By Associate Professor Freddy Sitas

Journal articles

Weber MF; Banks E; Smith DP; O'Connell D; Sitas F, 2009, 'Cancer screening among migrants in an Australian cohort; Cross-sectional analyses from the 45 and Up Study', BMC Public Health, 9, pp. 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-144

Mayosi BM; Flisher AJ; Lalloo UG; Sitas F; Tollman SM; Bradshaw D, 2009, 'The burden of non-communicable diseases in South Africa', The Lancet, 374, pp. 934 - 947, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(09)61087-4

Mayosi BM; Flisher AJ; Lalloo UG; Sitas F; Tollman SM; Bradshaw D, 2009, 'Transmissible cancer in Africa - Authors' reply', The Lancet, 374, pp. 2052 - 2053, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(09)62149-8

Urban MI; Stein L; O'Connell D; Yu XQ; Newton R; Ruff P; Donde B; Hale M; Patel M; Kellett P; Sitas F, 2009, 'The spectrum of HIV-associated cancers in a South African black population: results from a case-control study, 1995–2004', Infectious Agents and Cancer, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1750-9378-4-s2-p44

Robotin MC; George J; Supramaniam R; Sitas F; Penman AG, 2008, 'In reply', Medical Journal of Australia, 189, pp. 237, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb02004.x

Sitas F; Parkin DM; Chirenje M; Stein L; Abratt R; Wabinga H, 2008, 'Part II: Cancer in Indigenous Africans-causes and control', The Lancet Oncology, 9, pp. 786 - 795, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70198-0

Parkin DM; Sitas F; Chirenje M; Stein L; Abratt R; Wabinga H, 2008, 'Part I: Cancer in Indigenous Africans-burden, distribution, and trends', The Lancet Oncology, 9, pp. 683 - 692, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70175-X

Stein L; Urban MI; O'Connell D; Xue QY; Beral V; Newton R; Ruff P; Donde B; Hale M; Patel M; Sitas F, 2008, 'The spectrum of human immunodeficiency virus-associated cancers in a South African black population: Results from a case-control study, 1995-2004', International Journal of Cancer, 122, pp. 2260 - 2265, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.23391

Stein L; Urban MI; Weber M; Ruff P; Hale M; Donde B; Patel M; Sitas F, 2008, 'Effects of tobacco smoking on cancer and cardiovascular disease in urban black South Africans', British Journal of Cancer, 98, pp. 1586 - 1592, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6604303

Stein L; Urban MI; Weber M; Ruff P; Hale M; Donde B; Patel M; Sitas F, 2008, 'Effects of tobacco smoking on cancer and cardiovascular disease in urban black South Africans (British Journal of Cancer (2008) 98 (1586-1592) DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604303)', British Journal of Cancer, 98, pp. 1596, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6604404

Robotin MC; George J; Supramaniam R; Sitas F; Penman AG, 2008, 'Preventing primary liver cancer: How well are we faring towards a national hepatitis B strategy?', Medical Journal of Australia, 188, pp. 363 - 365, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01656.x

Malope BI; MacPhail P; Mbisa G; MacPhail C; Stein L; Ratshikhopha EM; Ndhlovu L; Sitas F; Whitby D, 2008, 'No evidence of sexual transmission of Kaposi's sarcoma herpes virus in a heterosexual South African population', AIDS, 22, pp. 519 - 526, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0b013e3282f46582

Banks E; Redman S; Jorm L; Armstrong BK; Bauman A; Beard J; Beral V; Byles JE; Corbett S; Cumming RG; Harris MF; Sitas F; Smith W; Taylor LK; Wutzke SE; Lujic S, 2008, 'Cohort profile: The 45 and up study', International Journal of Epidemiology, 37, pp. 941 - 947

Supramaniam R; O Connell DL; Robotin M; Tracey E; Sitas F, 2008, 'Future cancer trends to be influenced by past and future migration', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 32, pp. 90 - 92, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00176.x

