockholm University, etc. Since 2016
teaching US students for DIS (Third-year students, potentially from 200 different
American universities). In total >1, 500 contact hours.
Mentor for Medical students and supervisor of exam work for Medical students and ST projects.
Articles
- Article: JNCI-JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE. 2025;117(4):629-636Hammarstrom M; Gabrielson M; Bergqvist J; Lundholm C; Crippa A; Backlund M; Wengstrom Y; Borgquist S; Eliasson E; Eriksson M; Tapia J; Czene K; Hall P
- Article: BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2025;25(1):344Tapia J; Gabrielson M; Hammarstrom M; Wengstrom Y; Bergqvist J; Tuuliainen A; Eriksson M; Czene K; Hall P; Backlund M
- Article: BREAST CANCER RESEARCH. 2024;26(1):163Goeransson S; Hernandez-Varas P; Hammarstrom M; Hellgren R; Backlund M; Lang K; Rosendahl AH; Eriksson M; Borgquist S; Stromblad S; Czene K; Hall P; Gabrielson M
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2023;129(1):61-71Hammarstroem M; Gabrielson M; Crippa A; Discacciati A; Eklund M; Lundholm C; Baecklund M; Wengstroem Y; Borgquist S; Bergqvist J; Eriksson M; Tapia J; Czene K; Hall P
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2023;152(11):2362-2372Gabrielson M; Hammarstrom M; Baecklund M; Bergqvist J; Lang K; Rosendahl AH; Borgquist S; Hellgren R; Czene K; Hall P
- Article: ONCOLOGIST. 2022;27(7):e601-e603Backlund M; Eriksson M; Hammarstrom M; Thoren L; Bergqvist J; Margolin S; Hellgren R; Wengstrom Y; Gabrielson M; Czene K; Hall P
- Article: ONCOLOGIST. 2022;27(7):e597-e600Backlund M; Eriksson M; Gabrielson M; Hammarstrom M; Quay S; Bergqvist J; Hellgren R; Czene K; Hall P
- Article: ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY. 2021;32(10):1286-1293He W; Eriksson M; Eliasson E; Grassmann F; Backlund M; Gabrielson M; Hammarstrom M; Margolin S; Thoren L; Wengstrom Y; Borgquist S; Hall P; Czene K
- Article: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ONCOLOGY. 2021;39(17):1899-1908Eriksson M; Eklund M; Borgquist S; Hellgren R; Margolin S; Thoren L; Rosendahl A; Lang K; Tapia J; Backlund M; Discacciati A; Crippa A; Gabrielson M; Hammarstrom M; Wengstrom Y; Czene K; Hall AP
- Article: BREAST CANCER RESEARCH. 2020;22(1):95Gabrielson M; Azam S; Hardell E; Holm M; Ubhayasekera KA; Eriksson M; Backlund M; Bergquist J; Czene K; Hall P
- Article: BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT. 2017;166(3):887-896Frisk G; Tinge B; Ekberg S; Eloranta S; Backlund LM; Lidbrink E; Smedby KE
- Journal article: KOMPASS PNEUMOLOGIE. 2017;5(4):252-255Bäcklund M; Freedman J
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2015;10(9):e0139062Ostensson E; Froberg M; Leval A; Hellstrom A-C; Backlund M; Zethraeus N; Andersson S
- Article: ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA. 2015;130(3):419-434Geisenberger C; Mock A; Warta R; Rapp C; Schwager C; Korshunov A; Nied A-K; Capper D; Brors B; Jungk C; Jones D; Collins VP; Ichimura K; Backlund LM; Schnabel E; Mittelbron M; Lahrmann B; Zheng S; Verhaak RGW; Grabe N; Pfister SM; Hartmann C; von Deimling A; Debus J; Unterberg A; Abdollahi A; Herold-Mende C
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL ONCOLOGY. 2014;7(6):732-740Taher C; Frisk G; Fuentes S; Religa P; Costa H; Assinger A; Vetvik KK; Bukholm IRK; Yaiw K-C; Smedby KE; Backlund M; Soderberg-Naucler C; Rahbar A
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2012;131(5):1104-1113Mulholland S; Pearson DM; Hamoudi RA; Malley DS; Smith CM; Weaver JMJ; Jones DTW; Kocialkowski S; Backlund LM; Collins VP; Ichimura K
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2012;106(11):1850-1853Frisk G; Svensson T; Backlund LM; Lidbrink E; Blomqvist P; Smedby KE
- Article: ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA. 2012;123(4):473-484Kool M; Korshunov A; Remke M; Jones DTW; Schlanstein M; Northcott PA; Cho Y-J; Koster J; Schouten-van Meeteren A; van Vuurden D; Clifford SC; Pietsch T; von Bueren AO; Rutkowski S; McCabe M; Collins VP; Backlund ML; Haberler C; Bourdeaut F; Delattre O; Doz F; Ellison DW; Gilbertson RJ; Pomeroy SL; Taylor MD; Lichter P; Pfister SM
