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Kirstin Pirie
Researcher at Cancer Epidemiology Unit
Publications - 47
Citations - 5175
Kirstin Pirie is an academic researcher from Cancer Epidemiology Unit. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Million Women Study. The author has an hindex of 27, co-authored 43 publications receiving 4333 citations. Previous affiliations of Kirstin Pirie include University of Oxford.
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Cancer incidence and mortality in relation to body mass index in the Million Women Study: cohort study.
TL;DR: Increasing body mass index is associated with a significant increase in the risk of cancer for 10 out of 17 specific types examined, and for colorectal cancer, malignant melanoma, breast cancer, and endometrial cancer, the effect ofBody mass index on risk differed significantly according to menopausal status.
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Menarche, menopause, and breast cancer risk: Individual participant meta-analysis, including 118 964 women with breast cancer from 117 epidemiological studies
Nobuyuki Hamajima,Kaoru Hirose,K. Tajima,T E Rohan,Christine M. Friedenreich,Eugenia E. Calle,Susan M. Gapstur,Alpa V. Patel,R. J. Coates,Jonathan M. Liff,R. Talamini,N. Chantarakul,Suporn Koetsawang,D. Rachawat,Yiola Marcou,E. Kakouri,Stephen W. Duffy,A. Morabia,L. Schuman,Walter F. Stewart,Moyses Szklo,Patricia F. Coogan,Julie R. Palmer,Lynn Rosenberg,P. Band,Andrew J. Coldman,Richard P. Gallagher,T. G. Hislop,P. Yang,S. R. Cummings,Karen Canfell,Freddy Sitas,P. Chao,Jolanta Lissowska,Pamela L. Horn-Ross,Esther M. John,L. M. Kolonel,A. M.Y. Nomura,R. Ghiasvand,J. Hu,Karen C. Johnson,Y. Mao,Valerie Beral,Diana Bull,K. Callaghan,B Crossley,A Goodill,Jane Green,C Hermon,Timothy J. Key,I. Lindgard,B. Liu,Kirstin Pirie,Gillian K Reeves,Rory Collins,Richard Doll,Richard Peto,Tim Bishop,I. S. Fentiman,S de Sanjosé,Clicerio Gonzalez,N. Lee,Polly A. Marchbanks,Howard W. Ory,Herbert B. Peterson,Phyllis A. Wingo,K. Ebeling,D. Kunde,P. Nishan,John L. Hopper,Heather Eliassen,Susan E. Hankinson,V. Gajalakshmi,N. Martin,Tieng Pardthaisong,S. Silpisornkosol,C. Theetranont,B. Boosiri,S. Chutivongse,P. Jimakorn,Pramuan Virutamasen,C. Wongsrichanalai,Alfred I. Neugut,Regina M. Santella,C. J. Baines,Nancy Kreiger,Anthony B. Miller,C. Wall,Anne Tjønneland,Torben Jørgensen,Claudia Stahlberg,A. Tønnes Pedersen,Dieter Flesch-Janys,Niclas Håkansson,Jane A. Cauley,Ivar Heuch,H. O. Adami,Ingemar Persson,Elisabete Weiderpass,Cecilia Magnusson,Jenny Chang-Claude,Rudolph Kaaks,Margaret R. E. McCredie,Carle Paul,David C. G. Skegg,G. F. S. Spears,M. Iwasaki,S. Tsugane,Garnet L. Anderson,J. R. Daling,J. Hampton,W. B. Hutchinson,C. I. Li,Kathi Malone,Margaret T. Mandelson,Polly