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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 news
What do adults in the UK eat?
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Researcher awarded prestigious Hunterian Professorship
1 February 2022
Latest publications
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Circulating insulin-like growth factors and risks of overall, aggressive and early-onset prostate cancer: a collaborative analysis of 20 prospective studies and Mendelian randomization analysis
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PEREZ-CORNAGO A. et al, (2022), International Journal of Epidemiology
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Circulating free testosterone and risk of aggressive prostate cancer: prospective and Mendelian randomization analyses in international consortia.
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Watts EL. et al, (2022), Int J Cancer
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The new study of UK nuclear test veterans.
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Kendall GM. and Little MP., (2022), J Radiol Prot, 42
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Adiposity and risk of prostate cancer death: a prospective analysis in UK Biobank and meta-analysis of published studies.
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Perez-Cornago A. et al, (2022), BMC Med, 20
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Metabolically-Defined Body Size Phenotypes and Risk of Endometrial Cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).
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Kliemann N. et al, (2022), Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev