Data Linkage
Our studies are linked to electronic health records
The Cancer Epidemiology Unit
Prospective studies
We conduct large scale prospective studies
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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Vasectomy does not increase risk of prostate cancer
7 March 2017
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Explaining inequalities in women’s heart disease risk
18 October 2016
Latest publications
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A Pooled Analysis of 15 Prospective Cohort Studies on the Association Between Fruit, Vegetable, and Mature Bean Consumption and Risk of Prostate Cancer.
Petimar J. et al, (2017), Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev
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Helicobacter pylori infection, chronic corpus atrophic gastritis and pancreatic cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) cohort: A nested case-control study.
Huang J. et al, (2017), Int J Cancer, 140, 1727 - 1735
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Androgens are differentially associated with ovarian cancer subtypes in the Ovarian Cancer Cohort Consortium.
Ose J. et al, (2017), Cancer Res
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Exposure to bacterial products lipopolysaccharide and flagellin and hepatocellular carcinoma: a nested case-control study.
Fedirko V. et al, (2017), BMC Med, 15
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Response.
Travis RC. et al, (2017), J Natl Cancer Inst, 109