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Ola Bratt
Professor/ Chief Physician
Department of UrologyAbout Ola Bratt
Ola Bratt is Professor of Clinical Cancer Epidemiology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is the chairman of the National Working Group for Organised Prostate Cancer Testing, which coordinates population-based regional projects aiming at making prostate cancer testing more effective and equal, gaining knowledge about organisational and diagnostic aspects of relevance a future national screening programme for prostate cancer, and creating an infrastructure in preparation for such a screening programme. Ola Bratt is also chairman of the Swedish Consortium for Research on Organised Prostate Cancer Testing (SweCROPT), that coordinates research spanning from informatics and mental adverse effects to diagnostics and epidemiology.
Bratt is also a Consultant Urological Surgeon at the Prostate Cancer Centre, Sahlgrenska University Hospital and the examinator and lead lecturer at the Clinical Research School for PhD Students (30 ECTS), University of Gothenburg.
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Family History of Early Onset or Lethal Prostate Cancer and the Risk of Prostate Cancer Death in
Sweden
E. Lin, Hans Garmo, Kerri Beckmann, Ola Bratt, Par Stattin, Rolf Gedeborg
CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION - 2025 -
Prostate cancer characteristics in fathers and risk of early onset high-risk prostate cancer in
sons
E. Lin, Hans Garmo, Kerri Beckmann, Ola Bratt, Olof Akre, Par Stattin, Rolf Gedeborg
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER - 2025 -
Long-Term Outcomes After Guideline-Recommended Treatment of Men With Prostate
Cancer
Pietro Scilipoti, Ola Bratt, Hans Garmo, Andri Wilberg Orrason, Rolf Gedeborg, Pär Stattin, Marcus Westerberg
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Jnccn - 2025 -
A Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Assessment and Biopsy Outcomes with and Without Central Review in Two Swedish Regional Organized Prostate Cancer Testing
Programs
Jonas Wallström, Max Alterbeck, Rebecka Arnsrud Godtman, Ola Bratt, Thomas Jiborn, Erik Thimansson
EUROPEAN UROLOGY OPEN SCIENCE - 2025 -
Prostate Cancer Screening Decisions: Which Aspects Do Men Value Most? An Interview Study With Men Invited to a Population-Based
Program
Linda Svensson, Ola Bratt, Jonas Hugosson, Karin Stinesen
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MENS HEALTH - 2025 -
Associations between neighbourhood characteristics and participation in a population-based organised prostate cancer testing (OPT) programme: A register-based study of 50-year-old
men
Emil Järbur, Rebecka Arnsrud Godtman, Carl Bonander, Ulf Strömberg, Ola Bratt
PLOS ONE - 2025 -
An online national quality assessment survey of prostate MRI reading: interreader variability in prostate volume measurement and PI-RADS
classification
Jonas Wallström, Erik Thimansson, Jim Andersson, Mathias Karlsson, Sophia Zackrisson, Ola Bratt, Fredrik Jaderling
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGY OPEN - 2025 -
Swedish regional population-based organised prostate cancer testing: why, what and
how?
Ola Bratt, Salma Tuna Butt, Charlotte Carlsson, Lisa Jelf-Eneqvist, Olof Gunnarsson, Alma Ihre, Thomas Jiborn, Anna Lantz, Heide Larsson, Helena Stroemqvist, Johan Styrke, Nils-Erik Svedberg, Rebecka Arnsrud Godtman
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF UROLOGY - 2025 -
Sociodemographic disparities in incidence rates of advanced and low-risk prostate cancer as a proxy for diagnostic
activity
Ulf Strömberg, Carl Bonander, Hans Garmo, Mats Lambe, Par Stattin, Ola Bratt
ACTA ONCOLOGICA - 2025 -
Sociodemographic characteristics and health status of women with breast cancer and COVID 19 diagnosis by menopausal status a cross sectional
study
Mohammadhossein Hajiebrahimi, Hussam Shihan, Ola Bratt, Huiqi Li, Fredrik Nyberg, Bjoern Wettermark
Scientific Reports - 2025 -
Prostate Cancer Screening: Setting the Controls on the Mixing
Board.
Ola Bratt
European urology - 2024 -
[Prostate cancer - from the patients'
perspective].
Kent Lewén, Calle Waller, Henrik Grönberg, Ola Bratt
Lakartidningen - 2024 -
[Prostate cancer - a disease in
transformation].
Ola Bratt
Lakartidningen - 2024 -
Normalised repeat serum prostate-specific antigen: associations with age and magnetic resonance imaging
results
Hang Dang, Victoria Huang, Ola Bratt
Scandinavian Journal of Urology - 2024 -
Time trends for the use of active surveillance and deferred treatment for localised prostate cancer in Sweden: a nationwide
study.
Jovana Maljkovic, Anna Bill-Axelson, Hampus Hållberg, Anders Berglund, Pär Stattin, Ola Bratt
Scandinavian journal of urology - 2024 -
Associations between socioeconomic factors and PSA testing in a population-based organised testing programme and routine healthcare: a register-based study of 50-year-old
men
Emil Järbur, Erik Holmberg, Thomas Björk-Eriksson, Ola Bratt, Rebecka Arnsrud Godtman
BMJ Oncology - 2024 -
[Treatment of non-metastatic prostate
cancer].
Johan Stranne, Stefan Carlsson, Adalsteinn Gunnlaugsson, Jon Kindblom, Anna Lantz, Ola Bratt
Läkartidningen - 2024 -
Serum Androgens as Predictive Biomarkers: Results From a Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Enzalutamide and Abiraterone Acetate in Men With Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate
Cancer
Klara K. Ternov, Mikkel Fode, Jens Sonksen, Rasmus Bisbjerg, Henriette Lindberg, Ganesh Palapattu, Ola Bratt, Peter B. Ostergren
CLINICAL GENITOURINARY CANCER - 2024 -
Screening for Prostate Cancer With Modern Diagnostics-Another Piece of the
Puzzle
Ola Bratt
JAMA network open - 2024 -
Risk Factors for Infection After Transrectal Prostate Biopsy: A Population-based Register
Study
Joakim Örtegren, Kimia Kohestani, Olof Elvstam, Hakan Janson, Daniel Aberg, Henrik Kjölhede, Gunnar Kahlmeter, Ola Bratt
EUROPEAN UROLOGY OPEN SCIENCE - 2024 -
Socioeconomic inequality in prostate cancer diagnostics, primary treatment, rehabilitation, and mortality in
Sweden
Ulf Strömberg, Anders Berglund, Stefan Carlsson, Camilla Thellenberg Karlsson, Mats Lambe, Ingela Franck Lissbrant, Par Stattin, Ola Bratt
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER - 2024 -
Baseline Serum Prostate-specific Antigen Value Predicts the Risk of Subsequent Prostate Cancer Death-Results from the Norwegian Prostate Cancer
Consortium.
Johan Bjerner, Ola Bratt, Kirsti Aas, Peter C Albertsen, Sophie D Fosså, Rune Kvåle, Hans Lilja, Christoph Müller, Stig Müller, Andreas Stensvold, Owen Thomas, Oluf D Røe, Andrew Vickers, Jochen Walz, Sigrid V Carlsson, Jan Oldenburg
European Urology - 2024 -
Population-based Organised Prostate Cancer Testing: Results from the First Invitation of 50-year-old
Men
Ola Bratt, Rebecka Arnsrud Godtman, Thomas Jiborn, Jonas Wallström, Olof Akre, Stefan Carlsson, Tobias Nordström, Erik Thimansson, Max Alterbeck, Sophia Zackrisson, Jonas Hugosson, Anders Bjartell, Anna Lantz
European Urology - 2024 -
Family History and Risk of Renal Cell Carcinoma: A National Multiregister Case-Control
Study
Rasmus Jakobsson, Salmir Nasic, Ola Bratt, Martin E Johansson, Anna Grenabo Bergdahl
The Journal of urology - 2024 -
Prostatacancer
Ola Bratt, Camilla Thellenberg Karlsson
Cancersjukdomar - 2023 -
Screening för
cancersjukdomar
Ola Bratt, Mirjam Elfström
Cancersjukdomar - 2023 -
Men's Perception of Being Invited for Prostate Cancer Testing and the Information About Its Pros and Cons-A Survey from Two Population-based Testing
Programmes
Linda Svensson, Karin Stinesen Bratt, T. Jiborn, A. C. Borjedahl, Ola Bratt
European Urology Open Science - 2023 -
Clinical Value of a Routine Urine Culture Prior to Transrectal Prostate
Biopsy
Joakim Örtegren, A. Wimmerstedt, D. Åberg, H. Janson, Henrik Kjölhede, G. Kahlmeter, Ola Bratt
European Urology Open Science - 2023 -
First population-level results of pre-biopsy prostate
MRI
Ola Bratt
Scandinavian journal of urology - 2023 -
First diagnostic results from Gothenburg-2 screening
trial.
Ola Bratt, Anssi Auvinen
Scandinavian journal of urology - 2023 -
Current policies on early detection of prostate cancer create overdiagnosis and inequity with minimal
benefit.
Andrew Vickers, Frank O'Brien, Francesco Montorsi, David Galvin, Ola Bratt, Sigrid Carlsson, James Wf Catto, Agne Krilaviciute, Michael Philbin, Peter Albers
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) - 2023 -
Re: Prostate Cancer Screening with PSA and MRI Followed by Targeted Biopsy
Only.
Ola Bratt, Anssi Auvinen
European urology - 2023 -
A note on the importance of
wording
Ola Bratt
European journal of preventive cardiology - 2023 -
The Long and Winding Road from Guideline Recommendations to Improved Quality of
Care.
