EPIC Publications

Publications are categorised into those from EPIC-Oxford, and those from EPIC-Europe. All publications are listed in chronological order, with the most recent first.

EPIC-Oxford

EPIC-Europe

Genetic variability, smoking and risk of lung cancer

Timofeeva MN, McKay JD, Smith GD, Johansson M, Byrnes GB, Chabrier A, Relton C, Ueland PM, Vollset SE, Midttun O, Nygård O, Slimani N, Romieu I, Clavel-Chapelon F, Boutron-Ruault MC, Fagherazzi G, Kaaks R, Teucher B, Boeing H, Weikert C, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, van Gils C, Peeters PH, Agudo A, Barricarte A, Huerta JM, Rodríguez L, Sánchez MJ, Larrañaga N, Khaw KT, Wareham N, Allen NE, Travis RC, Gallo V, Norat T, Krogh V, Masala G, Panico S, Sacerdote C, Tumino R, Trichopoulou A, Lagiou P, Trichopoulos D, Rasmuson T, Hallmans G, Riboli E, Vineis P, Brennan P. Genetic Polymorphisms in 15q25 and 19q13 Loci, Cotinine Levels, and Risk of Lung Cancer in EPIC. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 Sep 13. [Epub ahead of print]

Posted 13 September 2011 ·

Dietary fat intake and risk of breast cancer

Key TJ, Appleby PN, Cairns BJ, Luben R, Dahm CC, Akbaraly T, Brunner EJ, Burley V, Cade JE, Greenwood DC, Stephen AM, Mishra G, Kuh D, Keogh RH, White IR, Bhaniani A, Borgulya G, Mulligan AA, Khaw KT. Dietary fat and breast cancer: comparison of results from food diaries and food-frequency questionnaires in the UK Dietary Cohort Consortium. Am J Clin Nutr. 2011 Oct;94(4):1043-52. Epub 2011 Aug 24.

Posted 24 August 2011 ·

Circulating IGF-I levels and risk of brain cancer

Rohrmann S, Linseisen J, Becker S, Allen N, Schlehofer B, Overvad K, Olsen A, Tjønneland A, Melin BS, Lund E, Vineis P, Grioni S, Tumino R, Palli D, Mattiello A, Bonet C, Chirlaque MD, Sánchez MJ, Rodríguez L, Dorronsoro M, Ardanaz E, Lagiou P, Trichopoulou A, Trichopoulos D, Dossus L, Grote VA, Boeing H, Aleksandrova K, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, van Duijnhoven FJ, Peeters PH, Khaw KT, Wareham NJ, Key TJ, Rinaldi S, Romieux I, Gallo V, Michaud DS, Riboli E, Kaaks R. Concentrations of IGF-I and IGFBP-3 and Brain Tumor Risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2011 Aug 9. [Epub ahead of print]

Posted 9 August 2011 ·

Circulating sex hormones and risk of breast cancer in older women

Ritte RE, Lukanova A, Dossus L, Becker S, Rinaldi S, Tjonneland AA, Olsen A, Overvad KK, Mesrine S, Engel P, Clavel-Chapelon F, Chang-Claude J, Vrieling A, Boeing H, Schutze M, Antonia Trichopoulou A, Lagiou P, Trichopoulos D, Palli D, Krogh V, Panico S, Tumino R, Sacerdote C, Rodriguez L, Buckland G, Sanchez MJ, Amiano P, Ardanaz E, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Ros MM, van Gils CH, Peeters PH, Khaw KT, Wareham NJ, Key TJ, Allen NE, Romieu I, Siddiq A, Cox DG, Riboli E, Kaaks R. Postmenopausal serum sex steroids and risk of hormone receptor positive and negative breast cancer: a nested case-control study. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2011 Aug 2. [Epub ahead of print]

