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Professor Jan Stjernswärd M.D., PhD, FRCP(Edin)Hon. | |
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| Born | June 2, 1936 |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Alma mater | Karolinska Institute |
| Occupation | Oncologist |
| Title | Chief WHO Cancer and Palliative care |
| Term | 1980 - 1996 |
| Board member of | International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care, c 2001
Kungliga Fysiiografiska Sällskapet, c 2003 Diana Palliative care Initiative, Diana Princess of Wales Memorial Found Open Society Institute |
| Spouse(s) | Gunilla Dinkelspiel 1960 - 86 Jayanthi Ramanathan, PhD, BDS, 1988 - |
| Children | 5 |
Professor Jan Stjernswärd M.D., Ph.D, Hon. FRCP(Edin) (born 1936) is an oncologist, specialising in palliative care.
Early life[edit]
Jan Stjernswärd was born on June 2, 1936 in Copenhagen, Denmark, the first son of Carl Adam Stjernswärd and Anne Marie (Monrad-Aas) Stjernswärd. His father Major Carl Adam Stjernswärd, was a swedish military man. His mother was of Danish descent. Stjernswärd attended public schools in Helsingborg, Sweden and then studied medicine at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.[1]
Professional activities[edit]
Stjernswärd earned his medical degree from the Karolinska Institute in 1962 and subsequently worked as a research fellow at the Institute for tumor biology 1963-68, thereby earning his PhD in 1967 and became docent in tumor biology in 1967. He worked as a specialist in oncology and radiotherapy at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi 1967-68 and at Radiumhemmet, Karolinska University Hospital 1968-72.[2] He then became chief of the department of clinical oncology at the University of Lausanne and associate professor Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research in Lausanne 1973-78 and subsequently director of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Inselspital in Bern 1978-80.[3] He was the first to use meta-analysis in the analysis of controlled clinical trials 1974.[4] From 1980 to 1996, he worked for the World Health Organization, as their chief of cancer.[5] In 1982, under the leadership of Jan Stjernswärd, WHO enlisted the aid of hospice-care leaders and cancer pain specialists, plus pharnaceutical manufacturers to develop a global Programme for Cancer Pain Relief.[6] While in that role he instigated development of the 'WHO Three-Step Pain Ladder' and worked to improve cancer care globally.[5]
Selected works[edit]
- Klein, G.; Clifford, P.; Klein, E.; Stjernswärd, J. "Search for tumor-specific immune reactions in Burkitt Lymphoma patients by the membrande immunofluorescence reaction." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Jun 1966, 55(6):1628-1635
- Stjernswärd, J. (1967). “Studies on host immune status and tumor-host relationships in hydrocarbon carcinogenesis.” Dissertation. Stockholm, Sweden.
- Stjernswärd J (1974) "Decreased survival related to irradiation postoperatively in early breastcancer." Lancet 304:1285-1286
- World Health Organization. 1986. "Cancer pain relief."
- Stjernswärd J. "WHO Cancer pain relief programme." Cancer Surveys 1988;7:195-208
- Stjernswärd, J. Palliative medicine – a global perspective. In: Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine pp 805-816, Oxford University Press 1993.ISBN 0 19 262028 2
- World Health Organization. (1995). "National cancer control programmes: policies and managerial guidelines."
- Stjernswärd J, Colleau SM, Ventafridda V. "The World Health Organization Cancer Pain and Palliative Care Program. Past, present, and future." J Pain Symptom Manage. 1996 Aug;12(2):65-72. PMID:8754982
- Stjernswärd J (2002) "Uganda: Initiating a government public health approach to pain relief and palliative care." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 24 (2), pp. 257-264.
- Stjernsward J., Foley K.M., Ferris F.D. (2007) "Integrating Palliative Care into National Policies." Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 33 (5), pp. 514-520.
- Stjernswärd J (2009) "Meta-analysis as a manifestation of ‘bondförnuft’ (‘peasant sense’)."
- Stjernswärd J (2013) "Personal reflections on contributions to pain relief, palliative care and global cancer control." JLL Bulletin: Commentaries on the history of treatment evaluation.
References[edit]
- ^ Moen, Ann. Vem är det 2003: Svensk biografisk handbok. Nationalencyklopedin. ISBN 919751327X.
- ^ "Jan Stjernsvärd". Studentlitteratur. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ Moen, Ann. Vem är det 2007: Svensk biografisk handbok. Nationalencyklopedin. ISBN 919751327X.
- ^ * Clarke M (2015). "History of evidence synthesis to assess treatment effects: personal reflections on something that is very much alive." JLL Bulletin: Commentaries on the history of treatment evaluation
- ^ a b Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2004). Innovation in Pain Management. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-097-7. OL 22146838M. Wikidata Q29581683.
- ^ Clark, David (2018). "Cicely Saunders, a life and legacy"|ISBN 9780190637934
External links[edit]
- Thecroft/sandbox on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
Further reading[edit]
- Moen, Ann, red (2006). Vem är det 2007. Svensk biografisk handbok. Malmö: Nationalencyklopedin. sid. 551. Libris 10171521. ISBN 91-975132-7-X.
- Uddling, Hans; Paabo, Katrin, red (1992). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1993. Stockholm: Norstedt. sid. 1031. Libris 8261513. ISBN 91-1-914072-X
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