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Rachel E. Neale

Researcher at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute

Publications -  320
Citations -  13253

Rachel E. Neale is an academic researcher from QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Vitamin D and neurology. The author has an hindex of 49, co-authored 294 publications receiving 9943 citations. Previous affiliations of Rachel E. Neale include National Health and Medical Research Council & University of Toronto.

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Daily sunscreen application and betacarotene supplementation in prevention of basal-cell and squamous-cell carcinomas of the skin: a randomised controlled trial.

TL;DR: Cutaneous squamous- cell carcinoma, but not basal-cell carcinoma seems to be amenable to prevention through the routine use of sunscreen by adults for 4.5 years, and there was no beneficial or harmful effect on the rates of either type of skin cancer, as a result of betacarotene supplementation.
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Global Burden of 5 Major Types of Gastrointestinal Cancer

TL;DR: There was a uniform decrease in gastric cancer incidence but an increasing incidence of colorectal cancer in formerly low-incidence regions over the studied time period, and slight increases in incidence of liver and pancreatic cancer in some high-income regions.
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Association Between Telomere Length and Risk of Cancer and Non-Neoplastic Diseases A Mendelian Randomization Study

Philip C Haycock, +197 more
- 01 May 2017 - 
TL;DR: It is likely that longer telomeres increase risk for several cancers but reduce risk for some non-neoplastic diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, as well as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are strongly associated with telomere length in the general population.
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Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis of aggregate data from randomised controlled trials.

David A. Jolliffe, +43 more
TL;DR: A 2017 meta-analysis of data from 25 randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of vitamin D supplementation for the prevention of acute respiratory infections (ARIs) revealed a protective effect of this intervention as discussed by the authors.