Melanoma and sun exposure: an overview of published studies

JM Elwood, J Jopson - International journal of cancer, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
To assess the association between the incidence of cutaneous melanoma; intermittent,
occupational and total sun exposure; and history of sunburn at different ages, we conducted …

[BOOK][B] Epidemiology and control of neural tube defects

JM Elwood, J Little, JH Elwood - 1992 - academic.oup.com
Neural tube defects, spina bifida, anencephalus, and encephalocoele, are among the
commonest severe congenital abnormalities in most countries. The last decade has seen …

Risk factors for and prevention of human papillomaviruses (HPV), genital warts and cervical cancer

C Chelimo, TA Wouldes, LD Cameron, JM Elwood - Journal of Infection, 2013 - Elsevier
Genital HPV infection is associated with development of cervical cancer, cervical neoplasia,
anogenital warts, and other anogenital cancers. A number of reviews have primarily …

[HTML][HTML] Cancer survival in five continents: a worldwide population-based study (CONCORD)

MP Coleman, M Quaresma, F Berrino, JM Lutz… - The lancet …, 2008 - thelancet.com
Background Cancer survival varies widely between countries. The CONCORD study
provides survival estimates for 1· 9 million adults (aged 15–99 years) diagnosed with a first …

Sun exposure and melanoma risk at different latitudes: a pooled analysis of 5700 cases and 7216 controls

Y Chang, JH Barrett, DT Bishop… - International journal …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Background Melanoma risk is related to sun exposure; we have investigated risk variation
by tumour site and latitude. Methods We performed a pooled analysis of 15 case–control …

Risk of cutaneous melanoma associated with pigmentation characteristics and freckling: systematic overview of 10 case‐control studies

JM Bliss, D Ford, AJ Swerdlow… - … journal of cancer, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Using individual subject data from 10 case‐control studies, comprising over 3000 cases and
almost 4000 controls, we have estimated the relative risk of melanoma associated with …

Cutaneous melanoma in relation to intermittent and constant sun exposure—the Western Canada Melanoma Study

JM Elwood, RP Gallagher, GB Hill… - International journal of …, 1985 - Wiley Online Library
The histories of exposure to sun through occupational, recreational and vacation activities of
595 patients with newly incident cutaneous melanoma excluding lentigo maligna and acral …

Epidemiology of endometrial cancer

JM Elwood, P Cole, KJ Rothman… - Journal of the National …, 1977 - academic.oup.com
For a population-based, case-control study of cancer of the endometrium in Greater Boston
from 1965 through mid-1969, 440 cases were drawn from nearly all hospitals in the area; …

Body site distribution of cutaneous malignant melanoma in relationship to patterns of sun exposure

JM Elwood, RP Gallagher - International journal of cancer, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
A study of all newly incident melanoma patients in British Columbia in 1991–1992 was
undertaken to test the hypothesis raised by an earlier study, which showed that in younger …

Risk factors for ocular melanoma: Western Canada melanoma study

RP Gallagher, JM Elwood, J Rootman… - Journal of the …, 1985 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Between April 1, 1979, and March 31, 1981, 90 individuals in the four western
provinces of Canada were diagnosed as having ocular melanomas. Of 87 age-eligible …