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2018, 'Erratum: Defining the genetic susceptibility to cervical neoplasia-A genome-wide association study (PLoS Genet(2017) 13: 8(e1006866)Doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006866)', PLoS Genetics, 14, pp. e1007257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/JOURNAL.PGEN.1007257
,2017, 'Older cancer patients in cancer clinical trials are underrepresented. Systematic literature review of almost 5000 meta- and pooled analyses of phase III randomized trials of survival from breast, prostate and lung cancer', Cancer Epidemiology, 51, pp. 113 - 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2017.11.002
,2017, 'Early Life UV and Risk of Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinoma in New South Wales, Australia', Photochemistry and Photobiology, 93, pp. 1483 - 1491, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/php.12807
,2017, 'Cancer in small states – No small matter', Cancer Epidemiology, 50, pp. 173 - 175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2017.09.005
,2017, 'International cancer seminars: A focus on esophageal squamous cell carcinoma', Annals of Oncology, 28, pp. 2086 - 2093, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdx279
,2017, 'Defining the genetic susceptibility to cervical neoplasia—A genome-wide association study', PLoS Genetics, 13, pp. e1006866, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1006866
,2017, 'Preanalytical stability of antibodies to pathogenic antigens', Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 26, pp. 1337 - 1344, http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-17-0170
,2017, 'Obesity, physical activity and cancer risks: Results from the Cancer, Lifestyle and Evaluation of Risk Study (CLEAR)', Cancer Epidemiology, 47, pp. 56 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2017.01.002
,2017, 'Adult body size, sexual history and adolescent sexual development, may predict risk of developing prostate cancer: Results from the New South Wales Lifestyle and Evaluation of Risk Study (CLEAR)', International Journal of Cancer, 140, pp. 565 - 574, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.30471
,2016, 'Erratum to: Prevalence and factors related to smoking and smoking cessation 6 months following a cancer diagnosis: a population-based study (Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 10.1007/s11764-015-0510-7)', Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 10, pp. 1112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11764-016-0561-4
,2016, 'Response from the authors to correspondence related to ‘Has the incidence of brain cancer risen in Australia since the introduction of mobile phones 29 years ago?’', Cancer Epidemiology, 44, pp. 138 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2016.08.008
,2016, 'Prevalence and factors related to smoking and smoking cessation 6 months following a cancer diagnosis: a population-based study', Journal of Cancer Survivorship, 10, pp. 645 - 653, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11764-015-0510-7
,2016, 'Mucosal alpha-papillomaviruses are not associated with esophageal squamous cell carcinomas: Lack of mechanistic evidence from South Africa, China and Iran and from a world-wide meta-analysis', International Journal of Cancer, 139, pp. 85 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.29911
,2016, 'Has the incidence of brain cancer risen in Australia since the introduction of mobile phones 29 years ago?', Cancer Epidemiology, 42, pp. 199 - 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2016.04.010
,2016, 'Menopausal hormone therapy use and breast cancer risk in Australia: Findings from the New South Wales Cancer, Lifestyle and Evaluation of Risk study', International Journal of Cancer, 138, pp. 1905 - 1914, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.29942
,2016, 'Tobacco and alcohol as risk factors for oesophageal cancer in a high incidence area in South Africa', Cancer Epidemiology, 41, pp. 113 - 121, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2016.02.001
,2016, 'Twenty five years since the first prospective study by Forman et al. (1991) on Helicobacter pylori and stomach cancer risk', Cancer Epidemiology, 41, pp. 159 - 164, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2016.02.002
,2016, 'Use of menopausal hormone therapy and bioidentical hormone therapy in Australian women 50 to 69 years of age: Results from a national, cross-sectional study', PLoS ONE, 11, pp. e0146494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146494
,2016, 'Developing the environmental and lifestyle exposure assessment (ELEA) tool for cancer epidemiology research in low resource settings', Journal of Global Health, 6, pp. 020307, http://dx.doi.org/10.7189/jogh.06.020307
,2015, 'Co-occurrence of chronic disease lifestyle risk factors in middle-aged and older immigrants: A cross-sectional analysis of 264,102 Australians', Preventive Medicine, 81, pp. 209 - 215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.09.004
,2015, 'Prevalence and correlates of current smoking among medical oncology outpatients', Psycho-Oncology, 24, pp. 1258 - 1264, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pon.3893
,2015, 'Quantifying disparities in cancer incidence and mortality of Australian residents of New South Wales (NSW) by place of birth: An ecological study', BMC Public Health, 15, pp. 823, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2141-3
,2015, 'Lung cancer prevalence in New South Wales (Australia): Analysis of past trends and projection of future estimates', Cancer Epidemiology, 39, pp. 534 - 538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2015.05.007
,2015, 'The Cancer, Lifestyle and Evaluation of Risk Study (CLEAR): Rationale and design of an unmatched "case-spouse control" study of over 10,000 participants in New South Wales, Australia', Cancer Epidemiology, 39, pp. 414 - 423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2015.03.006