Posted 2 August 2011 ·

Dietary reporting errors in dietary questionnaires

Freisling H, van Bakel MM, Biessy C, May AM, Byrnes G, Norat T, Rinaldi S, Santucci de Magistris M, Grioni S, Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita H, Ocké MC, Kaaks R, Teucher B, Vergnaud AC, Romaguera D, Sacerdote C, Palli D, Crowe FL, Tumino R, Clavel-Chapelon F, Boutron-Ruault MC, Khaw KT, Wareham NJ, Trichopoulou A, Naska A, Orfanos P, Boeing H, Illner AK, Riboli E, Peeters PH, Slimani N. Dietary reporting errors on 24 h recalls and dietary questionnaires are associated with BMI across six European countries as evaluated with recovery biomarkers for protein and potassium intake. Br J Nutr. 2011 Jul 27:1-11. [Epub ahead of print]

Posted 27 July 2011 ·

Interactions between genes and other risk factors in relation to breast cancer risk

Campa D, Kaaks R, Le Marchand L, Haiman CA, Travis RC, Berg CD, Buring JE, Chanock SJ, Diver WR, Dostal L, Fournier A, Hankinson SE, Henderson BE, Hoover RN, Isaacs C, Johansson M, Kolonel LN, Kraft P, Lee IM, McCarty CA, Overvad K, Panico S, Peeters PH, Riboli E, Sanchez MJ, Schumacher FR, Skeie G, Stram DO, Thun MJ, Trichopoulos D, Zhang S, Ziegler RG, Hunter DJ, Lindström S, Canzian F. Interactions between genetic variants and breast cancer risk factors in the breast and prostate cancer cohort consortium. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2011 Aug 17;103(16):1252-63. Epub 2011 Jul 26.

Posted 26 July 2011 ·

A vegetarian diet may protect against a common bowel disorder

Crowe FL, Appleby PN, Allen NE, Key TJ. Diet and risk of diverticular disease in Oxford cohort of European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC): prospective study of British vegetarians and non-vegetarians. BMJ. 2011 Jul 19;343:d4131. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d4131.

Posted 19 July 2011 ·

Changes in DNA methylation and risk of stomach cancer

Balassiano K, Lima S, Jenab M, Overvad K, Tjonneland A, Boutron-Ruault MC, Clavel-Chapelon F, Canzian F, Kaaks R, Boeing H, Meidtner K, Trichopoulou A, Laglou P, Vineis P, Panico S, Palli D, Grioni S, Tumino R, Lund E, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Numans ME, Peeters PH, Ramon Quirós J, Sánchez MA, Navarro C, Ardanaz E, Dorronsoro M, Hallmans G, Stenling R, Ehrnström R, Regner S, Allen NE, Travis RC, Khaw KT, Offerhaus GJ, Sala N, Riboli E, Hainaut P, Scoazec JY, Sylla BS, Gonzalez CA, Herceg Z. Aberrant DNA methylation of cancer-associated genes in gastric cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-EURGAST). Cancer Lett. 2011 Dec 1;311(1):85-95. Epub 2011 Jul 14.

Posted 14 July 2011 ·

Genetic variability and lung cancer survival

Xun WW, Brennan P, Tjonneland A, Vogel U, Overvad K, Kaaks R, Canzian F, Boeing H, Trichopoulou A, Oustoglou E, Giotaki Z, Johansson M, Palli D, Agnoli C, Tumino R, Sacerdote C, Panico S, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Peeters PH, Lund E, Kumle M, Rodríguez L, Agudo A, Sánchez MJ, Arriola L, Chirlaque MD, Barricarte A, Hallmans G, Rasmuson T, Khaw KT, Wareham N, Key T, Riboli E, Vineis P. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (5p15.33, 15q25.1, 6p22.1, 6q27 and 7p15.3) and lung cancer survival in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). Mutagenesis. 2011 Sep;26(5):657-66. Epub 2011 Jul 12.