- Article: CANCER LETTERS. 2011;313(2):145-153Green H; Stal O; Bachmeier K; Backlund LM; Carlsson L; Hansen J; Lagerlund M; Norberg B; Franzen A; Aleskog A; Malmstrom A
- Article: ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA. 2011;121(6):753-761Jones DTW; Mulholland SA; Pearson DM; Malley DS; Openshaw SWS; Lambert SR; Liu L; Backlund LM; Ichimura K; Collins VP
- Article: NEURO-ONCOLOGY. 2011;13(4):376-383McCabe MG; Baecklund LM; Leong HS; Ichimura K; Collins VP
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEURO-ONCOLOGY. 2011;102(1):9-18Alexandru O; Dragutescu L; Tataranu L; Ciubotaru V; Sevastre A; Georgescu AM; Purcaru O; Danoiu S; Backlund LM; Dricu A
- Article: NEURO-ONCOLOGY. 2010;12(7):664-678Vogazianou AP; Chan R; Backlund LM; Pearson DM; Liu L; Langford CF; Gregory SG; Collins VP; Ichimura K
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2009;101(11):1919-1924Smedby KE; Brandt L; Backlund ML; Blomqvist P
- Article: NEURO-ONCOLOGY. 2009;11(4):341-347IDH1 mutations are present in the majority of common adult gliomas but rare in primary glioblastomasIchimura K; Pearson DM; Kocialkowski S; Backlund LM; Chan R; Jones DTW; Collins VP
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEURO-ONCOLOGY. 2009;92(2):137-147Carapancea M; Alexandru O; Fetea AS; Dragutescu L; Castro J; Georgescu A; Popa-Wagner A; Backlund ML; Lewensohn R; Dricu A
- Article: CANCER RESEARCH. 2008;68(21):8673-8677Jones DTW; Kocialkowski S; Liu L; Pearson DM; Backlund LM; Ichimura K; Collins VP
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2008;99(7):1144-1152Dimitriadi M; Poulogiannis G; Liu L; Baecklund LM; Pearson DM; Ichimura K; Collins VP
- Article: MOLECULAR CANCER THERAPEUTICS. 2008;7(5):1013-1024Petalidis LP; Oulas A; Backlund M; Wayland MT; Liu L; Plant K; Happerfield L; Freeman TC; Poirazi P; Collins VP
- Article: ONCOGENE. 2008;27(14):2097-2108Ichimura K; Vogazianou AP; Liu L; Pearson DM; Backlund LM; Plant K; Baird K; Langford CF; Gregory SG; Collins VP
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEURO-ONCOLOGY. 2007;85(3):245-254Carapancea M; Cosaceanu D; Budiu R; Kwiecinska A; Tataranu L; Ciubotaru V; Alexandru O; Banita M; Pisoschi C; Baecklund ML; Lewensohn R; Dricu A
- Article: JOURNAL OF NEUROPATHOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY. 2006;65(6):549-561McCabe MG; Ichimura K; Liu L; Plant K; Baecklund LM; Pearson DM; Collins VP
- Article: JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE-JMM. 2005;83(11):917-926Liu L; Bäcklund LM; Nilsson BR; Grandér D; Ichimura K; Goike HM; Collins VP
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2005;93(1):124-130Mutations in Rb1 pathway-related genes are associated with poor prognosis in anaplastic astrocytomasBäcklund LM; Nilsson BR; Liu L; Ichimura K; Collins VP
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2005;113(6):866-869Bäcklund LM; Grandér D; Brandt L; Hall P; Ekbom A
- Article: CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH. 2003;9(11):4151-4158Bäcklund LM; Nilsson BR; Goike HM; Schmidt EE; Liu L; Ichimura K; Collins VP
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All other publications
- Other: CASE REPORTS IN ONCOLOGY. 2017;10(1):383-387Backlunda M; Freedman J
- Conference publication: CANCER RESEARCH. 2009;69Ichimura K; Pearson D; Kocialkowski S; Backlund M; Chan R; Jones D; Openshaw S; Collins VP
- Conference publication: NEURO-ONCOLOGY. 2008;10(6):1113Alexandru O; Carapancea M; Fetea A; Dragutescu L; Castro J; Georgescu AM; Backlund ML; Dricu A
- Meeting abstract: EUROPEAN UROLOGY OPEN SCIENCE. 2006;5(14):793Gudmundsson M; Linder C; Backlund M; Linder S; Kalkner KM
- Conference publication: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2003;88:S6Collins VP; Ichimura K; Liu L; Backlund M
Employments
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 2024-2027
Degrees and Education
- Doctor Of Philosophy, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 2005
- University Medical Degree, Karolinska Institutet, 1993