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The Cancer Epidemiology Unit (CEU) is part of the Nuffield Department of Population Health in the Medical Sciences Division at the University of Oxford.
CEU has over 60 staff and research students.The Unit specialises in large-scale and collaborative studies of lifestyle and genetic risk factors for cancer, and for other common diseases of adult life such as heart disease, fractures and dementia. We aim to provide reliable evidence that answers outstanding questions about public health, and the health of individuals.
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Latest publications
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Metabolic Signatures of Healthy Lifestyle Patterns and Colorectal Cancer Risk in a European Cohort
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Rothwell J. and SCHMIDT J., (2020), Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
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Vegetarian and vegan diets and risks of total and site-specific fractures: results from the prospective EPIC-Oxford study.
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Tong TYN. et al, (2020), BMC Med, 18
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Circulating insulin-like growth factor-I, total and free testosterone concentrations and prostate cancer risk in 200,000 men in UK Biobank
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Watts EL. et al, (2020), International Journal of Cancer
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The CHEK2 Variant C.349A>G Is Associated with Prostate Cancer Risk and Carriers Share a Common Ancestor.
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Brandão A. et al, (2020), Cancers (Basel), 12
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Urinary melatonin in relation to breast cancer risk: nested case-control analysis in the DOM study and meta-analysis of prospective studies.
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Wong ATY. et al, (2020), Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev