Rethinking ovarian cancer II: reducing mortality from high-grade serous ovarian cancer

DD Bowtell, S Böhm, AA Ahmed, PJ Aspuria… - Nature reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) accounts for 70–80% of ovarian cancer deaths,
and overall survival has not changed significantly for several decades. In this Opinion article …

Cervical cancer and use of hormonal contraceptives: a systematic review

JS Smith, J Green, AB de Gonzalez, P Appleby, J Peto… - The Lancet, 2003 - thelancet.com
Background Human papillomavirus (HPV) is believed to be the most important cause of
cervical cancer. Recent studies suggest that long duration use of oral contraceptives …

Evidence from randomised trials on the long-term effects of hormone replacement therapy

V Beral, E Banks, G Reeves - The Lancet, 2002 - thelancet.com
THE LANCET• Vol 360• September 21, 2002• www. thelancet. com 943 biased. Many
commentators had argued that the lower rates of coronary heart disease among HRT users …

[HTML][HTML] UK biobank: an open access resource for identifying the causes of a wide range of complex diseases of middle and old age

C Sudlow, J Gallacher, N Allen, V Beral, P Burton… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
UK Biobank: An Open Access Resource for Identifying the Causes of a Wide Range of
Complex Diseases of Middle and Old Age | PLOS Medicine Skip to main content …

[HTML][HTML] Breast cancer and hormone-replacement therapy: the Million Women Study

V Beral, E Banks, G Reeves, D Bull - The Lancet, 2003 - thelancet.com
1 Million Women Study Collaborators. Breast cancer and hormone-replacement therapy in
the Million Women Study. Lancet 2003; 362: 419–27. preparations for less than 1 year might …

[HTML][HTML] Body-mass index and all-cause mortality: individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continents

E Di Angelantonio, SN Bhupathiraju, D Wormser… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Overweight and obesity are increasing worldwide. To help assess their
relevance to mortality in different populations we conducted individual-participant data meta …

Cancer incidence and mortality in relation to body mass index in the Million Women Study: cohort study

GK Reeves, K Pirie, V Beral, J Green, E Spencer… - Bmj, 2007 - bmj.com
Objective To examine the relation between body mass index (kg/m 2) and cancer incidence
and mortality. Design Prospective cohort study. Participants 1.2 million UK women recruited …

Kaposi's sarcoma among persons with AIDS: a sexually transmitted infection?

V Beral, TA Peterman, RL Berkelman, HW Jaffe - The Lancet, 1990 - Elsevier
Abstract In the United States Kaposi's sarcoma is at least 20000 times more common in
persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) than in the general population …

[HTML][HTML] The 21st century hazards of smoking and benefits of stopping: a prospective study of one million women in the UK

K Pirie, R Peto, GK Reeves, J Green, V Beral - The Lancet, 2013 - thelancet.com
Background Women born around 1940 in countries such as the UK and USA were the first
generation in which many smoked substantial numbers of cigarettes throughout adult life …

UK and USA breast cancer deaths down 25% in year 2000 at ages 20-69 years

R Peto, J Boreham, M Clarke, C Davies, V Beral - Lancet, 2000 - thelancet.com
Sir—During the 1980s there was increasing use in the UK and the USA of hormonal and
cytotoxic treatments for early breast cancer (and for advanced disease), and meta-analyses …