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
£10 million for cancer epidemiology studies
28 February 2020
Different foods linked to different types of stroke
24 February 2020
Obesity and dementia in women
19 December 2019
Latest publications
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Haematological markers and prostate cancer risk: a prospective analysis in UK Biobank
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Watts E. et al, (2020), Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention
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BMI and Cause-Specific Hospital Admissions and Costs: The UK Biobank Cohort Study.
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O'Halloran R. et al, (2020), Obesity (Silver Spring)
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Association of pre-diagnostic vitamin D status with mortality among colorectal cancer patients differs by common, inherited vitamin D-binding protein isoforms
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Gibbs D. and PEREZ-CORNAGO A., (2020), International Journal of Cancer
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Trends in cervical cancer incidence in sub-Saharan Africa
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Jedy-Agba E. et al, (2020), British Journal of Cancer
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Antibody responses to Helicobacter pylori and risk of developing colorectal cancer in a European cohort.
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Butt J. et al, (2020), Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev