Welcome
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.
If you are interested in accessing data from the Million Women Study please visit our data access page.
Latest news
Men with larger waists more likely to die of prostate cancer
1 September 2020
£10 million for cancer epidemiology studies
28 February 2020
Latest publications
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Examination of potential novel biochemical factors in relation to prostate cancer incidence and mortality in UK Biobank.
Journal article
Perez-Cornago A. et al, (2020), Br J Cancer
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Weight change in middle adulthood and risk of cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort
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Christakoudi S. et al, (2020), International Journal of Cancer
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Sleep duration and breast cancer incidence: Results from the Million Women Study and meta-analysis of published prospective studies.
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Wong ATY. et al, (2020), Sleep
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Germline sequencing DNA repair genes in 5,545 men with aggressive and non-aggressive prostate cancer.
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Darst BF. et al, (2020), J Natl Cancer Inst
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Health impacts and environmental footprints of diets that meet the Eatwell Guide recommendations: analyses of multiple UK studies.
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Scheelbeek P. et al, (2020), BMJ Open, 10