Weber MF; Banks E; Ward RL; Sitas F, 2008, 'Population characteristics related to colorectal cancer testing in NSW, Australia: Results from the 45 and up study cohort', Journal of Medical Screening, 15, pp. 137 - 142

Marais DJ; Sampson CC; Urban MI; Sitas F; Wiliamson AL, 2007, 'The seroprevalence of IgG antibodies to human papillomavirus (HPV) types HPV-16, HPV-18, and HPV-11 capsid-antigens in mothers and their children', Journal of Medical Virology, 79, pp. 1370 - 1374, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmv.20874

Groenewald P; Vos T; Norman R; Laubscher R; van Walbeek C; Saloojee Y; Sitas F; Bradshaw D, 2007, 'Estimating the burden of disease attributable to smoking in South Africa in 2000', South African Medical Journal, 97, pp. 674 - 681

Sitas F; Urban M; Stein L; Beral V; Ruff P; Hale M; Patel M; O'Connell D; Yu XQ; Verzijden A; Marais D; Williamson AL, 2007, 'The relationship between anti-HPV-16 IgG seropositivity and cancer of the cervix, anogenital organs, oral cavity and pharynx, oesophagus and prostate in a black South African population', Infectious Agents and Cancer, 2, pp. 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1750-9378-2-6

Malope BI; Pfeiffer RM; Mbisa G; Stein L; Ratshikhopha EM; O'Connell DL; Sitas F; MacPhail P; Whitby D, 2007, 'Transmission of Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus between mothers and children in a South African population', Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 44, pp. 351 - 355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0b013e31802f12ea

De Berrington González A; Urban MI; Sitas F; Blackburn N; Hale M; Patel M; Ruff P; Sur R; Newton R; Beral V, 2006, 'Antibodies against six human herpesviruses in relation to seven cancers in black South Africans: A case control study', Infectious Agents and Cancer, 1, pp. 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1750-9378-1-2

Canfell K; Sitas F; Beral V, 2006, 'Cervical cancer in Australia and the United Kingdom: Comparison of screening policy and uptake, and cancer incidence and mortality', Medical Journal of Australia, 185, pp. 482 - 486, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.2006.tb00661.x

Rajkumar T; Cuzick J; Appleby P; Barnabas R; Beral V; Berrington De González A; Bull D; Canfell K; Crossley B; Green J; Reeves G; Sweetland S; Kjaer S; Painter R; Vessey M; Daling J; Madeleine M; Ray R; Thomas D; Herrero R; Ylitalo N; Bosch FX; De Sanjosé S; Castellsagué X; Moreno V; Hammouda D; Negri E; Randi G; Alvarez M; Galdos O; Santos C; Velarde C; Colin D; Franceschi S; Muñoz N; Plummer M; Peto J; Dillner J; Silins I; Bayo S; Chaouki N; Rolón PA; Brinton L; Hildesheim A; Lacey J; Schiffman M; Stein L; Urban MI; Hannaford P; Chichareon SB; Sitas F; Eluf-Neto J; La Vecchia C; Skegg D; Peters R; Pike M; Ursin G; Ngelangel C; Gram IT; Farley T; Meirik O, 2006, 'Cervical carcinoma and reproductive factors: Collaborative reanalysis of individual data on 16,563 women with cervical carcinoma and 33,542 women without cervical carcinoma from 25 epidemiological studies', International Journal of Cancer, 119, pp. 1108 - 1124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.21953

