Liisa Järvelä
MD, PhD, Pediatric hemato-oncologist
lisula@utu.fi |
pediatrics; childhood cancer; late effects of childhood cancer; long-term survivors of childhood cancer;
MD (2006), PhD (2015), specialist in pediatrics (2017), pediatric hemato-oncologist (2023). Currently working as a clinical lecturer at university of Turku, and as a pediatric hemato-oncologist at the department of pediatrics and adolescent medicine in Turku university hospital.
My thesis in 2015 focused on cardiovascular health and fitness after childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (supervised by prof. Harri Niinikoski and adjunct prof. Jukka Kemppainen), and since then, I have continued working on late effects of childhood cancer and its treatment. My main areas of interest are the effects of childhood cancer and its treatment on metabolic and cardiovascular diseases, physical activity, quality of life, and general health later in life. My current research projects mainly aim at elucidating e.g. the effect of gut microbiota on later health after cancer in childhood.
I have been working as a clinical lecturer in pediatrics since Jan 2018.
- Age‐ and Sex‐Adjusted Body Mass Index Increases in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia Patients From Diagnosis to Five‐Year Follow‐Up (2025)
- Acta Paediatrica
- Follow‐up of osteonecrosis in paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia patients treated with the NOPHO ALL2008 protocol (2025)
- British Journal of Haematology
- Humoral Immunity to Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis After Cancer Treatment in Children (2025)
- Cancer reports
- Immune Thrombocytopenia in Finnish Children and Adolescents : A Population-Based Cohort Study (2025)
- Acta Paediatrica
- Increased incidence of autoimmune haemolytic anaemia with paroxysmal cold haemoglobinuria features in paediatric cases in a changing viral environment post-COVID-19 pandemic (2025)
- British Journal of Haematology
- Immune or inherited thrombocytopenia? A population-based cohort study on children and adolescents presenting with a low platelet count (2024)
- Pediatric Blood and Cancer
- Lasten ja nuorten syöpähoitojen pitkäaikaisvaikutuksia on syytä seurata myös aikuisiässä (2024)
- Duodecim
- Physical activity behaviors and screen time in young childhood cancer survivors : the Physical Activity in Childhood Cancer Survivors Study (2024)
- Journal of Cancer Survivorship
- Lasten suonipoikkeavuuksien diagnostiikan on oltava tarkkaa (2023)
- Lääkärilehti
- Inflammatory Biomarkers after an Exercise Intervention in Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Survivors (2022)
- eJHaem : eJournal of Haematology
- Asymptomatic Right Atrial Thrombosis After Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Treatment (2021)
- Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
- Motor Performance in Children Diagnosed with Cancer: A Longitudinal Observational Study (2020)
- Children
- Use of electronic patient data storage for evaluating and setting the risk category of late effects in childhood cancer survivors (2020)
- Pediatric Blood and Cancer
- The effect of an active video game intervention on physical activity, motor performance, and fatigue in children with cancer: a randomized controlled trial (2019)
- BMC Research Notes
- Lapsuusiän syövästä selviytyneet tarvitsevat elinikäistä sydänseurantaa (2017)
- Lääkärilehti
- Aktivoivat videopelit motorisen suoriutumisen tukena? – satunnaistettu kontrolloitu tutkimus syöpää sairastavilla lapsilla (2016) Hamari L, Järvelä L, Lähteenmäki P, Arola M, Heinonen OJ, Axelin A, Lilius J, Vahlberg T, Salanterä S
- Cardiovascular medication after cancer at a young age in Finland: A nationwide registry linkage study (2016)
- International Journal of Cancer
- Health conditions associated with metabolic syndrome after cancer at a young age: A nationwide register-based study (2016)
- Cancer Epidemiology
- Health Conditions Associated with Metabolic Syndrome after Cancer at a Young Age: A Nationwide Register-Based Study (2016)
- Pediatric Blood and Cancer
- Home-Based Exercise Training Improves Left Ventricle Diastolic Function in Survivors of Childhood ALL: A Tissue Doppler and Velocity Vector Imaging Study (2016)
- Pediatric Blood and Cancer



