Welcome
The Cancer Epidemiology Unit is part of the Nuffield Department of Population Health of the Medical Sciences Division at the University of Oxford.
With 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. Our aim is to provide reliable evidence to help answer outstanding questions about public health, and the health of individuals.
Latest news
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Women with disabilities may miss out on cancer screening
29 September 2017
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Vasectomy does not increase risk of prostate cancer
7 March 2017
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Explaining inequalities in women’s heart disease risk
18 October 2016
Latest publications
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Anti-Müllerian hormone and risk of ovarian cancer in nine cohorts.
Journal article
Jung S. et al, (2018), Int J Cancer, 142, 262 - 270
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Added sugars and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, dietary carbohydrate index and depression risk in the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra (SUN) Project.
Journal article
Sanchez-Villegas A. et al, (2018), Br J Nutr, 119, 211 - 221
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Do pancreatic cancer and chronic pancreatitis share the same genetic risk factors? A PANcreatic Disease ReseArch (PANDoRA) consortium investigation.
Journal article
Campa D. et al, (2018), International journal of cancer, 142, 290 - 296
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The AGE-RAGE axis in an Arab population: The United Arab Emirates Healthy Futures (UAEHFS) pilot study
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Inman CK. et al, (2017), Journal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology, 10, 1 - 8
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Rare Variant Analysis of Human and Rodent Obesity Genes in Individuals with Severe Childhood Obesity
Journal article
Hendricks AE. et al, (2017), Scientific Reports, 7