Simon Ekman
Professor/Senior Physician
E-mail: simon.ekman@ki.se
Visiting address: J6:20 BioClinicum, Akademiska stråket 1, 17164 Solna
Postal address: K7 Onkologi-Patologi, K7 Forskning Ekman, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
- Simon Ekman was born in Umeå in 1971. He earned his medical degree and defended his doctoral thesis at Uppsala University in 2000. In 2002-2005 he completed his postdoc at Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, and in 2011-2012 he was a visiting research fellow at the University of Colorado, Denver, USA. He was appointed docent in 2015.
As a clinician, Simon Ekman has specialised in oncology since 2004. Up until 2015 he was active at Uppsala University Hospital and since 2015 he has been working as Chief Physician at Karolinska University Hospital.
Simon Ekman was appointed Professor of Oncology at Karolinska Institutet on 1 January, 2023.
Articles
- Article: BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2026;135(4):621-629Skribek M; Livanou M-E; Vathiotis I; Strandman V; Thorell A; Koulouris A; Syrigos K; Ekman S; Tsakonas G
- Article: FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY. 2026;17:1904934Koulouris AV; Trontzas IP; Vathiotis IA; Livanou ME; Skribek M; Panagiotou E; Trimis A; Ekman S; Tsakonas G; Syrigos KN
- Article: LUNG CANCER. 2026;218:109515Dan A; Tendler S; Wagenius G; Viktorsson K; Ekman S; De Petris L
- Article: JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY. 2026;21(7):103651Illini O; Hund A-C; Kopp H-G; Moskovitz M; Mountzios G; Brueckl WM; Fruh M; Lessmann M-E; Christopoulos P; Stenzinger A; Thomas M; Gillis R; Peled N; Acker F; Addeo A; Charpidou A; Grohe C; Hummel H-D; Mauti L; Rothschild SI; Schmid S; Schumann C; Urban D; Wurm R; Ekman S; Skribek M; Glanemann F; Wiesweg M; Ackermann CJ; Agelaki S; Hoffknecht P; Jakopovic M; Kern J; Konig D; Kostenzer K; Kropf-Sanchen C; Laack E; Lang D; Nagl L; Pall G; Reck M; Kian W; Allemann AT; Alt J; Araujo D; Bohnenberger H; Bokas A; Fabikan H; Julie K-J; Weinlinger C; de Langen AJ; Fergadis EG; Fischer R; Fountzilas E; Froesch P; Frost N; Griesinger F; Jordan F; Karanikiotis C; Kiesewetter B; Korantzis I; Machado AL; Economopoulou P; Pilz A; Reimann P; Rittmeyer A; Saad A; Samitas K; Schulmann K; Shah R; Stratmann JA; Taghizadeh H; Tammoscheit K; Tufman A; Weber J-P; Woll E; Valipour A; Overbeck TR; Hochmair MJ
- Article: JTO CLINICAL AND RESEARCH REPORTS. 2026;7(6):101003Kamali C; Tsakonas G; Lewensohn R; Kanter L; Vikman H; Berglund A; Nedbaylo E; Hydbring P; Viktorsson K; De Petris L; Ekman S
- Article: LUNG CANCER. 2026;214:109338Stensland EM; Stensgaard S; Eide IJZ; Nilssen Y; Horndalsveen H; Cicenas S; Gronberg BH; Ekman S; Hansen KH; Sorensen BS; Brustugun OT
- Article: JOURNAL OF EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES. 2026;15(1):e70219Caceres-Verschae A; Haag P; Joelsson S; Hydbring P; Franzen B; Vegvari A; Eide IJZ; Agarwal N; Sahu SS; Stridfeldt F; De Petris L; Dev A; Ekman S; Brustugun OT; Lewensohn R; Viktorsson K
- Article: ESMO OPEN. 2026;11(1):106028Koulouris A; Grundberg O; Skribek M; Kamali C; Hydbring P; Gubanski M; Ekman S; Tsakonas G
- Article: CANCER TREATMENT AND RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS. 2026;47:101213Labor M; Koulouris A; Skribek M; Ekman S; Goenechea J; Sierakowiak A; Lund HW; Recalde M; Tsakonas G; Koyi H
- Article: HISTOLOGY AND HISTOPATHOLOGY. 2025;40(10):1569-1576Gutierrez-Herrera J; Montero-Fernandez MA; De Petris L; Guijarro R; Ekman S; Ortiz-Villalon C
- Article: COMPUTERS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE. 2025;196(Pt B):110790Koulouris A; Skribek M; Kamali C; Grundberg O; Gubanski M; Kalaitzidis K; Lampa E; Hydbring P; Ekman S; Tsakonas G
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL LUNG CANCER RESEARCH. 2025;14(6):1972-1985Brostrom E; Isaksson J; Xanthoulis P; Borjesson R; Willen L; Hansen T; Holgersson G; Ekman S; Botling J; Lundstrom KL; Micke P; Lindskog M
- Article: EMBO MOLECULAR MEDICINE. 2025;17(4):10-774Zhou X; Berenger E; Shi Y; Shirokova V; Kochetkova E; Becirovic T; Zhang B; Kaminskyy VO; Esmaeilian Y; Hosaka K; Lindskog C; Hydbring P; Ekman S; Cao Y; Genander M; Iwanicki M; Norberg E; Vakifahmetoglu-Norberg H
- Article: LUNG CANCER. 2025;199:108065Zerdes I; Kamali C; Johannsdottir B; Blasi M; Assmann C; Kazdal D; Stenzinger A; Skribek M; Ekman S; Christopoulos P; Tsakonas G
- Article: TRANSLATIONAL LUNG CANCER RESEARCH. 2024;13(11):0Kamali C; Tsakonas G; Hydbring P; Jatta K; Berglund A; Viktorsson K; Lewensohn R; De Petris L; Ekman S
- Article: FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY. 2024;14:1414900Dan A; Aricak O; Rounis K; Montero-Fernandez MA; Guijarro R; Ekman S; Ortiz-Villalon C; De Petris L
- Article: LUNG CANCER. 2024;192:107826Lundberg FE; Ekman S; Johansson ALV; Engholm G; Birgisson H; Olafsdottir EJ; Morch LS; Johannesen TB; Andersson TM-L; Pettersson D; Seppa K; Virtanen A; Lambe M; Lambert PC
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2024;202:114010Helgadottir H; Matikas A; Fernebro J; Frodin J-E; Ekman S; Rodriguez-Wallberg KA
- Article: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2023;62(12):1808-1814Skribek M; Brunnstrom H; Oskarsdottir G; Grive MP; Aricak O; Planck M; Jatta K; Naserhojati H; de Flon FH; Ekman S
- Article: LUNG CANCER. 2023;182:107292Tsakonas G; Tadigotla V; Chakrabortty SK; Stragliotto G; Chan D; Lewensohn R; Yu W; Skog JK; Hydbring P; Ekman S
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All other publications
- Review: EXPERT REVIEW OF ANTICANCER THERAPY. 2026;:1-17Kamali C; Ekman S
- Review: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2026;299(5):538-569Bjorkstrom K; Matikas A; Svedman FC; Bjorgvinsson E; Zupancic M; Villabona L; Eriksson H; Skribek M; Fernebro J; Lindskog M; Frodin J-E; Ullen A; Ekman S; Helgadottir H
- Editorial: ACTA ONCOLOGICA. 2026;65:228-231Nilbert M; Wagenius G; Ekman S
- Corrigendum: PLOS ONE. 2023;18(11):e0294384Makrakis D; Rounis K; Tsigkas A-P; Georgiou A; Galanakis N; Tsakonas G; Ekman S; Papadaki C; Monastirioti A; Kontogianni M; Gioulbasanis I; Mavroudis D; Agelaki S
- Review: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2023;153(9):1556-1567Tsakonas G; Ekman S; Koulouris A; Adderley H; Ackermann CJ; Califano R
- Corrigendum: TARGETED ONCOLOGY. 2023;18(2):311Popat S; Ahn M-J; Ekman S; Leighl NB; Ramalingam SS; Reungwetwattana T; Siva S; Tsuboi M; Wu Y-L; Yang JC-H
- Review: TARGETED ONCOLOGY. 2023;18(1):9-24Popat S; Ahn M-J; Ekman S; Leighl NB; Ramalingam SS; Reungwetwattana T; Siva S; Tsuboi M; Wu Y-L; Yang JC-H
- Review: LIFE-BASEL. 2022;12(6):880Rounis K; Makrakis D; Gioulbasanis I; Ekman S; De Petris L; Mavroudis D; Agelaki S
- Review: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2022;291(6):732-754Skribek M; Rounis K; Tsakonas G; Ekman S
- Review: TRANSLATIONAL LUNG CANCER RESEARCH. 2020;9(6):2535-2544Ekman S
- Review: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER. 2020;125:1-11Califano R; Gomes F; Ackermann CJ; Rafee S; Tsakonas G; Ekman S
- Review: JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY. 2019;14(6):968-978Osarogiagbon RU; Veronesi G; Fang W; Ekman S; Suda K; Aerts JG; Donington J
- Editorial: ANNALS OF ONCOLOGY. 2019;30(3):353-355Ekman S
- Review: JOURNAL OF THORACIC DISEASE. 2018;10(Suppl 13):S1547-S1555Tsakonas G; Ekman S
- Review: SURGICAL ONCOLOGY-OXFORD. 2017;26(3):290-295Klevebro F; Ekman S; Nilsson M
- Review: CANCER TREATMENT REVIEWS. 2017;54:122-131Tsakonas G; De Petris L; Ekman S
- Review: ANTICANCER RESEARCH. 2015;35(5):2493-2501Blomberg C; Nilsson J; Holgersson G; Edlund P; Bergqvist M; Adwall L; Ekman S; Brattström D; Bergström S
- Review: ANTICANCER RESEARCH. 2012;32(9):4001-4006Johansson F; Ekman S; Blomquist E; Henriksson R; Bergstrom S; Bergqvist M
- Corrigendum: JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY B-ANALYTICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE BIOMEDICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES. 2012;889:148Ronquist-Nii Y; Eksborg S; Axelson M; Harmenberg J; Ekman S; Bergqvist M; Beck O
- Review: EXPERT OPINION ON THERAPEUTIC TARGETS. 2010;14(3):317-328Ekman S; Bergqvist M; Tell R; Bergström S; Lennartsson J
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