Million Women Study Publications
Stevens RJ, Roddam AW, Green J, Pirie K, Bull D, Reeves GK, Beral V; on behalf of the Million Women Study Collaborators. Reproductive History and Pancreatic Cancer Incidence and Mortality in a Cohort of Postmenopausal Women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2009 May;18(5):1457-1460.
Allen NE, Beral V, Casabonne D, Kan SW, Reeves GK, Brown A, Green J. Moderate Alcohol Intake and Cancer Incidence in Women. J Natl Cancer Inst 2009;101:296-305.
Reeves GK, Pirie K, Green J, Bull D, Beral V; Million Women Study Collaborators. Reproductive factors and specific histological types of breast cancer: prospective study and meta-analysis. Br J Cancer. 2009 Feb 10;100(3):538-44.
Liu B, Balkwill A, Roddam A, Brown A, Beral V on behalf of the Million Women study Collaborators. Separate and joint effects of alcohol and smoking on the risk of cirrhosis and gallbladder disease in middle-aged women. Am J Epidemiol 2009 Jan 15;169(2):153-60.
Stevens RJ, Roddam AW, Spencer EA, Pirie KL, Reeves GK, Green J, Beral V; on behalf of the Million Women Study Collaborators. Factors associated with incident and fatal pancreatic cancer in a cohort of middle-aged women. Int J Cancer. 2008 Dec 3. [Epub ahead of print]
Spencer EA, Pirie KL, Stevens RJ, Beral V, Brown A, Liu B, Green J, Reeves GK; Million Women Study Collaborators. Diabetes and modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease: the prospective Million Women Study. Eur J Epidemiol. 2008;23(12):793-799. Epub 2008 Nov 18. PMID: 19015938
Liu B, Balkwill A, Cooper C, Roddam A, Brown A, Beral V. Reproductive history, hormonal factors and the incidence of hip and knee replacement for osteoarthritis in middle-aged women. Ann Rheum Dis. 2008 Oct 28 doi:10.1136/ard.2008.095653 [Epub ahead of print]
Liu B, Beral V, Balkwill A on behalf of the Million Women Study Collaborators. Childbearing, breastfeeding, other reproductive factors and the subsequent risk of hospitalization for gallbladder disease. Int J Epidemiol. 2008 Sep 4. doi:10.1093/ije/dyn174 [Epub ahead of print]
Couto E, Banks E, Reeves G, Pirie K, Beral V for the Million Women Study Collaborators. Family history and breast cancer tumour characteristics in screened women. International Journal of Cancer 2008; 123(12): 2950 – 2954
Pirie K, Beral V, Peto R, Roddam A, Reeves G, Green J. for The Million Women Study Collaborators. Passive smoking and breast cancer in never smokers: prospective study and meta-analysis Int J Epidemiol. 2008 Jun 10. (e-pub)
Liu B, Beral V, Balkwill A, Green J, Sweetland S, Reeves G. for the Million Women Study Collaborators. Gallbladder disease and use of transdermal versus oral hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women: prospective cohort study. British Medical Journal 2008;337:a386 doi: 10.1136/bmj.a386
Benson V, Pirie K, Green J, Casabonne D, Beral V for the Million Women Study Collaborators. Lifestyle factors and primary glioma and meningioma tumours in the Million Women Study cohort. Br J Cancer 2008; 99(1):185-190 Epub 2008 Jun 17.
Gathani T, Green J, Reeves G, Beral V. Pathology reports provided reliable and readily accessible records of surgical procedures performed in women with breast cancer. J Clin Epidemiol. 2008 Apr;61(4):402-6. Epub 2007 Oct 15.