A. Newcomb,E. A. Noonan,Roberta M. Ray,Janet L. Stanford,M. T.C. Tang,David B. Thomas,N. S. Weiss,Emily White,Angel Izquierdo,P. Viladiu,Evangelia-Ourania Fourkala,Ian Jacobs,Usha Menon,Andy Ryan,H. R. Cuevas,P. Ontiveros,A. Palet,S. B. Salazar,N. Aristizabal,A. Cuadros,Laufey Tryggvadottir,Hrafn Tulinius,Elio Riboli,N. Andrieu,A. Bachelot,M. G. Lê,A. Brêmond,B. Gairard,J. Lansac,L. Piana,R. Renaud,F. Clavel-Chapelon,Agnès Fournier,Marina Touillaud,Sylvie Mesrine,Nathalie Chabbert-Buffet,M. C. Boutron-Ruault,Alicja Wolk,Gabriella Torres-Mejia,Silvia Franceschi,Isabelle Romieu,P. Boyle,Flora Lubin,Baruch Modan,Elaine Ron,Y. Wax,Gary D. Friedman,Robert A. Hiatt,Fabio Levi,K. Kosmelj,M. Primic-Zakelj,B. Ravnihar,J. Stare,Anders Ekbom,Gunnar Erlandsson,W. L. Beeson,Graeme Fraser,Julian Peto,R. L. Hanson,M.C. Leske,Martin C. Mahoney,P. C. Nasca,A. O. Varma,A. L. Weinstein,Mikael Hartman,Håkan Olsson,R.A. Goldbohm,P.A. van den Brandt,Domenico Palli,Susan L. Teitelbaum,R. A. Apelo,J. Baens,J. R. de la Cruz,B. Javier,L. B. Lacaya,Corazon A. Ngelangel,C. La Vecchia,Eva Negri,Ettore Marubini,Monica Ferraroni,Malcolm C. Pike,Mariette Gerber,Sylvia Richardson,C. Segala,D. Gatei,P. Kenya,A. Kungu,J. G. Mati,L. A. Brinton,M. Freedman,Robert N. Hoover,Catherine Schairer,Regina G. Ziegler,Emily Banks,Robert Spirtas,H. P. Lee,Matti A. Rookus,F.E. van Leeuwen,J. A. Schoenberg,Sidsel Graff-Iversen,Randi Selmer,Lee W. Jones,Klim McPherson,A. Neil,M. Vessey,D. Yeates,Kiyohiko Mabuchi,Dale L. Preston,P. Hannaford,Kay Cr,Susan E. McCann,Luis Rosero-Bixby,Y. T. Gao,F. Jin,Jian-Min Yuan,H. Y. Wei,T. Yun,C. Zhiheng,G. Berry,J. C. Booth,T. Jelihovsky,Robert MacLennan,R. Shearman,A. Hadjisavvas,Kyriacos Kyriacou,M. Loisidou,X. Zhou,Q. S. Wang,Masaaki Kawai,Yuko Minami,Ichiro Tsuji,Eiliv Lund,Merethe Kumle,H. Stalsberg,X. O. Shu,Wei Zheng,Evelyn M. Monninkhof,N. C. Onland-Moret,P. H. M. Peeters,Klea Katsouyanni,Antonia Trichopoulou,Dimitrios Trichopoulos,Anastasia Tzonou,K. A. Baltzell,A. Dabancens,L. Martinez,R. Molina,O. Salas,Freda E. Alexander,Kristin E. Anderson,Aaron R. Folsom,Marilie D. Gammon,B. S. Hulka,Robert C. Millikan,C. E. D. Chilvers,F. Lumachi,Chris Bain,F. Schofield,Victor Siskind,Timothy R. Rebbeck,Leslie Bernstein,Shelley M. Enger,Robert W. Haile,Annlia Paganini-Hill,R. K. Ross,Giske Ursin,Anna H. Wu,Mimi C. Yu,Marianne Ewertz,E. A. Clarke,Leif Bergkvist,M. Gass,M. J. O'Sullivan,A. Kalache,Timothy M.M. Farley,S. Holck,O. Meirik,Akira Fukao +292 more
TL;DR: The effects of menarche and menopause on breast cancer risk might not be acting merely by lengthening women's total number of reproductive years, and endogenous ovarian hormones are more relevant for oestrogen receptor-positive disease than for ostrogens receptor-negative disease and for lobular than for ductal tumours.