Posted 12 July 2011 ·

Genetic variability and prostate cancer

Schumacher FR, Berndt SI, Siddiq A, Jacobs KB, Wang Z, Lindstrom S, Stevens VL, Chen C, Mondul AM, Travis RC, Stram DO, Eeles RA, Easton DF, Giles G, Hopper JL, Neal DE, Hamdy FC, Donovan JL, Muir K, Al Olama AA, Kote-Jarai Z, Guy M, Severi G, Grönberg H, Isaacs WB, Karlsson R, Wiklund F, Xu J, Allen NE, Andriole GL, Barricarte A, Boeing H, Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita H, Crawford ED, Diver WR, Gonzalez CA, Gaziano JM, Giovannucci EL, Johansson M, Le Marchand L, Ma J, Sieri S, Stattin P, Stampfer MJ, Tjonneland A, Vineis P, Virtamo J, Vogel U, Weinstein SJ, Yeager M, Thun MJ, Kolonel LN, Henderson BE, Albanes D, Hayes RB, Spencer Feigelson H, Riboli E, Hunter DJ, Chanock SJ, Haiman CA, Kraft P. Genome-wide association study identifies new prostate cancer susceptibility loci. Hum Mol Genet. 2011 Oct 1;20(19):3867-75. Epub 2011 Jul 8.

Posted 8 July 2011 ·

Circulating antibodies (immunoglobulin E) and risk of brain cancer

Schlehofer B, Siegmund B, Linseisen J, Schüz J, Rohrmann S, Becker S, Michaud D, Melin B, Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita H, Peeters PH, Vineis P, Tjonneland A, Olsen A, Overvad K, Romieu I, Boeing H, Aleksandrova K, Trichopoulou A, Bamia C, Lagiou P, Sacerdote C, Palli D, Panico S, Sieri S, Tumino R, Sanchez MJ, Rodriguez L, Dorronsoro M, Duell EJ, Chirlaque MD, Barricarte A, Borgquist S, Manjer J, Gallo V, Allen NE, Key TJ, Riboli E, Kaaks R, Wahrendorf J. Primary brain tumours and specific serum immunoglobulin E: a case-control study nested in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort. Allergy. 2011 Jul 5. doi: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.2011.02670.x. [Epub ahead of print]

Posted 5 July 2011 ·

Dietary intake of iron and risk of stomach cancer

Jakszyn P, Agudo A, Lujan-Barroso L, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Jenab M, Navarro C, Palli D, Boeing H, Manjer J, Numans ME, Igali L, Boutron-Ruault MC, Clavel-Chapelon F, Morois S, Grioni S, Panico S, Tumino R, Sacerdote C, Quirós JR, Molina-Montes E, Castaño JM, Barricarte A, Amiano P, Khaw KT, Wareham N, Allen NE, Key TJ, Jeurnink SM, Peeters PH, Bamia C, Valanou E, Trichopoulou A, Kaaks R, Lukanova A, Bergmann MM, Lindkvist B, Stenling R, Johansson I, Dahm CC, Overvad K, Olsen A, Tjonneland A, Skeie G, Broderstad AR, Lund E, Michaud DS, Mouw T, Riboli E, González CA. Dietary intake of heme iron and risk of gastric cancer in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EURGAST- EPIC) study. Int J Cancer. 2011 Jun 29. doi: 10.1002/ijc.26263. [Epub ahead of print]

Posted 29 June 2011 ·

Genetic variability and prostate cancer risk

Campa D, Hüsing A, Dostal L, Stein A, Drogan D, Boeing H, Tjønneland A, Roswall N, Østergaard JN, Overvad K, Rodríguez L, Bonet C, Sánchez MJ, Larrañaga N, Huerta JM, Ardanaz E, Khaw KT, Wareham N, Travis RC, Allen NE, Trichopoulou A, Zylis D, Karapetyan T, Palli D, Sieri S, Tumino R, Vineis P, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Lenner P, Johansson M, Jenab M, Cox D, Siddiq A, Kaaks R, Canzian F. Genetic variability of the forkhead box O3 and prostate cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation on Cancer. Oncol Rep. 2011 Oct; 26 (4):979-86. Epub 2011 Jun 24.