Liu B, Balkwill A, Spencer E, Beral V. on behalf of the Million Women Study Collaborators. Relationship between body mass index and length of hospital stay for gallbladder disease. Journal of Public Health (Oxf). 2008 Jun;30(2):161-6
Reeves G, Pirie K, Beral V, Green J, Spencer E, Bull D for the Million Women Study Collaborators. Cancer incidence and mortality in relation to body mass index in the Million Women Study: cohort study. British Medical Journal; 2007 Dec 1;335(7630):1134
Liu B, Sweetland S, Beral V, Green J, Balkwill A, Casabonne D on behalf of the Million Women Study Collaborators. Self-reported information on joint replacement and cholecystectomy agrees well with that in medical records. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2007;60:1190-1194
Million Women Study Collaborators. Ovarian cancer and hormone replacement therapy in the Million Women Study The Lancet 2007 DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60534-0
Liu B, Balkwill A, Banks E, Cooper C, Green J, Beral V on behalf of the Million Women Study Collaborators. Relationship of height, weight and body mass index to the risk of hip and knee replacements in middle-aged women. Rheumatology 2007; 46: 861 – 867
Reeves G, Beral V, Green J, Gathani T, Bull D, for the Million Women Study Collaborators. Hormonal therapy for menopause and breast-cancer risk by histological type: a cohort study and meta-analysis. Lancet Oncology 2006;7:910-918
Canfell K, Beral V, Green J, Cameron R, Baker K, Brown A. The agreement between self-reported cervical smear abnormalities and screening programme records. Journal of Medical Screening 2006;13:72-75
Banks E, Reeves G, Beral V, Bull D, Crossley B, Simmonds M, Hilton E, Bailey S, Barret N, Briers P, English R, Jackson A, Kutt E, Lavelle J, Rockall L, Wallis MG, Wilson M, Patnick J. Hormone replacement therapy and false positive recall in the Million Women Study: patterns of use, hormonal constituents and consistency of effect. Breast Cancer Research 2005;8:R8
Gathani T, Bull D, Green J, Reeves G, Beral V on behalf of the Million Women Study Collaborators. Breast Cancer Histological Classification: Agreement between the Office of National Statistics and the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme. Breast Cancer Research 2005;7:R1090-R1096
Beral V, Reeves G, Banks E. Current evidence about the effect of hormone replacement therapy on the incidence of major conditions in postmenopausal women. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2005;112:692-695
Beral V, Bull D, Reeves G. Endometrial cancer and hormone-replacement therapy in the Million Women Study. Lancet 2005;365:1543-1551
Roddam AW, Spencer E, Banks E, Beral V, Reeves G, Appleby P, Barnes I, Whiteman DC, Key TJ. Reproducibility of a short semi-quantitative food group questionnaire and its performance in estimating nutrient intake compared with a 7-day diet diary in the Million Women Study. Public Health Nutrition 2005;8:201-213
Banks E, Beral V, Reeves G on behalf of the Million Women Study Collaborators. Published results on breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy in the Million Women Study are correct. Climacteric 2004;7:415-417 (letter).
Beral V, Reeves G, Green J, Gathani T, Bull D, Crossley B. The effect of hormone replacement therapy on breast and other cancers. In: Menopause and Hormone Replacement. Eds. Critchley H, Gebbie A, Beral V. RCOG Press. London 2004:136-150
Beral V, Banks E, Reeves G,on behalf of the Million Women Study Collaborators. Effects of estrogen-only treatment in postmenopausal women. Journal of the American Medical Association 2004;292:683-687 (letter).
Banks E, Reeves G, Beral V, Bull D, Crossley B, Simmonds M, Hilton E, Bailey S, Barrett N, Briers P, English R, Jackson A, Kutt E, Lavelle J, Rockall L, Wallis MG, Wilson M, Patnick J. Influence of personal characteristics of individual women on sensitivity and specificity of mammography in the Million Women Study: cohort study. British Medical Journal Aug 2004;329:477-479
Banks E, Reeves G, Beral V, Bull D, Crossley B, Simmonds M, Hilton E, Bailey S, Barrett N, Briers P, English R, Jackson A, Kutt E, Lavelle J, Rockall L, Wallis MG, Wilson M, Patnick J. Impact of use of hormone replacement therapy on false positive recall in the NHS breast screening programme: results from the Million Women Study. British Medical Journal May 2004;328:1291-1292
Banks E, Beral V, Reeves G, Balkwill A, Barnes I, for the Million Women Study Collaborators. Fracture incidence in relation to the pattern of use of hormone therapy in postmenopausal women. Journal of the American Medical Association 2004; 291: 2212-2220
Million Women Study Collaborators. Breast cancer and hormone replacement therapy in the Million Women Study. Lancet 2003; 362:419-427
Million Women Study Collaborators. Patterns of use of hormone replacement therapy in one million women in Britain, 1996-2000. British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2002; 109:1319-1330
Banks E, Reeves G, Beral V, Bull D, Crossley B, Simmonds M, Hilton E, Bailey S, Barrett N, Briers P, English R, Jackson A, Kutt E, Lavelle J, Rockall L, Wallis MG, Wilson M. Predictors of outcome of mammography in the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme. Journal of Medical Screening 2002;9:74-82
Emily Banks, Valerie Beral, Rebecca Cameron, Ann Hogg, Nicola Langley, Isobel Barnes, Diana Bull, Gillian Reeves, Ruth English, Sarah Taylor, Jon Elliman and Carole Lole Harris. Comparison of various characteristics of women who do and do not attend for breast cancer screening. Breast Cancer Research 2002; 4: R1
Emily Banks, Valerie Beral, Rebecca Cameron, Ann Hogg, Nicola Langley, Isobel Barnes, Diana Bull, Jon Elliman and Carole Lole Harris. Agreement between general practice prescription data and self-reported use of hormone replacement therapy and treatment for various illnesses. Journal of Epidemiology and Biostatistics 2001;6:357-363
The Million Women Study Collaborative Group. The Million Women Study: Design and characteristics of the study population. Breast Cancer Research 1999;1:73-80
Emily Banks, Ann Richardson, Valerie Beral, Barbara Crossley, Moya Simmonds, Elizabeth Hilton, Ruth English, Judy Davis and Joan Austoker. Effect on attendance at breast cancer screening of adding a self administered questionnaire to the usual invitation to breast screening in southern England. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 1998;52:116-119
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