,2015, 'Factors related to vaccine uptake by young adult women in the catch-up phase of the National HPV Vaccination Program in Australia: Results from an observational study', Vaccine, 33, pp. 2387 - 2394, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.01.024
,2015, 'Menopausal hormone use and ovarian cancer risk: individual participant meta-analysis of 52 epidemiological studies', LANCET, 385, pp. 1835 - 1842, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61687-1
,2015, 'Pancreatic cancer: Gradual rise, increasing relevance', Medical Journal of Australia, 202, pp. 401 - 403, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja15.00137
,2015, 'Australian clinical practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of Barrett's esophagus and early esophageal adenocarcinoma', Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia), 30, pp. 804 - 820, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgh.12913
,2015, 'Tobacco smoking and all-cause mortality in a large Australian cohort study: Findings from a mature epidemic with current low smoking prevalence', BMC Medicine, 13, pp. 38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-015-0281-z
,2015, 'Menopausal hormone therapy use and breast cancer risk in Australia: Findings from the New South Wales Cancer, Lifestyle and Evaluation of Risk study', International Journal of Cancer, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.29942
,2014, 'Human papillomavirus 16/18 seroprevalence in unvaccinated women over 30 years with normal cytology and with high grade cervical abnormalities in Australia: Results from an observational study', BMC Infectious Diseases, 14, pp. 3861, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-014-0676-z
,2014, 'Smoking cessation after cancer', Journal of Clinical Oncology, 32, pp. 3593 - 3595, http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2014.55.9666
,2014, 'The ban on phenacetin is associated with changes in the incidence trends of upper-urinary tract cancers in Australia', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 38, pp. 455 - 458, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.12252
,2014, 'Cancer screening among immigrants living in urban and regional Australia: Results from the 45 and up study', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 11, pp. 8251 - 8266, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110808251
,2014, 'Diet and esophageal cancer risk in the eastern cape province of South Africa', Nutrition and Cancer, 66, pp. 791 - 799, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01635581.2014.916321
,2013, 'Risk factors for erectile dysfunction in a cohort of 108 477. Australian men', Medical Journal of Australia, 199, pp. 107 - 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja12.11548
,2013, 'Sociodemographic and health-related predictors of self-reported mammogram, faecal occult blood test and prostate specific antigen test use in a large Australian study', BMC Public Health, 13, pp. 429, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-429
,2013, 'Long-term effects of continuing adjuvant tamoxifen to 10 years versus stopping at 5 years after diagnosis of oestrogen receptor-positive breast cancer: ATLAS, a randomised trial', LANCET, 381, pp. 805 - 816, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61963-1
,2013, 'Cancer incidence and mortality in people aged less than 75 years: Changes in Australia over the period 1987-2007', Cancer Epidemiology, 37, pp. 780 - 787, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2013.09.010
,2013, 'Differences among the coloured, white, black, and other South African populations in smoking-attributed mortality at ages 35-74 years: A case-control study of 481640 deaths', The Lancet, 382, pp. 685 - 693, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61610-4
,2012, 'Health in South Africa: changes and challenges since 2009.', Lancet, 380, pp. 2029 - 2043, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61814-5
,2012, 'Menarche, menopause, and breast cancer risk: Individual participant meta-analysis, including 118 964 women with breast cancer from 117 epidemiological studies', The Lancet Oncology, 13, pp. 1141 - 1151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70425-4
,2012, 'Ovarian cancer and smoking: Individual participant meta-analysis including 28 114 women with ovarian cancer from 51 epidemiological studies', The Lancet Oncology, 13, pp. 946 - 956, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70322-4
,2012, 'A cross-sectional exploration of smoking status and social interaction in a large population-based Australian cohort', Social Science and Medicine, 75, pp. 77 - 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.02.041
,2012, 'Time since first sexual intercourse and the risk of cervical cancer.', Int J Cancer, 130, pp. 2638 - 2644, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.26250
,2012, 'InterSCOPE study: Associations between esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and human papillomavirus serological markers', Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 104, pp. 147 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djr499
,2012, 'Injectable and oral contraceptive use and cancers of the breast, cervix, ovary, and endometrium in black South African women: Case-control study', PLoS Medicine, 9, pp. e1001182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001182
,2011, 'The relationship between basal and squamous cell skin cancer and smoking related cancers', BMC Research Notes, 4, pp. 556, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-556
,2011, 'Smoking in migrants in New South Wales, Australia: Report on data from over 100000 participants in the 45 and Up Study', Drug and Alcohol Review, 30, pp. 597 - 605, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00247.x
,2011, 'What factors do cancer patients believe contribute to the development of their cancer? (New South Wales, Australia)', Cancer Causes and Control, 22, pp. 1503 - 1511, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10552-011-9824-6
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