Rajkumar T; Appleby P; Beral V; Berrington DA; Bull D; Crossley B; Green J; Reeves G; Sweetland S; Kjaer S; Peto J; Painter R; Vessey M; Daling J; Madeleine M; Ray R; Thomas D; Hutchinson F; Hererro R; Ylitalo N; Bosch FX; Castellsague X; Hammouda D; Peto J; Negri E; Peto J; Santos C; Colin D; Franceschi S; Munoz N; Plummer M; Dillner J; Bayo S; Chaouki N; Rolon P; Brinton L; Hildesheim A; Lacey J; Schiffman M; Stein L; Hannaford P; Chichareon S; Sitas F; Eluf-Neto J; La Vecchia C; Skegg D; Pike M; Ursin G; Ngelangel C; Farley T; Meirik O, 2006, 'Carcinoma of the cervix and tobacco smoking: Collaborative reanalysis of individual data on 13,541 women with carcinoma of the cervix and 23,017 women without carcinoma of the cervix from 23 epidemiological studies - International collaboration of epidemiological studies of cervical cancer', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER, 118, pp. 1481 - 1495, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000235477100021&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Gonzalez A; Urban M; Sitas F; Blackburn N; Hale M; Patel M; Ruff P; Sur R; Newton R; Beral V, 2006, 'Antibodies against six human herpeviruses relation to seven cancers in black South Africa', Infectious Agents and Cancer, 1

Appelby P; Beral V; Gonzalez A; Colin D; Franceschi S; Goodill A; Green J; Peto J; Plummer M; Sweetland S; Sitas F, 2006, 'Carcinoma of the cervix and tobacco smoking: Collaborative reanalysis of individual data on 13,541 women with carcinoma of the cervix and 23,017 women without carcinoma of the cervix from 23 epidemiological studies', International Journal of Cancer, 118, pp. 1481 - 1495

Gonzalez A; Green J; Sitas F, 2006, 'Comparison of risk factors for invasive squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the cervix: Collaborative reanalysis of individual data.', International Journal of Cancer, 120, pp. 885 - 891

Weir L; Spigelman A; Scott R; Kirk J; Zeckendorf S; Sitas F, 2005, 'The NSW & act hereditary cancer registers', Australian Family Physician, 34, pp. 53 - 56

Wojcicki JM; Newton R; Urban MI; Stein L; Hale M; Patel M; Ruff P; Sur R; Bourboulia D; Sitas F, 2004, 'Low socioeconomic status and risk for infection with human herpesvirus 8 among HIV-1 negative, South African black cancer patients', Epidemiology and Infection, 132, pp. 1191 - 1197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268804002845

Sitas F; Urban M; Bradshaw D; Kielkowski D; Bah S; Peto R, 2004, 'Tobacco attributable deaths in South Africa', Tobacco Control, 13, pp. 396 - 399, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tc.2004.007682

Stein L; Carrara H; Norman R; Alagiozoglou L; Morris L; Sitas F, 2004, 'Antibodies against human herpesvirus 8 in South African renal transplant recipients and blood donors', Transplant Infectious Disease, 6, pp. 69 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3062.2004.00061.x

Vineis P; Alavanja M; Buffler P; Fontham E; Franceschi S; Gao YT; Gupta PC; Hackshaw A; Matos E; Samet J; Sitas F; Smith J; Stayner L; Straif K; Thun MJ; Wichmann HE; Wu AH; Zaridze D; Peto R; Doll R, 2004, 'Tobacco and cancer: Recent epidemiological evidence', Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 96, pp. 99 - 106, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djh014

Mosane TW; Malope BI; Ratshikhopha ME; Hiss DC; Sitas F, 2004, 'Seroprevalence of Helicobacter pylori immunoglobulin G antibodies in South African mothers and their children [1]', European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 16, pp. 113 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00042737-200401000-00017

Alagiozoglou L; Morris L; Bredell H; Martin DJ; Sitas F, 2003, 'Human herpesvirus-8 antibodies and DNA in HIV-1 infected patients in South Africa', Epidemiology and Infection, 131, pp. 1125 - 1129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0950268803001146

Dedicoat M; Sitas F; Newton R, 2003, 'Cancer in rural KwaZulu-Natal [7]', South African Medical Journal, 93, pp. 846 - 847

Wojcicki JM; Newton R; Urban MI; Stein L; Hale M; Patel M; Ruff P; Sur R; Bourboulia D; Sitas F, 2003, 'Risk factors for high anti-HHV-8 antibody titers (≥1:51,200) in black, HIV-1 negative South African cancer patients: A case control study', BMC Infectious Diseases, 3, pp. 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-3-21

