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ABC Women's Health Study: Breast cancer risk among Australian Broadcasting Corporation female employees.
Sitas F; O'Connell DLPublished 2010Report, Research -
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).
Nair-Shalliker V; Yap S; Nunez C; Egger S; Rodger J; Patel M; O'Connell DL; Sitas F; Armstrong BK; Smith DPPublished 2017Prostate cancer (PC) is the most common non-cutaneous cancer in men worldwide. The relationships between PC and possible risk factors for PC cases (n = 1,181) and male controls (n = 875) from the New South Wales (NSW) ...Article -
Antibodies against human herpesvirus 8 in black South African patients with cancer
Sitas F; Whitby D; Boshoff C; Weiss R; Carrara H; Beral V; Newton R; Reeves G; Bull D; Jentsch U; Pacella-Norman R; Bourboulia DPublished 1999BACKGROUND: Infection with human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) has been consistently linked to Kaposi's sarcoma, but its mode of transmission, association with other cancers, and interaction with the human immunodeficiency virus ...Article -
Antibodies against six human herpesviruses in relation to seven cancers in black South Africans: a case control study
Berrington de GA; Beral V; Urban MI; Sitas F; Blackburn N; Hale M; Patel M; Ruff P; Sur R; Newton RPublished 2006BACKGROUND: Infections with certain human herpesviruses have been established as risk factors for some cancer types. For example, Epstein-Barr Virus is considered a cause of Burkitt's lymphoma and other immunosuppression ...Article -
The ban on phenacetin is associated with changes in the incidence trends of upper-urinary tract cancers in Australia
Antoni S; Soerjomataram I; Moore S; Ferlay J; Sitas F; Smith DP; Forman DPublished 2014BACKGROUND: Phenacetin is an analgesic that causes renal diseases and cancers of the upper-urinary tract (UUT). It was banned in most countries from the late 1960s. This study aimed to evaluate, for the first time, the ...Article -
Breast cancer risk among female employees of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia
Sitas F; O'Connell DL; van Kemenade CH; Short MW; Zhao KPublished 2010OBJECTIVE: To determine whether there is an excess risk of breast cancer among female employees of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), especially outside Queensland, compared with women in the general populations ...Article -
The burden of non-communicable diseases in South Africa
Mayosi BM; Flisher AJ; Lalloo UG; Sitas F; Tollman SM; Bradshaw DPublished 200915 years after its first democratic election, South Africa is in the midst of a profound health transition that is characterised by a quadruple burden of communicable, non-communicable, perinatal and maternal, and ...Article -
Cancer in Africa
Parkin DM; Ferlay J; Hamdi-Cherif M; Sitas F; Thomas JO; Wablinga H; Whelan SLPublished 2003Africa was the birthplace of mankind, and Homo sapiens and his ancestors were confined to the African continent for most of their evolutionary period, before migration began to other areas of the world some 140,000 years ...Book -
Cancer in Africa: epidemiology and prevention
Parkin DM; Sitas F; Parker DM; Ferlay J; Cook APublished 2003Article -
Cancer in Namibia 2000-2005
Zietsman A; Gariseb B; Rautenbach N; Pontac J; Johannesson I; Carrara H; Stein L; Sitas F; Ferlay JPublished 2010Report, Research -
Cancer in South Africa 1996-1997
Mqoqi N; Sitas F; Madhoo J; Wessie J; Kellet P; Urban M; Stein L; Ratshikhopha ME; Wojcicki JM; Malope IPublished 2002Report, Research -
Cancer in SubSaharan Africa
Sitas F; Parkin DM; Wabinga H; Stein L; Mqoqi NPublished 2006Current data and trends in morbidity and mortality for the sub-Saharan Region as presented in this new edition reflect the heavy toll that HIV/AIDS has had on health indicators, leading to either a stalling or reversal of ...Book Chapter -
Cancer incidence and mortality in people aged less than 75 years: changes in Australia over the period 1987-2007
Sitas F; O'Connell DL; Smith MA; Armstrong K; Yu XQ; Canfell K; Robotin M; Feletto E; Penman A; Gibberd A; Kahn C; Weber MF; Chiew M; Supramaniam R; Velentzis L; Nickson C; Smith DPPublished 2013BACKGROUND: Australia has one of the highest rates of cancer incidence worldwide and, despite improving survival, cancer continues to be a major public health problem. Our aim was to provide simple summary measures of ...Article -
Cancer Incidence in New South Wales Migrants 1991 to 2001
Supramaniam R; O'Connell DL; Tracey EA; Sitas FPublished 2007Report, Research -
Cancer Screening among immigrants living in urban and regional Australia: results from the 45 and up study
Weber MF; Chiew M; Feletto E; Kahn C; Sitas F; Webster LPublished 2014Over 25% of the Australian population are immigrants, and are less active participants in cancer screening programmes. Most immigrants live in urban areas of Australia, but a significant proportion (~20%), live in regional ...Article -
Cancer Screening among immigrants living in urban and regional Australia: results from the 45 and up study.
Weber MF; Chiew M; Feletto E; Kahn C; Sitas F; Webster LPublished 2014Over 25% of the Australian population are immigrants, and are less active participants in cancer screening programmes. Most immigrants live in urban areas of Australia, but a significant proportion (~20%), live in regional ...Article -
Cancer screening among migrants in an Australian cohort; cross-sectional analyses from the 45 and Up Study
Weber MF; Banks E; Smith DP; O'Connell DL; Sitas FPublished 2009ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Limited evidence suggests that people from non-English speaking backgrounds in Australia have lower than average rates of participation in cancer screening programs. The objective of this study was ...Article -
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
Sitas F; Yap S; Egger S; Christian K; Hodgkinson V; Barton M; Banks E; Canfell K; O'Connell DL; Nair-Shalliker VPublished 2015INTRODUCTION: The New South Wales (NSW) Cancer, Lifestyle and Evaluation of Risk Study (CLEAR) is an open epidemiological bioresource, using an all cancer unmatched case-spouse control design. Participant characteristics ...Article
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