Dr Siân Sweetland
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Siân Sweetland
BSc MSc DPhil
Senior Statistical Epidemiologist
Siân Sweetland joined the Cancer Epidemiology Unit (CEU) as a statistician in 2002, working mainly on individual and collaborative studies of cervical cancer. She completed a DPhil on risk factors for pulmonary embolism in 2008, and is now a statistical epidemiologist working on various research projects within the Million Women Study.
Siân’s particular research interest is in venous thromboembolism and she is currently investigating the relationship between cancer and venous thromboembolism. Siân is also a principal member of the Collaborative Group on Epidemiological Studies of Endometrial Cancer.
Recent publications
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A comparative analysis of risk factor associations with interval and screen-detected breast cancers: A large UK prospective study.
Journal article
Barnes I. et al, (2024), Int J Cancer, 155, 979 - 987
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Adiposity and risk of oesophageal cancer subtypes in the Million Women Study.
Journal article
Sweetland S. et al, (2023), Int J Epidemiol
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Age and sex can predict cancer risk in people referred with breast symptoms.
Journal article
Gathani T. et al, (2023), BMJ, 381
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on breast cancer referrals and diagnoses in 2020 and 2021: a population-based study in England.
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Gathani T. et al, (2022), Br J Surg, 109, e29 - e30
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Cognitive and social activities and long-term dementia risk: the prospective UK Million Women Study.
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Floud S. et al, (2021), Lancet Public Health, 6, e116 - e123