By Associate Professor Freddy Sitas

Journal articles

Leo PJ; Madeleine MM; Wang S; Schwartz SM; Newell F; Pettersson-Kymmer U; Hemminki K; Hallmans G; Tiews S; Steinberg W; Rader JS; Castro F; Safaeian M; Franco EL; Coutlée F; Ohlsson C; Cortes A; Marshall M; Mukhopadhyay P; Cremin K; Johnson LG; Garland S; Tabrizi SN; Wentzensen N; Sitas F; Little J; Cruickshank M; Frazer IH; Hildesheim A; Brown MA, 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

Hodgkinson VS; Egger S; Betsou F; Waterboer T; Pawlita M; Michel A; Baker MS; Banks E; Sitas F, 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

Nunez C; Bauman A; Egger S; Sitas F; Nair-Shalliker V, 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

Nair-Shalliker V; Yap S; Nunez C; Egger S; Rodger J; Patel MI; O'Connell DL; Sitas F; Armstrong BK; Smith DP, 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

Bryant J; Boyes AW; Hall A; Girgis A; D’Este C; Sitas F, 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

Chapman S; Azizi L; Luo Q; Sitas F, 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

Bryant J; Boyes AW; Hall A; Girgis A; D’Este C; Sitas F, 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

Halec G; Schmitt M; Egger S; Abnet CC; Babb C; Dawsey SM; Flechtenmacher C; Gheit T; Hale M; Holzinger D; Malekzadeh R; Taylor PR; Tommasino M; Urban MI; Waterboer T; Pawlita M; Sitas F, 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

Chapman S; Azizi L; Luo Q; Sitas F, 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

Salagame U; Banks E; Sitas F; Canfell K, 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

Sewram V; Sitas F; O'Connell D; Myers J, 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

Sitas F, 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

Velentzis LS; Banks E; Sitas F; Salagame U; Tan EH; Canfell K, 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

Feletto E; Schüz J; Sitas F, 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

Sarich PEA; Ding D; Sitas F; Weber MF, 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

Regan T; Carey M; Bryant J; Waller A; Mansfield E; Sitas F; Tracey E, 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

Feletto E; Sitas F, 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

Yu XQ; Kahn C; Luo Q; Sitas F; O'Connell DL, 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

Sitas F; Yap S; Egger S; Christian K; Hodgkinson V; Barton M; Banks E; Canfell K; O'Connell DL; Nair-Shalliker V, 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

Canfell K; Egger S; Velentzis LS; Brown JD; O'Connell DL; Banks E; Sitas F, 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

Gapstur SM; Patel AV; Banks E; Dal Maso L; Talamini R; Chetrit A; Hirsh-Yechezkel G; Lubin F; Sadetzki S; Beral V; Bull D; Cairns B; Crossley B; Gaitskell K; Goodill A; Green J; Hermon C; Key T; Moser K; Reeves G; Sitas F; Collins R; Peto R; Gonzalez CA; Lee N; Marchbanks P; Ory HW; Peterson HB; Wingo PA; Martin N; Silpisornkosol S; Theetranont C; Boosiri B; Chutivongse S; Jimakorn P; Virutamasen P; Wongsrichanalai C; Goodman MT; Lidegaard O; Kjaer SK; Morch LS; Tjonneland A; Byers T; Rohan T; Mosgaard B; Vessey M; Yeates D; Freudenheim JL; Titus LJ; Chang-Claude J; Kaaks R; Anderson KE; Lazovich D; Robien K; Hampton J; Newcomb PA; Rossing MA; Thomas DB; Weiss NS; Lokkegaard E; Riboli E; Clavel-Chapelon F; Cramer D; Hankinson SE; Tamimi RM; Tworoger SS; Franceschi S; La Vecchia C; Negri E; Adami HO; Magnusson C; Riman T; Weiderpass E; Wolk A; Schouten LJ; van den Brandt PA; Chantarakul N; Koetsawang S; Rachawat D; Palli D; Black A; Brinton LA; Freedman DM; Hartge P; Hsing AW; Jnr JVL; Lissowska J; Hoover RN; Schairer C; Babb C; Urban M; Graff-Iversen S; Selmer R; Bain CJ; Green AC; Purdie DM; Siskind V; Webb PM; Moysich K; McCann SE; Hannaford P; Kay C; Binns CW; Lee AH; Zhang M; Ness RB; Nasca P; Coogan PF; Palmer JR; Rosenberg L; Whittemore A; Katsouyanni K; Trichopoulou A; Trichopoulos D; Tzonou A; Dabancens A; Martinez L; Molina R; Salas O; Lurie G; Carney ME; Wilkens LR; Hartman L; Manjer J; Olsson H; Kumle M; Grisso JA; Morgan M; Wheeler JE; Edwards RP; Kelley JL; Modugno F; Onland-Moret NC; Peeters PHM; Casagrande J; Pike MC; Wu AH; Canfell K; Miller AB; Gram IT; Lund E; McGowan L; Shu XO; Zheng W; Farley TMM; Holck S; Meirik O; Risch HA, 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

