Richard Peto

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
• 2025 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Medicine in United Kingdom Leader Award
• 2005 - King Faisal Prize
• 2004 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
• 2002 - Charles S. Mott Prize, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation
• 2000 - Prince Mahidol Award
• 1992 - Canada Gairdner International Award
• 1989 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
• Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
• Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom
• Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Best Publications

• Intensive blood-glucose control with sulphonylureas or insulin compared with conventional treatment and risk of complications in patients with type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 33)

  R C Turner;R R Holman;C A Cull;I M Stratton

  25962
  Citations

• Age-specific relevance of usual blood pressure to vascular mortality: a meta-analysis of individual data for one million adults in 61 prospective studies.

  Sarah Lewington;Robert Clarke;Nawab Qizilbash;Richard Peto

  15489
  Citations

• Effects of chemotherapy and hormonal therapy for early breast cancer on recurrence and 15-year survival: an overview of the randomised trials

  O. Abe;R. Abe;K. Enomoto;K. Kikuchi

  11526
  Citations

• Collaborative meta-analysis of randomised trials of antiplatelet therapy for prevention of death, myocardial infarction, and stroke in high risk patients

  C Baigent;C Sudlow;R Collins;R Peto

  11258
  Citations

• Efficacy and safety of cholesterol-lowering treatment: prospective meta-analysis of data from 90,056 participants in 14 randomised trials of statins.

  C Baigent;A Keech;P M Kearney;L Blackwell

  9227
  Citations

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

  Richard Doll;Richard Peto

  8920
  Citations

• Design and analysis of randomized clinical trials requiring prolonged observation of each patient. II. analysis and examples.

  R Peto;M C Pike;P Armitage;N E Breslow

  8869
  Citations

• Efficacy and safety of more intensive lowering of LDL cholesterol: a meta-analysis of data from 170,000 participants in 26 randomised trials.

  C Baigent;L Blackwell;J Emberson

  7065
  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

• Tamoxifen for early breast cancer: An overview of the randomised trials

  M Clarke;R Collins;C Davies

  6128
  Citations

• Body-mass index and cause-specific mortality in 900 000 adults: collaborative analyses of 57 prospective studies

  Gary Whitlock;Sarah Lewington;Paul Sherliker

  5938
  Citations

• Blood pressure, stroke, and coronary heart disease: Part 1, prolonged differences in blood pressure: prospective observational studies corrected for the regression dilution bias

  S Macmahon;R Peto;J E Cutler;R Collins

  5923
  Citations

• Effects of radiotherapy and of differences in the extent of surgery for early breast cancer on local recurrence and 15-year survival: an overview of the randomised trials.

  M Clarke;R Collins;S Darby;C Davies

  5900
  Citations

• Blood pressure, stroke, and coronary heart disease: Part 2, short-term reductions in blood pressure: overview of randomised drug trials in their epidemiological context

  R Collins;R Peto;S MacMahon;P Hebert

  5248
  Citations

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

  Richard Doll;Richard Peto;Jillian Boreham;Isabelle Sutherland

  4749
  Citations

• Effect of radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery on 10-year recurrence and 15-year breast cancer death: meta-analysis of individual patient data for 10,801 women in 17 randomised trials

  S Darby;P McGale;C Correa

  4611
  Citations

• Asymptotically Efficient Rank Invariant Test Procedures

  Richard Peto;Julian Peto

  4411
  Citations

• MRC/BHF Heart Protection Study of cholesterol-lowering with simvastatin in 5963 people with diabetes: a randomised placebo-controlled trial.

  Rory Collins;Jane Armitage;Sarah Parish;Peter Sleigh

  4119
  Citations

• Beta blockade during and after myocardial infarction: an overview of the randomized trials

  Salirn Yusuf;Richard Peto;John Lewis;Rory Collins

  4075
  Citations

• Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease in Women After Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer

  Sarah C. Darby;Marianne Ewertz;Paul McGale;Anna M. Bennet

  3879
  Citations