Posted 24 June 2011 ·

Metabolic Syndrome and Risk of bowel Cancer

Aleksandrova K, Boeing H, Jenab M, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Jansen E, van Duijnhoven F, Fedirko V, Rinaldi S, Romieu I, Riboli E, Romaguera D, Overvad KK, Ostergaard JN, Olsen A, Tjonneland AA, Boutron-Ruault MC, Clavel-Chapelon F, Morois S, Masala G, Agnoli C, Panico S, Tumino R, Vineis P, Kaaks R, Lukanova A, Trichopoulou A, Naska A, Bamia C, Peeters PH, Rodriguez L, Buckland G, Sanchez MJ, Dorronsoro M, Huerta JM, Barricarte Gurrea A, Hallmans G, Palmqvist R, Khaw KT, Wareham NJ, Allen NE, Tsilidis KK, Pischon T. Metabolic Syndrome and Risks of Colon and Rectal Cancer: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Study. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2011 Jun 22. [Epub ahead of print]

Posted 22 June 2011 ·

Dietary intake of flavanoids across Europe

Zamora-Ros R, Knaze V, Luján-Barroso L, Slimani N, Romieu I, Fedirko V, Santucci de Magistris M, Ericson U, Amiano P, Trichopoulou A, Dilis V, Naska A, Engeset D, Skeie G, Cassidy A, Overvad K, Peeters PH, María Huerta J, Sánchez MJ, Quirós JR, Sacerdote C, Grioni S, Tumino R, Johansson G, Johansson I, Drake I, Crowe FL, Barricarte A, Kaaks R, Teucher B, Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita H, van Rossum CT, Norat T, Romaguera D, Vergnaud AC, Tjønneland A, Halkjær J, Clavel-Chapelon F, Boutron-Ruault MC, Touillaud M, Salvini S, Khaw KT, Wareham N, Boeing H, Förster J, Riboli E, González CA. Estimated dietary intakes of flavonols, flavanones and flavones in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) 24 hour dietary recall cohort. _ Br J Nutr_. 2011 Jun 17:1-11. [Epub ahead of print]

Posted 17 June 2011 ·

The association between body size, physical activity and risk of brain cancer

Michaud DS, Bové G, Gallo V, Schlehofer B, Tjønneland A, Olsen A, Overvad K, Dahm CC, Teucher B, Boeing H, Steffen A, Trichopoulou A, Bamia C, Kyrozis A, Sacerdote C, Agnoli C, Palli D, Tumino R, Mattiello A, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Peeters PH, May AM, Barricarte A, Chirlaque MD, Dorronsoro M, José Sánchez M, Rodríguez L, Duell EJ, Hallmans G, Melin BS, Manjer J, Borgquist S, Khaw KT, Wareham N, Allen NE, Travis RC, Romieu I, Vineis P, Riboli E. Anthropometric measures, physical activity, and risk of glioma and meningioma in a large prospective cohort study. Cancer Prev Res (Phila). 2011 Sep;4(9):1385-92. Epub 2011 Jun 17.

Posted 17 June 2011 ·

Genetic variability and risk of stomach cancer

Sala N, Muñoz X, Travier N, Agudo A, Duell EJ, Moreno V, Overvad K, Tjonneland A, Boutron-Ruault MC, Clavel-Chapelon F, Canzian F, Kaaks R, Boeing H, Meidtner K, Trichopoulos A, Tsiotas K, Zylis D, Vineis P, Panico S, Palli D, Krogh V, Tumino R, Lund E, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Numans ME, Peeters PH, Quirós JR, Sánchez MJ, Navarro C, Ardanaz E, Dorronsoro M, Hallmans G, Stenling R, Manjer J, Allen NE, Travis RC, Khaw KT, Jenab M, Offerhaus GJ, Riboli E, González CA. Prostate stem-cell antigen gene is associated with diffuse and intestinal gastric cancer in Caucasians: Results from the EPIC-EURGAST study. Int J Cancer. 2011 Jun 16. doi: 10.1002/ijc.26243. [Epub ahead of print]

