Cancer Epidemiology Unit

TL;DR: An overview of the fundamental points and principles that should support any quality-assured screening programme and key performance indicators are presented here in a summary document of the second guidelines edition in order to make these principles and standards known to a wider scientific community.

TL;DR: It is suggested that oral contraceptives have already prevented some 200,000 ovarian cancers and 100,000 deaths from the disease, and that over the next few decades the number of cancers prevented will rise to at least 30,000 per year.

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.

TL;DR: Investigation in six European countries found medical end-of-life decisions frequently precede dying in all participating countries, with large variations in the extent to which decisions were discussed with patients, relatives, and other caregivers.

TL;DR: Investigation of the epidemiology and aetiology of AIDS-related non-Hodgkin lymphoma by analysing data from cases reported to the Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, USA, up to June 30, 1989 suggested there was probably no single cause for all the types of lymphoma.