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Overview

Richard M. Martin is affiliated with the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on several subfields including Genetics, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, Oncology, and Cancer Research.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, notably Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research, Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research, Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, and Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection.

Recent publications reflect diverse interests, with selected papers including:

  • Physical activity and risks of breast and colorectal cancer: a Mendelian randomisation analysis, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Fifteen-Year Outcomes after Monitoring, Surgery, or Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer, 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction, 2021, Nature Genetics
  • Circulating inflammatory cytokines and risk of five cancers: a Mendelian randomization analysis, 2022, BMC Medicine
  • Insulin-like growth factor-1, insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3, and breast cancer risk: observational and Mendelian randomization analyses with ∼430 000 women, 2020, Annals of Oncology

The scientist frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Marc J. Gunter
  • Konstantinos K. Tsilidis
  • George Davey Smith
  • James Yarmolinsky
  • Sarah J. Lewis

Publication venues where the researcher has contributed multiple works include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • International Journal of Epidemiology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • The MR-Base platform supports systematic causal inference across the human phenome

    Gibran Hemani;Jie Zheng;Benjamin Elsworth;Kaitlin H Wade

  • 10-Year Outcomes after Monitoring, Surgery, or Radiotherapy for Localized Prostate Cancer

    Freddie C. Hamdy;Jenny L. Donovan;J. Athene Lane;Malcolm Mason

  • Empirical evidence of bias in treatment effect estimates in controlled trials with different interventions and outcomes: meta-epidemiological study.

    Lesley Wood;Matthias Egger;Lise Lotte Gluud;Kenneth F Schulz

  • Effect of Infant Feeding on the Risk of Obesity Across the Life Course: A Quantitative Review of Published Evidence

    Christopher G Owen;Richard M Martin;Peter H Whincup;George Davey Smith

  • Patient-Reported Outcomes after Monitoring, Surgery, or Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer

    Donovan Jl;Hamdy Fc;Lane Ja;Mason M

  • Association analyses of more than 140,000 men identify 63 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci

    Fredrick R. Schumacher;Ali Amin Al Olama;Sonja I. Berndt;Sara Benlloch

  • Does breastfeeding influence risk of type 2 diabetes in later life? A quantitative analysis of published evidence

    Christopher G Owen;Richard M Martin;Peter H Whincup;George Davey Smith

  • Obesity, metabolic factors and risk of different histological types of lung cancer: A Mendelian randomization study

    Robert Carreras-Torres;Mattias Johansson;Philip C. Haycock;Kaitlin H. Wade

  • The effect of breastfeeding on mean body mass index throughout life: a quantitative review of published and unpublished observational evidence

    Christopher G Owen;Richard M Martin;Peter H Whincup;George Davey-Smith

  • How much loss to follow-up is acceptable in long-term randomised trials and prospective studies?

    Mary S Fewtrell;Kathy Kennedy;Atul Singhal;Richard M Martin

  • Effects of prolonged and exclusive breastfeeding on child height, weight, adiposity, and blood pressure at age 6.5 y: evidence from a large randomized trial.

    Michael S Kramer;Lidia Matush;Irina Vanilovich;Robert W Platt

  • Association Between Telomere Length and Risk of Cancer and Non-Neoplastic Diseases A Mendelian Randomization Study

    Philip C Haycock;Stephen Burgess;Aayah Nounu

  • Effect of a Low-Intensity PSA-Based Screening Intervention on Prostate Cancer Mortality: The CAP Randomized Clinical Trial

    Richard M. Martin;Richard M. Martin;Jenny L. Donovan;Jenny L. Donovan;Emma L Turner;Chris Metcalfe

  • Breastfeeding in Infancy and Blood Pressure in Later Life: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Richard M. Martin;David Gunnell;George Davey Smith

  • Physical activity and risks of breast and colorectal cancer : a Mendelian randomisation analysis

    Nikos Papadimitriou;Niki Dimou;Konstantinos K. Tsilidis;Konstantinos K. Tsilidis;Barbara Banbury

  • Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction

    David V. Conti;Burcu F. Darst;Lilit C. Moss;Edward J. Saunders

  • Prostate-cancer mortality in the USA and UK in 1975–2004: an ecological study

    Simon M Collin;Richard M Martin;Chris Metcalfe;David Gunnell

  • Does initial breastfeeding lead to lower blood cholesterol in adult life? A quantitative review of the evidence

    Christopher G. Owen;Peter H. Whincup;Samantha J. Kaye;Richard M. Martin

  • Circulating insulin‐like growth factor peptides and prostate cancer risk: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

    Mari-Anne Rowlands;David Gunnell;Ross Harris;Lars J. Vatten;Lars J. Vatten

  • The effect of breastfeeding on mean body mass index throughout life: a quantitative review of published and unpublished

    Christopher G Owen;Richard M Martin;Peter H Whincup;George Davey-Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

David E. Neal
David E. Neal University of Cambridge
Jenny L Donovan
Jenny L Donovan University of Bristol
Freddie C. Hamdy
Freddie C. Hamdy University of Oxford
George Davey Smith
George Davey Smith University of Bristol
David Gunnell
David Gunnell University of Bristol
Neil M Davies
Neil M Davies University College London
Michael S. Kramer
Michael S. Kramer McGill University
Kate Tilling
Kate Tilling University of Bristol
Graham G. Giles
Graham G. Giles University of Melbourne
Jeffrey M P Holly
Jeffrey M P Holly University of Bristol

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