Valerie Beral

Publication List Details

Period

2001 - 2007

Number

37

Co-Authors

The relationship between anti-HPV-16 IgG seropositivity and cancer of the cervix, anogenital organs, oral cavity and pharynx, oesophagus and prostate in a black South African population (2007)

Sitas, Freddy, Urban, Margaret, Stein, Lara, Beral, Valerie, Ruff, Paul, Hale, Martin, ...

Abstract Background Human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) infection is an important cause of cervical cancer, other anogenital cancers and, possibly, some oral and pharyngeal cancers. The association...

Helicobacter pyloriand cancer among adults in Uganda (2006)

Newton, Robert, Ziegler, John L, Casabonne, Delphine, Carpenter, Lucy, Gold, Benjamin D, Owens, Marilyn, ...

Abstract Data from Africa on infection with Helicobacter pylori ( H. pylori ) are sparse. Therefore, as part of an epidemiological study of cancer in Uganda, we investigated the prevalence and...

Hormone replacement therapy and false positive recall in the Million Women Study: patterns of use, hormonal constituents and consistency of effect (2005)

Banks, Emily, Reeves, Gillian, Beral, Valerie, Bull, Diana, Crossley, Barbara, Simmonds, Moya, ...

Abstract Introduction Current and recent users of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) have an increased risk of being recalled to assessment at mammography without breast cancer being diagnosed ('false...

Breast cancer histological classification: agreement between the Office for National Statistics and the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme (2005)

Gathani, Toral, Bull, Diana, Green, Jane, Reeves, Gillian, Beral, Valerie

Abstract Introduction Epidemiological studies rely on data supplied by central cancer registration sources to be timely, accurate and complete. Validation studies of such data at a national level are...

Comparison of various characteristics of women who do and do not attend for breast cancer screening (2001)

Banks, Emily, Beral, Valerie, Cameron, Rebecca, Hogg, Ann, Langley, Nicola, Barnes, Isobel, ...

Abstract Background Information regarding the characteristics and health of women who do and do not attend for breast cancer screening is limited and representative data are difficult to obtain....

Helicobacter pylori and cancer among adults in Uganda

Newton, Robert, Ziegler, John L, Casabonne, Delphine, Carpenter, Lucy, Gold, Benjamin D, Owens, Marilyn, ...

Data from Africa on infection with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) are sparse. Therefore, as part of an epidemiological study of cancer in Uganda, we investigated the prevalence and determinants of...

Helicobacter pylori and cancer among adults in Uganda

Newton, Robert, Ziegler, John L, Casabonne, Delphine, Carpenter, Lucy, Gold, Benjamin D, Owens, Marilyn, ...

Data from Africa on infection with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) are sparse. Therefore, as part of an epidemiological study of cancer in Uganda, we investigated the prevalence and determinants of...

Alcohol and oesophageal cancer: an assessment of the evidence from routinely collected data

Chilvers, Clair, Fraser, Patricia, Beral, Valerie

Although various factors have been implicated in the aetiology of oesophageal cancer, one factor common to many countries is the consumption of alcoholic beverages. In England and Wales mortality...

On the estimation of relative risk from vital statistical data

Beral, Valerie, Chilvers, Clair, Fraser, Patricia

A method is described for the determination of a measure of relative risk from vital statistical data. If the frequency of disease in a population is linearly related to the level of exposure to a...

Do women know that the risk of breast cancer increases with age?

Moser, Kath, Patnick, Julietta, Beral, Valerie

It is important that women know that the risk of breast cancer increases with age. Women's knowledge of the increased risk will help to inform their health-seeking behaviour. This study shows that...

Gallbladder disease and use of transdermal versus oral hormone replacement therapy in postmenopausal women: prospective cohort study

Liu, Bette, Beral, Valerie, Balkwill, Angela, Green, Jane, Sweetland, Siân, Reeves, Gillian

Objective To determine whether transdermal compared with oral use of hormone replacement therapy reduces the risk of gallbladder disease in postmenopausal women.