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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Drinking patterns and liver cirrhosis risk in women
23 November 2018
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Differences in stroke death rates across Europe
17 September 2018
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Meat consumption, health and the environment
25 July 2018
Latest publications
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Risk prediction for estrogen receptor-specific breast cancers in two large prospective cohorts.
Journal article
Li K. et al, (2018), Breast cancer res, 20
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Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer.
Journal article
Huyghe JR. et al, (2018), Nat genet
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Circulating isoflavone and lignan concentrations and prostate cancer risk: a meta-analysis of individual participant data from seven prospective studies including 2,828 cases and 5,593 controls.
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Perez-Cornago A. et al, (2018), Int j cancer, 143, 2677 - 2686
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Reproductive factors, exogenous hormone use and risk of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma in a cohort of women from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.
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Costas L. et al, (2018), Am j epidemiol
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KIM-1 as a Blood-Based Marker for Early Detection of Kidney Cancer: A Prospective Nested Case-Control Study.
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Scelo G. et al, (2018), Clin cancer res, 24, 5594 - 5601