# Sirpa Leppä

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## TL;DR

Helsinki oncologist who chairs the Nordic Lymphoma Group, the cooperative network that runs lymphoma trials and guidelines across the Nordic countries.

## Summary

Sirpa Leppä is Chairperson of the Nordic Lymphoma Group (NLG), the cooperative group of Nordic haematologists and oncologists that develops lymphoma guidelines and protocols and runs multicentre trials. She works in the Department of Oncology at Helsinki University Hospital, Finland. The NLG coordinating group she chairs includes representatives from Finland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark, with Alexander Fosså of Oslo University Hospital as vice-chairman.

## Fields

- Kind: Person
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Tags: leadership; clinician-scientist; lymphoma; cooperative-group
- Role: Chairperson, Nordic Lymphoma Group
- Specialisms: Lymphoma; Medical oncology; Clinical trials

## Sources

- Source: Nordic Lymphoma Group coordinating group page: https://www.nordic-lymphoma.org/coordinating-group/

## Connected records

- cancers: [Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/dlbcl/), [Hodgkin lymphoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/hodgkin-lymphoma/)
- companies: [Nordic Lymphoma Group](https://onco.cc/companies/nordic-lymphoma-group/)
- journals: [Haematologica](https://onco.cc/journals/haematologica/)

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