Sitas F; Neale RE; Weber MF; Luo Q, 2015, 'Pancreatic cancer: Gradual rise, increasing relevance', Medical Journal of Australia, 202, pp. 401 - 403, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja15.00137

Whiteman DC; Appleyard M; Bahin FF; Bobryshev YV; Bourke MJ; Brown I; Chung A; Clouston A; Dickins E; Emery J; Eslick GD; Gordon LG; Grimpen F; Hebbard G; Holliday L; Hourigan LF; Kendall BJ; Lee EYT; Levert-Mignon A; Lord RV; Lord SJ; Maule D; Moss A; Norton I; Olver I; Pavey D; Raftopoulos S; Rajendra S; Schoeman M; Singh R; Sitas F; Smithers BM; Taylor AC; Thomas ML; Thomson I; To H; von Dincklage J; Vuletich C; Watson DI; Yusoff IF, 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

Banks E; Joshy G; Weber MF; Liu B; Grenfell R; Egger S; Paige E; Lopez AD; Sitas F; Beral V, 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

Salagame U; Banks E; Sitas F; Canfell K, 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

Velentzis LS; Sitas F; O'Connell DL; Darlington-Brown J; Egger S; Sinha R; Banks E; Frazer IH; Canfell K, 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

Sitas F; Weber MF; Egger S; Yap S; Chiew M; O'Connell D, 2014, 'Smoking cessation after cancer', Journal of Clinical Oncology, 32, pp. 3593 - 3595, http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2014.55.9666

Antoni S; Soerjomataram I; Moore S; Ferlay J; Sitas F; Smith DP; Forman D, 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

Weber MF; Chiew M; Feletto E; Kahn C; Sitas F; Webster L, 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

Sewram V; Sitas F; Oconnell D; Myers J, 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

Weber MF; Smith DP; O'Connell DL; Patel MI; de Souza PL; Sitas F; Banks E, 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

Weber MF; Cunich M; Smith DP; Salkeld G; Sitas F; O'Connell D, 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

Davies C; Pan H; Godwin J; Gray R; Arriagada R; Raina V; Abraham M; Medeiros Alencar VH; Badran A; Bonfill X; Bradbury J; Clarke M; Collins R; Davis SR; Delmestri A; Forbes JF; Haddad P; Hou M-F; Inbar M; Khaled H; Kielanowska J; Kwan W-H; Mathew BS; Mittra I; Mueller B; Nicolucci A; Peralta O; Pernas F; Petruzelka L; Pienkowski T; Radhika R; Rajan B; Rubach MT; Tort S; Urrutia G; Valentini M; Wang Y; Peto R, 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

Sitas F; Gibberd A; Kahn C; Weber MF; Chiew M; Supramaniam R; Velentzis L; Nickson C; Smith DP; O'Connell D; Smith MA; Armstrong K; Yu XQ; Canfell K; Robotin M; Feletto E; Penman A, 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

Sitas F; Egger S; Bradshaw D; Groenewald P; Laubscher R; Kielkowski D; Peto R, 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

Mayosi BM; Lawn JE; van Niekerk A; Bradshaw D; Abdool Karim SS; Coovadia HM; Lancet South Africa team , 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

Hamajima N; Hirose K; Tajima K; Rohan T; Friedenreich CM; Calle EE; Gapstur SM; Patel AV; Coates RJ; Liff JM; Talamini R; Chantarakul N; Koetsawang S; Rachawat D; Marcou Y; Kakouri E; Duffy SW; Morabia A; Schuman L; Stewart W; Szklo M; Coogan PF; Palmer JR; Rosenberg L; Band P; Coldman AJ; Gallagher RP; Hislop TG; Yang P; Cummings SR; Canfell K; Sitas F; Chao P; Lissowska J; Horn-Ross PL; John EM; Kolonel LM; Nomura AMY; Ghiasvand R; Hu J; Johnson KC; Mao Y; Beral V; Bull D; Callaghan K; Crossley B; Goodill A; Green J; Hermon C; Key T; Lindgard I; Liu B; Pirie K; Reeves G; Collins R; Doll R; Peto R; Bishop T; Fentiman IS; De Sanjosé S; Gonzalez CA; Lee N; Marchbanks P; Ory HW; Peterson HB; Wingo P; Ebeling K; Kunde D; Nishan P; Hopper JL; Eliassen H; Hankinson S; Gajalakshmi V; Martin N; Pardthaisong T; Silpisornkosol S; Theetranont C; Boosiri B; Chutivongse S; Jimakorn P; Virutamasen P; Wongsrichanalai C; Neugut A; Santella R; Baines CJ; Kreiger N; Miller AB; Wall C; Tjonneland A; Jorgensen T; Stahlberg C; Pedersen AT; Flesch-Janys D; Hakansson N; Cauley J; Heuch I; Adami HO; Persson I; Weiderpass E; Magnusson C, 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