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The 21st century hazards of smoking and benefits of stopping: a prospective study of one million women in the UK
TL;DR: The results suggest that among UK women born around 1940, two-thirds of all deaths of smokers in their 50s, 60s, and 70s are caused by smoking; smokers lose at least 10 years of lifespan.
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Type and timing of menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer risk: individual participant meta-analysis of the worldwide epidemiological evidence
Nobuyuki Hamajima,Kaoru Hirose,K. Tajima,T E Rohan,Christine M. Friedenreich,Susan M. Gapstur,Mia M. Gaudet,R. J. Coates,Jonathan M. Liff,E. Kakouri,Yiola Marcou,Stephen W. Duffy,A. Morabia,L. Schuman,Walter F. Stewart,Moyses Szklo,Philip A. Band,Andrew J. Coldman,Richard P. Gallagher,T. G. Hislop,P. Yang,S. R. Cummings,Karen C. Johnson,Y. Mao,P. Chao,Jolanta Lissowska,Karen Canfell,Pamela L. Horn-Ross,Laurence N. Kolonel,N. Amy,Tim Bishop,Domenico Palli,S de Sanjosé,Clicerio Gonzalez,N. Lee,Polly A. Marchbanks,Howard W. Ory,Herbert B. Peterson,Phyllis A. Wingo,K. Ebeling,D. Kunde,P. Nishan,Leif Bergkvist,John L. Hopper,Freddy Sitas,Silvia Franceschi,L. Dal Maso,T. Chan,A. Eliassen,R. Tamimi,Walter C. Willett,V. Gajalakshmi,N. Martin,Tieng Pardthaisong,S. Silpisornkosol,C. Theetranont,B. Boosiri,S. Chutivongse,P. Jimakorn,Pramuan Virutamasen,C. Wongsrichanalai,Alfred I. Neugut,Regina M. Santella,A. Hadjisavvas,Kyriacos Kyriacou,M. Loizidou,C. J. Baines,Nancy Kreiger,Anthony B. Miller,C. Wall,T.J. A Tjonneland,Claudia Stahlberg,A T nnes Pedersen,Eva Negri,Susan E. Hankinson,Dieter Flesch-Janys,C. La Vecchia,Niclas Håkansson,Ivar Heuch,H. O. Adami,Elisabete Weiderpass,Anders Ekbom,Gunnar Erlandsson,Ingemar Persson,Cecilia Magnusson,Lee W. Jones,Klim McPherson,A. Neil,M. Vessey,D. Yeates,G. Berry,J Cooper Booth,T. Jelihovsky,Robert MacLennan,Jenny Chang-Claude,Rudolph Kaaks,M. Iwasaki,S. Tsugane,Garnet L. Anderson,J. R. Daling,W. B. Hutchinson,L. Ci,Kathi Malone,Margaret T. Mandelson,Polly A. Newcomb,E. A. Noonan,Roberta M. Ray,Janet L. Stanford,T. Mtc,David B. Thomas,N. S. Weiss,Emily White,Angel Izquierdo,P. Viladiu,K. Egan,H. R. Cuevas,P. Ontiveros,A. Palet,S. B. Salazar,N. Aristizabal,A. Cuadros,Laufey Tryggvadottir,E. Olafsdottir,Elio Riboli,N. Andrieu,A Bachelot,A Brêmond,B. Gairard,J. Lansac,L. Mg,L. Piana,R. Renaud,M. C. Boutron-Ruault,Nathalie Chabbert-Buffet,F. Clavel-Chapelon,Agnès Fournier,Sylvie Mesrine,Fabio Levi,M. Jones,Anthony J. Swerdlow,Alicja Wolk,K. Kosmelj,Maja Primic-Zakelj,J. Stare,Gabriella Torres-Mejia,Isabelle