Search Results - "SWERDLOW, Anthony"
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Smoking and risk of breast cancer in the Generations Study cohort
Published in Breast cancer research : BCR (22-11-2017)“…Plausible biological reasons exist regarding why smoking could affect breast cancer risk, but epidemiological evidence is inconsistent. We used serial…”
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Family history and risk of breast cancer: an analysis accounting for family structure
Published in Breast cancer research and treatment (01-08-2017)“…Purpose Family history is an important risk factor for breast cancer incidence, but the parameters conventionally used to categorize it are based solely on…”
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Night shift work and risk of breast cancer in women: the Generations Study cohort
Published in British journal of cancer (16-07-2019)“…Background It is plausible that night shift work could affect breast cancer risk, possibly by melatonin suppression or circadian clock disruption, but…”
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The Relationship Between Obesity and Exposure to Light at Night: Cross-Sectional Analyses of Over 100,000 Women in the Breakthrough Generations Study
Published in American journal of epidemiology (01-08-2014)“…There has been a worldwide epidemic of obesity in recent decades. In animal studies, there is convincing evidence that light exposure causes weight gain, even…”
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Comparative validation of the BOADICEA and Tyrer-Cuzick breast cancer risk models incorporating classical risk factors and polygenic risk in a population-based prospective cohort of women of European ancestry
Published in Breast cancer research : BCR (15-02-2021)“…The Breast and Ovarian Analysis of Disease Incidence and Carrier Estimation Algorithm (BOADICEA) and the Tyrer-Cuzick breast cancer risk prediction models are…”
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Comparative Validation of Breast Cancer Risk Prediction Models and Projections for Future Risk Stratification
Published in JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute (01-03-2020)“…Abstract Background External validation of risk models is critical for risk-stratified breast cancer prevention. We used the Individualized Coherent Absolute…”
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Domestic light at night and breast cancer risk: a prospective analysis of 105 000 UK women in the Generations Study
Published in British journal of cancer (20-02-2018)“…Background: Circadian disruption caused by exposure to light at night (LAN) has been proposed as a risk factor for breast cancer and a reason for secular…”
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Timing of pubertal stages and breast cancer risk: the Breakthrough Generations Study
Published in Breast cancer research : BCR (04-02-2014)“…Breast development and hormonal changes at puberty might affect breast cancer risk, but epidemiological analyses have focussed largely on age at menarche and…”
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Effect of population breast screening on breast cancer mortality up to 2005 in England and Wales: an individual-level cohort study
Published in British journal of cancer (17-01-2017)“…Background: Population breast screening has been implemented in the UK for over 25 years, but the size of benefit attributable to such programmes remains…”
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Association analyses identify 31 new risk loci for colorectal cancer susceptibility
Published in Nature communications (14-05-2019)“…Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, and has a strong heritable basis. We report a genome-wide association analysis of…”
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Risk of breast cancer in men in relation to weight change: A national case‐control study in England and Wales
Published in International journal of cancer (01-06-2022)“…Breast cancer is uncommon in men and knowledge about its causation limited. Obesity is a risk factor but there has been no investigation of whether weight…”
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Infertility and risk of breast cancer in men: a national case-control study in England and Wales
Published in Breast cancer research : BCR (17-05-2022)“…Breast cancer is uncommon in men and its aetiology is largely unknown, reflecting the limited size of studies thus far conducted. In general, number of…”
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Menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer: what is the true size of the increased risk?
Published in British journal of cancer (23-08-2016)“…Background: Menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) increases breast cancer risk; however, most cohort studies omit MHT use after enrolment and many infer menopausal…”
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Comparative performance of lung cancer risk models to define lung screening eligibility in the United Kingdom
Published in British journal of cancer (08-06-2021)“…Background The National Health Service England (NHS) classifies individuals as eligible for lung cancer screening using two risk prediction models, PLCOm2012…”
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Second Cancer Risk After Chemotherapy for Hodgkin's Lymphoma: A Collaborative British Cohort Study
Published in Journal of clinical oncology (01-11-2011)“…We investigated the long-term risk of second primary malignancy after chemotherapy for Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) in a much larger cohort than any yet published,…”
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Psychological stress, adverse life events and breast cancer incidence: a cohort investigation in 106,000 women in the United Kingdom
Published in Breast cancer research : BCR (15-07-2016)“…Women diagnosed with breast cancer frequently attribute their cancer to psychological stress, but scientific evidence is inconclusive. We investigated whether…”
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Mortality in Women with Turner Syndrome in Great Britain: A National Cohort Study
Published in The journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (01-12-2008)“…Context: Turner syndrome is characterized by complete or partial X chromosome monosomy. It is associated with substantial morbidity, but mortality risks and…”
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Genome-wide association studies identify four ER negative–specific breast cancer risk loci
Published in Nature genetics (01-04-2013)“…Montserrat Garcia-Closas and colleagues report a meta-analysis of three genome-wide association studies for estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer,…”
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Mobile Phones, Brain Tumors, and the Interphone Study: Where Are We Now?
Published in Environmental health perspectives (01-11-2011)“…Background: In the past 15 years, mobile telephone use has evolved from an uncommon activity to one with > 4.6 billion subscriptions worldwide. However, there…”
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Risks of ovarian, breast, and corpus uteri cancer in women treated with assisted reproductive technology in Great Britain, 1991-2010: data linkage study including 2.2 million person years of observation
Published in BMJ (Online) (11-07-2018)“…AbstractObjectiveTo investigate the risks of ovarian, breast, and corpus uteri cancer in women who have had assisted reproduction.DesignLarge, population…”
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