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Overview

Gillian K Reeves is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily lies within the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on Oncology, Genetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Physiology.

The scientist's publication record features extensive work on cancer-related topics and epidemiology. Their main research themes encompass:

  • Cancer Risks and Factors
  • Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Health Disparities and Outcomes
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Estrogen and Related Hormone Effects
  • Sleep and Related Disorders

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Gillian K Reeves include:

  • "Social isolation and risk of heart disease and stroke: analysis of two large UK prospective studies," 2021, published in The Lancet Public Health
  • "Combined and progestagen-only hormonal contraceptives and breast cancer risk: A UK nested case-control study and meta-analysis," 2023, published in PLoS Medicine
  • "Physical activity and breast cancer risk: results from the UK Biobank prospective cohort," 2020, published in British Journal of Cancer
  • "Ovarian cancer survival by stage, histotype, and pre-diagnostic lifestyle factors, in the prospective UK Million Women Study," 2021, published in Cancer Epidemiology
  • "Cognitive and social activities and long-term dementia risk: the prospective UK Million Women Study," 2021, published in The Lancet Public Health

Gillian K Reeves frequently collaborates with other researchers. Their common co-authors include:

  • Sarah Floud
  • Valerie Beral
  • Timothy J. Key
  • Isobel Barnes
  • Jane Green

Their research has been published repeatedly in respected venues such as:

  • International Journal of Epidemiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Lancet Public Health
  • British Journal of Cancer
  • JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Best Publications

  • Breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy: collaborative reanalysis of data from 51 epidemiological studies of 52 705 women with breast cancer and 108 411 women without breast cancer

    E. E. Calle;C. W. Heath;R. J. Coates;J. M. Liff

  • Body-mass index and all-cause mortality: individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continents

    Emanuele Di Angelantonio;Shilpa N Bhupathiraju;David Wormser;Pei Gao;Pei Gao

  • Endogenous sex hormones and breast cancer in postmenopausal women: reanalysis of nine prospective studies.

    T Key;P Appleby;I Barnes;G Reeves

  • Breast cancer and hormonal contraceptives : collaborative reanalysis of individual data on 53.297 women with breast cancer and 100.239 women without breast cancer from 54 epidemiological studies

    E. E. Calle;C. W. Heath;H. L. Miracle-McMahill;R. J. Coates

  • Cancer incidence and mortality in relation to body mass index in the Million Women Study: cohort study.

    Gillian K Reeves;Kirstin Pirie;Valerie Beral;Jane Green

  • Breast cancer and hormone-replacement therapy: the Million Women Study

    Valerie Beral;Emily Banks;Gillian Reeves;Diana Bull

  • Body mass index, serum sex hormones, and breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women.

    T J Key;P N Appleby;G K Reeves;A Roddam

  • Alcohol, tobacco and breast cancer - Collaborative reanalysis of individual data from 53 epidemiological studies, including 58 515 women with breast cancer and 95 067 women without the disease

    N Hamajima;K Hirose;K Tajima;T Rohan

  • Menarche, menopause, and breast cancer risk: Individual participant meta-analysis, including 118 964 women with breast cancer from 117 epidemiological studies

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • Ovarian cancer and oral contraceptives: collaborative reanalysis of data from 45 epidemiological studies including 23 257 women with ovarian cancer and 87 303 controls

    V Beral;R Doll;C Hermon

  • The 21st century hazards of smoking and benefits of stopping: a prospective study of one million women in the UK

    Kirstin Pirie;Richard Peto;Gillian K Reeves;Jane Green

  • Highly active antiretroviral therapy and incidence of cancer in human immunodeficiency virus-infected adults.

    P. Appleby;V. Beral;R. Newton;G. Reeves

  • Body size and breast cancer risk: findings from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).

    Petra H. Lahmann;Kurt Hoffmann;Naomi Allen;Carla H. Van Gils

  • Moderate Alcohol Intake and Cancer Incidence in Women

    Naomi E Allen;Valerie Beral;Delphine Casabonne;Sau Wan Kan

  • Mortality in vegetarians and nonvegetarians: detailed findings from a collaborative analysis of 5 prospective studies

    Timothy J Key;Gary E Fraser;Margaret Thorogood;Paul N Appleby

  • Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1), IGF binding protein 3 (IGFBP3), and breast cancer risk: pooled individual data analysis of 17 prospective studies.

    Endogenous Hormones;Timothy J Key;Paul N Appleby

  • Evidence from randomised trials on the long-term effects of hormone replacement therapy.

    Valerie Beral;Emily Banks;Gillian K Reeves

  • Type and timing of menopausal hormone therapy and breast cancer risk: individual participant meta-analysis of the worldwide epidemiological evidence

    N. Hamajima;K. Hirose;K. Tajima;T. Rohan

  • Menopausal hormone use and ovarian cancer risk: individual participant meta-analysis of 52 epidemiological studies

    V Beral;K Gaitskell;C Hermon

  • Breast Cancer Risk in Relation to the Interval Between Menopause and Starting Hormone Therapy

    Valerie Beral;Gillian Reeves;Diana Bull;Jane Green

Frequent Co-Authors

Valerie Beral
Valerie Beral University of Oxford
Jane Green
Jane Green Memorial University of Newfoundland
Timothy J. Key
Timothy J. Key University of Oxford
Richard Peto
Richard Peto University of Oxford
Richard Doll
Richard Doll University of Oxford
Naomi E. Allen
Naomi E. Allen University of Oxford
Elio Riboli
Elio Riboli Imperial College London
Eiliv Lund
Eiliv Lund University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Jenny Chang-Claude
Jenny Chang-Claude German Cancer Research Center
Antonia Trichopoulou
Antonia Trichopoulou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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