Posted 16 June 2011 ·

Circulating levels of adiponectin (a protein secreted from fatty tissues) and risk of pancreatic cancer

Grote VA, Rohrmann S, Dossus L, Nieters A, Halkjaer J, Tjønneland A, Overvad K, Stegger J, Chabbert-Buffet N, Boutron-Ruault MC, Clavel-Chapelon F, Teucher B, Becker S, Montonen J, Boeing H, Trichopoulou A, Lagiou P, Trichopoulos D, Palli D, Sieri S, Tumino R, Vineis P, Mattiello A, Argüelles M, Duell EJ, Molina-Montes E, Larrañaga N, Chirlaque MD, Gurrea AB, Jeurnink SM, Peeters PH, Ye W, Sund M, Lindkvist B, Johansen D, Khaw KT, Wareham N, Crowe FL, Romieu I, Rinaldi S, Jenab M, Romaguera D, Michaud DS, Riboli E, Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita H, Kaaks R. The association of circulating adiponectin levels with pancreatic cancer risk: A study within the prospective EPIC cohort. Int J Cancer. 2011 Jun 16. doi: 10.1002/ijc.26244. [Epub ahead of print]

Posted 16 June 2011 ·

Cigarette smoking and risk of ovarian cancer

Gram IT, Lukanova A, Brill I, Braaten T, Lund E, Lundin E, Overvad K, Tjønneland A, Clavel-Chapelon F, Chabbert-Buffet N, Bamia C, Trichopoulou A, Zylis D, Masala G, Berrino F, Galasso R, Tumino R, Sacerdote C, Gavrilyuk O, Kristiansen S, Rodríguez L, Bonet C, Huerta JM, Barricarte A, Sánchez MJ, Dorronsoro M, Jirström K, Almquist M, Idahl A, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Braem M, Onland-Moret C, Tsilidis KK, Allen NE, Fedirko V, Riboli E, Kaaks R. Cigarette smoking and risk of histological subtypes of epithelial ovarian cancer in the EPIC cohort study. Int J Cancer. 2011 Jun 15. doi: 10.1002/ijc.26235. [Epub ahead of print]

Posted 15 June 2011 ·

Use of menopausal hormone therapy and risk of ovarian cancer

Tsilidis KK, Allen NE, Key TJ, Dossus L, Kaaks R, Bakken K, Lund E, Fournier A, Dahm CC, Overvad K, Hansen L, Tjønneland A, Rinaldi S, Romieu I, Boutron-Ruault MC, Clavel-Chapelon F, Lukanova A, Boeing H, Schütze M, Benetou V, Palli D, Berrino F, Galasso R, Tumino R, Sacerdote C, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, van Duijnhoven FJ, Braem MG, Onland-Moret NC, Gram IT, Rodríguez L, Duell EJ, Sánchez MJ, Huerta JM, Ardanaz E, Amiano P, Khaw KT, Wareham N, Riboli E. Menopausal hormone therapy and risk of ovarian cancer in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition. Cancer Causes Control. 2011 Aug;22(8):1075-84. Epub 2011 Jun 3.

Posted 3 June 2011 ·

Development and evaluation of an online dietary assessment tool (the Oxford WebQ)

Liu B, Young H, Crowe FL, Benson VS, Spencer EA, Key TJ, Appleby PN, Beral V. Development and evaluation of the Oxford WebQ, a low-cost, web-based method for assessment of previous 24 h dietary intakes in large-scale prospective studies. Public Health Nutr. 2011 Jun 1:1-8. [Epub ahead of print]

Posted 1 June 2011 ·

Association between lifetime alcohol use and body size

Bergmann MM, Schütze M, Steffen A, Boeing H, Halkjaer J, Tjonneland A, Travier N, Agudo A, Slimani N, Rinaldi S, Norat T, Romaguera D, Rohrmann S, Kaaks R, Jakobsen MU, Overvad K, Ekelund U, Spencer EA, Rodríguez L, Sánchez MJ, Dorronsoro M, Barricarte A, Chirlaque MD, Orfanos P, Naska A, Trichopoulou A, Palli D, Grioni S, Vineis P, Panico S, Tumino R, Riboli E, Wareham NJ, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, May A, Peeters PH. The association of lifetime alcohol use with measures of abdominal and general adiposity in a large-scale European cohort. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2011 May 11. [Epub ahead of print]

Posted 11 May 2011 ·

Alcohol consumption and risk of cancer across Europe

Schütze M, Boeing H, Pischon T, Rehm J, Kehoe T, Gmel G, Olsen A, Tjønneland AM, Dahm CC, Overvad K, Clavel-Chapelon F, Boutron-Ruault MC, Trichopoulou A, Benetou V, Zylis D, Kaaks R, Rohrmann S, Palli D, Berrino F, Tumino R, Vineis P, Rodríguez L, Agudo A, Sánchez MJ, Dorronsoro M, Chirlaque MD, Barricarte A, Peeters PH, van Gils CH, Khaw KT, Wareham N, Allen NE, Key TJ, Boffetta P, Slimani N, Jenab M, Romaguera D, Wark PA, Riboli E, Bergmann MM. Alcohol attributable burden of incidence of cancer in eight European countries based on results from prospective cohort study. BMJ. 2011 Apr 7;342:d1584. doi: 10.1136/bmj.d1584.

Posted 7 May 2011 ·

Genetic variability and prostate cancer risk

Chung CC, Ciampa J, Yeager M, Jacobs KB, Berndt SI, Hayes RB, Gonzalez-Bosquet J, Kraft P, Wacholder S, Orr N, Yu K, Hutchinson A, Boland J, Chen Q, Feigelson HS, Thun MJ, Diver WR, Albanes D, Virtamo J, Weinstein S, Schumacher FR, Cancel-Tassin G, Cussenot O, Valeri A, Andriole GL, Crawford ED, Haiman CA, Henderson BE, Kolonel L, Le Marchand L, Siddiq A, Riboli E, Key TJ, Kaaks R, Isaacs WB, Isaacs SD, Grönberg H, Wiklund F, Xu J, Vatten LJ, Hveem K, Njolstad I, Gerhard DS, Tucker M, Hoover RN, Fraumeni JF Jr, Hunter DJ, Thomas G, Chatterjee N, Chanock SJ. Fine mapping of a region of chromosome 11q13 reveals multiple independent loci associated with risk of prostate cancer. Hum Mol Genet. 2011 Jul 15; 20 (14):2869-78. Epub 2011 Apr 29.

Posted 29 April 2011 ·

Dietary intake of anthocyanidins across Europe

Zamora-Ros R, Knaze V, Luján-Barroso L, Slimani N, Romieu I, Touillaud M, Kaaks R, Teucher B, Mattiello A, Grioni S, Crowe F, Boeing H, Förster J, Quirós JR, Molina E, Huerta JM, Engeset D, Skeie G, Trichopoulou A, Dilis V, Tsiotas K, Peeters PH, Khaw KT, Wareham N, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Ocké MC, Olsen A, Tjønneland A, Tumino R, Johansson G, Johansson I, Ardanaz E, Sacerdote C, Sonestedt E, Ericson U, Clavel-Chapelon F, Boutron-Ruault MC, Fagherazzi G, Salvini S, Amiano P, Riboli E, González CA. Estimation of the intake of anthocyanidins and their food sources in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study. Br J Nutr. 2011 Apr 12:1-10. [Epub ahead of print]

Posted 12 April 2011 ·

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