Ola Bratt
European urology - 2023 -
Screening for prostate cancer: evidence, ongoing trials, policies and knowledge
gaps
Ola Bratt, Anssi Auvinen, Rebecka Arnsrud Godtman, Mikael Hellström, Jonas Hugosson, Hans Lilja, Jonas Wallström, Monique Roobol
BMJ Oncology - 2023 -
2022 Update on Prostate Cancer Epidemiology and Risk Factors-A Systematic
Review
O. Bergengren, K. R. Pekala, K. Matsoukas, J. Fainberg, S. F. Mungovan, Ola Bratt, F. Bray, O. Brawley, A. N. Luckenbaugh, L. Mucci, T. M. Morgan, Sigrid Carlsson
European Urology - 2023 -
How to follow the new EU Council recommendation and improve prostate cancer early detection: the Prostaforum 2022
declaration
O. Majek, M. Babjuk, M. J. Roobol, Ola Bratt, H. Van Poppel, R. Zachoval, J. Ferda, M. Koudelkova, O. Ngo, J. Gregor, S. Collen, K. Hejduk, L. Dusek, V. Valek
European Urology Open Science - 2023 -
The provision of prostate cancer patient information leaflets on an electronic tablet: A further step to paperless health-care
provision
S. Miah, J. Maw, K. Pang, V. Nair, S. Hori, A. Lamb, A. Martin, Ola Bratt, B. Lamb, N. M. Shah
Urology Annals - 2022 -
The Swedish national guidelines on prostate cancer, part 2: recurrent, metastatic and castration resistant
disease
Ola Bratt, S. Carlsson, P. Fransson, J. Kindblom, Johan Stranne, C. T. Karlsson
Scandinavian Journal of Urology - 2022 -
Long-term Outcomes Among Men Undergoing Active Surveillance for Prostate Cancer in
Sweden.
Eugenio Ventimiglia, Anna Bill-Axelson, Ola Bratt, Francesco Montorsi, Pär Stattin, Hans Garmo
JAMA network open - 2022 -
Is it time to abandon routine antibiotics for transperineal prostate
biopsy?
Ola Bratt
The Lancet. Infectious diseases - 2022 -
Integrating magnetic resonance imaging and prostate-specific membrane antigen positron emission tomography/computed tomography results into prostate cancer treatment decision
making.
Ola Bratt
BJU international - 2022 -
Designing and Implementing a Population-based Organised Prostate Cancer Testing
Programme.
Max Alterbeck, Emil Järbur, Erik Thimansson, Jonas Wallström, Johan Bengtsson, Thomas Björk-Eriksson, Anders Bjartell, Ola Bratt, Thomas Jiborn, Rebecka Arnsrud Godtman
European urology focus - 2022 -
Low-grade prostate cancer should still be labelled
cancer.
Kenneth A Iczkowski, Mariel Molina, Lars Egevad, David G Bostwick, Geert J L H van Leenders, Francisco G La Rosa, Theodorus van der Kwast, Daniel M Berney, Andrew J Evans, Thomas M Wheeler, Katia R M Leite, Hemamali Samaratunga, John Srigley, Murali Varma, Toyonori Tsuzuki, Marshall Scott Lucia, Elward David Crawford, Richard G Harris, Philip Stricker, Nathan Lawrentschuk, Henry H Woo, Neil E Fleshner, Neal D Shore, John Yaxley, Ola Bratt, Peter Wiklund, Matthew Roberts, Liang Cheng, Brett Delahunt
BJU international - 2022 -
The Swedish national guidelines on prostate cancer, part 1: early detection, diagnostics, staging, patient support and primary management of non-metastatic
disease
Ola Bratt, S. Carlsson, P. Fransson, C. T. Karlsson, Johan Stranne, J. Kindblom
Scandinavian Journal of Urology - 2022 -
A prospective phase II study of prostate-specific antigen-guided salvage radiotherapy and Ga-68-PSMA-PET for biochemical relapse after radical prostatectomy-The PROPER 1
trial
A. Gunnlaugsson, V. Johannesson, E. Wieslander, E. Brun, U. Bitzen, O. Stahl, Ola Bratt, G. Ahlgren, T. Ohlsson, E. Kjellen, P. Nilsson
Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology - 2022 -
Rates of Positive Abdominal Computed Tomography and Bone Scan Findings Among Men with Cambridge Prognostic Group 4 or 5 prostate cancer: A Nationwide Registry
Study
C. Stenman, E. Abrahamsson, M. Redsater, V. J. Gnanapragasam, Ola Bratt
European Urology Open Science - 2022 -
Experience Measures after Radical Prostatectomy: A Register-Based Study Evaluating the Association between Patient-Reported Symptoms and Quality of
Information
O. Christiansen, O. Kirkevold, Ola Bratt, J. S. Benth, M. Slaaen
Healthcare - 2022 -
Predictors of upgrading from low-grade cancer at prostatectomy in men with biparametric magnetic resonance
imaging
O. Christiansen, Ola Bratt, O. Kirkevold, J. S. Benth, P. Manoharan, A. Selnes, E. S. Haug, M. Slaaen
Central European Journal of Urology - 2022 -
Predictors of histological upgrading at radical prostatectomy in patients with localised low-grade prostate cancer and pretreatment biparametric
MRI
Ola Christiansen, Øyvind Kirkevold, Ola Bratt, Jūratė Šaltytė Benth, Pathmakulendran Manoharan, Anders Selnes, Erik Skaaheim Haug, Marit Slaaen
Central European Journal of Urology - 2021
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