Pacella-Norman R; Urban MI; Sitas F; Carrara H; Sur R; Hale M; Ruff P; Patel M; Newton R; Bull D; Beral V, 2002, 'Risk factors for oesophageal, lung, oral and laryngeal cancers in black South Africans', British Journal of Cancer, 86, pp. 1751 - 1756, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6600338

Hille JJ; Sitas F; Pacella-Norman R; Carrara H; Shear M, 2001, 'O-088. Epidemiology and risk factors of oral cancer in South Africa', Oral Oncology, 37

McFarlane G; Forman D; Sitas F; Lachlan G, 2001, 'A minimum estimate for the incidence of gastric cancer in Eastern Kenya', British Journal of Cancer, 85, pp. 1322 - 1325, http://dx.doi.org/10.1054/bjoc.2001.1994

Sitas F; Newton R, 2001, 'Kaposi's sarcoma in South Africa.', Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs, pp. 1 - 4

Sitas F; Pacella-Norman R; Carrara H; Patel M; Ruff P; Sur R; Jentsch U; Hale M; Rowji P; Saffer D; Connor M; Bull D; Newton R; Beral V, 2000, 'The spectrum of HIV-1 related cancers in South Africa', International Journal of Cancer, 88, pp. 489 - 492, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1097-0215(20001101)88:3<489::AID-IJC25>3.0.CO;2-Q

Williams BG; Gouws E; Colvin M; Sitas F; Ramjee G; Abdool Karim SS, 2000, 'Patterns of infection: Using age prevalence data to understand the epidemic of HIV in South Africa', South African Journal of Science, 96, pp. 305 - 312

Alagiozoglou L; Sitas F; Morris L, 2000, 'Phylogenetic analysis of human herpesvirus-8 in South Africa and identification of a novel subgroup', Journal of General Virology, 81, pp. 2029 - 2038, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-81-8-2029

Vardas E; Sitas F; Seidel K; Casteling A; Sim J, 1999, 'Prevalence of hepatitis C virus antibodies and genotypes in asymptomatic, first-time blood donors in Namibia', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 77, pp. 965 - 972

Pritchard D; Sitas F; Viljoen E, 1999, 'Tobacco consumption among Swaziland high-school students and their parents and teachers [1]', South African Medical Journal, 89, pp. 558 - 559

Bourboulia D; Boshoff C; Sitas F, 1999, 'HHV-8 peripheral-blood viral load and the titer of antibodies against HHV-8 - Reply', NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE, 341, pp. 1242 - 1242, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000083087400026&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Campbell TB; Borok M; Gwanzura L; Bourboulia D; Boshoff C; Sitas F, 1999, 'HHV-8 peripheral-blood viral load and the titer of antibodies against HHV-8 [7] (multiple letters)', New England Journal of Medicine, 341, pp. 1241 - 1242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199910143411619

Beral V; Newton R; Sitas F, 1999, 'Human herpesvirus 8 and cancer', Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 91, pp. 1440 - 1441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jnci/91.17.1440

Sitas F; Carrara H; Beral V; Newton R; Reeves G; Bull D; Jentsch U; Pacella-Norman R; Bourboulia D; Whitby D; Boshoff C; Weiss R; Patel M; Ruff P; Bezwoda WR; Retter E; Hale M, 1999, 'Antibodies against human herpesvirus 8 in black South African patients with cancer', New England Journal of Medicine, 340, pp. 1863 - 1871, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199906173402403

Sitas F; Newton R; Boshoff C, 1999, 'Increasing probability of mother-to-child transmission of HHV-8 with increasing maternal antibody titer for HHV-8 [1]', New England Journal of Medicine, 340, pp. 1923, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199906173402414

Mzileni O; Sitas F; Steyn K; Carrara H; Bekker P, 1999, 'Lung cancer, tobacco, and environmental factors in the African population of the Northern Province, South Africa', Tobacco Control, 8, pp. 398 - 401, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tc.8.4.398

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