scispace - formally typeset
P

Petra H.M. Peeters

Researcher at Utrecht University

Publications -  720
Citations -  73551

Petra H.M. Peeters is an academic researcher from Utrecht University. The author has contributed to research in topics: European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition & Breast cancer. The author has an hindex of 119, co-authored 720 publications receiving 63681 citations. Previous affiliations of Petra H.M. Peeters include Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center & Medical Research Council.

Papers
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Weight change later in life and colon and rectal cancer risk in participants in the EPIC-PANACEA study

TL;DR: BMI attained at adulthood was associated with colon cancer risk, and subsequent weight gain or loss was not related to colon or rectal cancer risk in men or women.
Journal ArticleDOI

Longitudinal changes in weight in relation to smoking cessation in participants of the EPIC-PANACEA study.

TL;DR: Findings strengthen the need for promoting cessation offering information on weight gain control and support to weight-concerned smokers in order to remove a barrier to quitting.
Journal ArticleDOI

Seventeen-year evaluation of breast cancer screening: the DOM project, The Netherlands. Diagnostisch Onderzoek (investigation) Mammacarcinoom.

TL;DR: The 17-year effect has been evaluated by a case-control study of breast cancer deaths during the period 1975-92 in women living in the city of Utrecht, born between 1911 and 1925, whose breast cancers were diagnosed after the initiation of the DOM project.