Romieu,P. Boyle,Flora Lubin,Baruch Modan,Elaine Ron,Y. Wax,Monica Ferraroni,Ettore Marubini,Evelyn M. Monninkhof,N. C. Onland-Moret,P. Phm,Gary D. Friedman,Robert A. Hiatt,Marina Touillaud,W. L. Beeson,Graeme Fraser,Julian Peto,R. L. Hanson,M.C. Leske,Martin C. Mahoney,P. C. Nasca,A. O. Varma,A. L. Weinstein,R.A. Goldbohm,P.A. van den Brandt,N. Chantarakul,Suporn Koetsawang,D. Rachawat,M. C. Pike,Mariette Gerber,Sylvia Richardson,C. Segala,Susan L. Teitelbaum,D. Gatei,P. Kenya,A. Kungu,J. G. Mati,L A Brinton,M. Freedman,Robert N. Hoover,Catherine Schairer,Raphael Ziegler,Emily Banks,Robert Spirtas,H. P. Lee,Matti A. Rookus,F.E. van Leeuwen,J. A. Schoenberg,Sidsel Graff-Iversen,Randi Selmer,S. Atkinson,Isobel Barnes,Valerie Beral,Diana Bull,T Gathani,A. Goodill,Jane Green,C Hermon,Timothy J. Key,Kirstin Pirie,Gillian K Reeves,K. Shaw,T. Yang,Rory Collins,H. Pan,Richard Peto,R. Ghiasvand,Kiyohiko Mabuchi,Dale L. Preston,Susan E. McCann,P. Hannaford,Kay Cr,J. Hampton,L. Titus,A. Trentham-Dietz,B. Liu,Y. T. Gao,F. Jin,Y. J-M,H. Y. Wei,T. Yun,C. Zhiheng,Patricia F. Coogan,Julie R. Palmer,Lynn Rosenberg,Esther M. John,W. Q-S,Masaaki Kawai,Yuko Minami,Ichiro Tsuji,Merethe Kumle,H. Stalsberg,Eiliv Lund,Evangelia-Ourania Fourkala,Ian Jacobs,Usha Menon,Andy Ryan,Linda Werner Hartman,Håkan Olsson,Klea Katsouyanni,Antonia Trichopoulou,Anastasia Tzonou,K. A. Baltzell,A. Dabancens,L. Martinez,R. Molina,O. Salas,Luis Rosero-Bixby,Freda E. Alexander,Kenneth C. Anderson,Aaron R. Folsom,Marilie D. Gammon,B. S. Hulka,Robert C. Millikan,C. Ced,Margaret R. E. McCredie,Carle Paul,S. Dcg,S. Gfs,F. Lumachi,Timothy R. Rebbeck,R. Apelo,J Baens,J. R. de la Cruz,B Javier,L B Lacaya,Corazon A. Ngelangel,Jane A. Cauley,Chris Bain,F. Schofield,Victor Siskind,Leslie R. Bernstein,Shelley M. Enger,Robert W. Haile,Annlia Paganini-Hill,Giske Ursin,W. Ah,Y. Mc,Marianne Ewertz,E. A. Clarke,X. O. Shu,Wei Zheng,M. Gass,M. J. O'Sullivan,A. Kalache,F. Tmm,S. Holck,O. Meirik,Akira Fukao,X. Zhou +294 more
TL;DR: Every MHT type, except vaginal oestrogens, was associated with excess breast cancer risks, which increased steadily with duration of use and were greater for oestrogen-progestagen than oest estrogen-only preparations; among current users, these excess risks were definite even during years 1–4.
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Does happiness itself directly affect mortality? The prospective UK Million Women Study
TL;DR: In middle-aged women, happiness and related measures of wellbeing do not appear to have any direct effect on mortality, after allowing for the poor health and lifestyle of people who are unhappy.