Calle EE; Gapstur SM; Patel AV; Dal Maso L; Talamini R; Chetrit A; Hirsh-Yechezkel G; Lubin F; Sadetzki S; Banks E; Beral V; Bull D; Callaghan K; Crossley B; Gaitskell K; Goodill A; Green J; Hermon C; Key T; Moser K; Reeves G; Sitas F; Collins R; Doll R; Peto R; Gonzalez CA; Lee N; Marchbanks P; Ory HW; Peterson HB; Wingo PA; Martin N; Pardthaisong T; Silpisornkosol S; Theetranont C; Boosiri B; Chutivongse S; Jimakorn P; Virutamasen P; Wongsrichanalai C; Tjonneland A; Titus-Ernstoff L; Byers T; Rohan T; Mosgaard BJ; Vessey M; Yeates D; Freudenheim JL; Chang-Claude J; Kaaks R; Anderson KE; Folsom A; Robien K; Hampton J; Newcomb PA; Rossing MA; Thomas DB; Weiss NS; Riboli E; Clavel-Chapelon F; Cramer D; Hankinson SE; Tworoger SS; Franceschi S; La Vecchia C; Negri E; Adami HO; Magnusson C; Riman T; Weiderpass E; Wolk A; Schouten LJ; van den Brandt PA; Chantarakul N; Koetsawang S; Rachawat D; Palli D; Black A; Brinton LA; Freedman DM; Hartge P; Hsing AW; Lacey JV; Hoover RN; Schairer C; Urban M; Graff-Iversen S; Selmer R; Bain CJ; Green AC; Purdie DM; Siskind V; Webb PM; Moysich K; McCann SE; Hannaford P; Kay C; Binns CW; Lee AH; Zhang M, 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

Chiew M; Weber MF; Egger S; Sitas F, 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

Plummer M; Peto J; Franceschi S; International Collaboration of Epidemiological Studies of Cervical Cancer , 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

Sitas F; Egger S; Urban MI; Taylor PR; Abnet CC; Boffetta P; O'Connell DL; Whiteman DC; Brennan P; Malekzadeh R; Pawlita M; Dawsey SM; Waterboer T; Webb PM; Green AC; Hayward NK; Zaridze D; Holcatova I; Mates D; Szeszenia-Dabrowska N; Ferro G; Janout V; Curado MP; Menezes AM; Koifman S; Islami F; Nasrollahzadeh D; Hu N; Goldstein AM; Gao Y; Ding T; Kamangar F, 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

Urban M; Banks E; Egger S; Canfell K; O Connell DL; Beral V; Sitas F; O'Connell D, 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

Sitas F; Yu XQ; O'Connell DL; Blizzard L; Otahal P; Newman L; Venn A, 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

Weber MF; Banks E; Sitas F, 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

Willcox SJ; Stewart BW; Sitas F, 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

Malope-Kgokong BI; MacPhail P; Mbisa G; Ratshikhopha E; Maskew M; Stein L; Sitas F; Whitby D, 2010, 'Kaposi's Sarcoma Associated-Herpes Virus (KSHV) Seroprevalence in Pregnant Women in South Africa', Infectious Agents and Cancer, 5, pp. 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1750-9378-5-14

Sitas F; O'Connell DL; Van Kemenade CH; Short MW; Zhao K, 2010, 'Breast cancer risk among female employees of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia', Medical Journal of Australia, 192, pp. 651 - 654, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03665.x

Jiang J; Liu B; Sitas F; Li J; Zeng X; Han W; Zou X; Wu Y; Zhao P, 2010, 'Smoking-attributable deaths and potential years of life lost from a large, representative study in China', Tobacco Control, 19, pp. 7 - 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tc.2009.031245

Jiang J; Liu B; Sitas F; Zeng X; Chen J; Han W; Zou X; Wu Y; Zhao P; Li J, 2010, 'Case-spouse control design in practice: An experience in estimating smoking and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease deaths in Chinese adults', Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, 109, pp. 369 - 377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0929-6646(10)60065-4

Sitas F; O'Connell DL; Jamrozik K; Lopez AD, 2009, 'Smoking questions on the Australian death notification form: Adopting international best practice?', Medical Journal of Australia, 191, pp. 166 - 168, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02730.x

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