Richard Doll

Research.com Recognitions

• 2005 - King Faisal Prize
• 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
• 1988 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
• 1979 - Charles S. Mott Prize, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation
• 1972 - Buchanan Medal, Royal Society (UK) for his outstanding studies on the aetiology, prevention and treatment of disease, especially cancer
• 1962 - Bisset Hawkins Medal, Royal College of Physicians of London for contributions to preventative medicine

Overview

Best Publications

• The Causes of Cancer: Quantitative Estimates of Avoidable Risks of Cancer in the United States Today

  Richard Doll;Richard Peto

  8920
  Citations

• COLLABORATIVE OVERVIEW OF RANDOMIZED TRIALS OF ANTIPLATELET THERAPY .1. PREVENTION OF DEATH, MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION, AND STROKE BY PROLONGED ANTIPLATELET THERAPY IN VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF PATIENTS

  R Altman;L Carreras;R Diaz;E Figueroa

  6329
  Citations

• Mortality in relation to smoking: 50 years' observations on male British doctors

  Richard Doll;Richard Peto;Jillian Boreham;Isabelle Sutherland

  4749
  Citations

• 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

  3606
  Citations

• Environmental factors and cancer incidence and mortality in different countries, with special reference to dietary practices

  Bruce Armstrong;Richard Doll

  3117
  Citations

• Smoking and Carcinoma of the Lung

  R Doll;A B Hill

  2469
  Citations

• Tobacco smoke and involuntary smoking

  Michael Alavanja;John A. Baron;Ross C. Brownson;Patricia A. Buffler

  2452
  Citations

• Radon in homes and risk of lung cancer: collaborative analysis of individual data from 13 European case-control studies.

  S. Darby;D. Hill;A. Auvinen;J. M. Barros-Dios

  2355
  Citations

• ISIS-4: a randomised factorial trial assessing early oral captopril, oral mononitrate, and intravenous magnesium sulphate in 58,050 patients with suspected acute myocardial infarction. ISIS-4 (Fourth International Study of Infarct Survival) Collaborative Group.

  R Collins;R Peto;M Flather;S Parish

  2331
  Citations

• Can dietary beta-carotene materially reduce human cancer rates?

  R. Peto;R. Doll;J. D. Buckley;M. B. Sporn

  2210
  Citations

• Cancer risks attributable to low doses of ionizing radiation: Assessing what we really know

  David J. Brenner;Richard Doll;Dudley T. Goodhead;Eric J. Hall

  2151
  Citations

• The age distribution of cancer and a multi-stage theory of carcinogenesis.

  P Armitage;R Doll;R Doll

  1986
  Citations

• Alcohol Consumption and Mortality among Middle-Aged and Elderly U.S. Adults

  M J Thun;R Peto;A D Lopez;J H Monaco

  1912
  Citations

• Smoking, smoking cessation, and lung cancer in the UK since 1950: combination of national statistics with two case-control studies

  Richard Peto;Sarah Darby;Harz Deo;Paul Silcocks

  1856
  Citations

• 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

  1803
  Citations

• Effect of four monthly oral vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) supplementation on fractures and mortality in men and women living in the community: randomised double blind controlled trial.

  Daksha P Trivedi;Richard Doll;Kay Tee Khaw

  1780
  Citations

• Randomised trial of prophylactic daily aspirin in British male doctors

  R Peto;R Gray;R Collins;K Wheatley

  1604
  Citations

• ISIS-3 - A RANDOMIZED COMPARISON OF STREPTOKINASE VS TISSUE PLASMINOGEN-ACTIVATOR VS ANISTREPLASE AND OF ASPIRIN PLUS HEPARIN VS ASPIRIN ALONE AMONG 41,299 CASES OF SUSPECTED ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION

  D Hunt;J Varigos;F Dienstl;P Lechleitner

  1423
  Citations

• Mortality in relation to consumption of alcohol: 13 years' observations on male British doctors

  Richard Doll;R. Peto;E. Hall;K. Wheatley

  1164
  Citations

• Mortality inrelation tosmoking: 40years' observations onmale British doctors

  Richard Doll;Richard Peto;Keith Wheatley;Richard Gray

  2
  Citations