Data Linkage
Our studies are linked to electronic health records
Prospective studies
We conduct large scale prospective studies
The Cancer Epidemiology Unit
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
Vasectomy does not increase risk of prostate cancer
7 March 2017
Explaining inequalities in women’s heart disease risk
18 October 2016
Latest publications
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Rare Variant Analysis of Human and Rodent Obesity Genes in Individuals with Severe Childhood Obesity
Hendricks AE. et al, (2017), Scientific Reports, 7
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Anti-Mullerian hormone and endometrial cancer: a multi-cohort study.
Fortner RT. et al, (2017), British Journal of Cancer
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Micronutrient intake adequacy and depression risk in the SUN cohort study.
Sánchez-Villegas A. et al, (2017), Eur J Nutr
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Blood Metabolic Signatures of Body Mass Index: A Targeted Metabolomics Study in the EPIC Cohort.
Carayol M. et al, (2017), J Proteome Res, 16, 3137 - 3146
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Childhood cancer incidence by ethnic group in England, 2001-2007: a descriptive epidemiological study.
Sayeed S. et al, (2017), BMC Cancer, 17