Imperial College London

Professor Amanda Cross

Faculty of MedicineSchool of Public Health

Professor of Cancer Epidemiology
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 3338amanda.cross

 
 
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Assistant

 

Mr Will Kay +44 (0)20 7594 3350

 
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Location

 

Room 1089Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Wing (QEQM)St Mary's Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Murphy:2019:10.1016/j.cgh.2018.07.030,
author = {Murphy, N and Ward, HA and Jenab, M and Rothwell, JA and Boutron-Ruault, M-C and Carbonnel, F and Kvaskoff, M and Kaaks, R and Kuhn, T and Boeing, H and Aleksandrova, K and Weiderpass, E and Skeie, G and Borch, KB and Tjønneland, A and Kyrø, C and Overvad, K and Dahm, CC and Jakszyn, P and Sanchez, M-JS and Gil, L and Huerta, JM and Barricarte, A and Quiros, JR and Khaw, K-T and Wareham, N and Bradbury, KE and Trichopoulou, A and La, Vecchia C and Karakatsani, A and Palli, D and Grioni, S and Tumino, R and Fasanelli, F and Panico, S and Bueno-de-Mesquita, B and Peeters, PH and Gylling, B and Myte, R and Jirstrom, K and Berntsson, J and Xue, X and Riboli, E and Cross, AJ and Gunter, MJ},
doi = {10.1016/j.cgh.2018.07.030},
journal = {Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology},
pages = {1323--1331.e6},
title = {Heterogeneity of colorectal cancer risk factors by anatomical subsite in 10 European countries: a multinational cohort study},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2018.07.030},
volume = {17},
year = {2019}
}

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB - Background and AimsColorectal cancer located at different anatomical subsites may have distinct etiologies and risk factors. Previous studies that have examined this hypothesis have yielded inconsistent results, possibly because most have been of insufficient size to identify heterogeneous associations with precision.MethodsIn the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study, we used multivariable joint Cox proportional hazards models, which accounted for tumors at different anatomical sites (proximal colon, distal colon, and rectum) as competing risks, to examine the relationships between 14 established/suspected lifestyle, anthropometric, and reproductive/menstrual risk factors with colorectal cancer risk. Heterogeneity across sites was tested using Wald tests.ResultsAfter 14.9 years (median) follow-up of 521,330 men and women, 6,291 colorectal cancer cases occurred. Physical activity was inversely related to proximal colon and distal colon cancer, but not to rectal cancer (P-heterogeneity=0.03). Height was positively associated with proximal and distal colon cancer only, but not rectal cancer (P-heterogeneity=0.0001). For men, but not women, heterogeneous relationships were observed for body mass index (P-heterogeneity=0.008) and waist circumference (P-heterogeneity=0.03), with weaker positive associations found for rectal cancer, compared to proximal and distal colon cancer. Current smoking was associated with a greater risk of rectal and proximal colon cancer, but not distal colon cancer (P-heterogeneity=0.05). No heterogeneity by anatomical site was found for alcohol consumption, diabetes, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug use, and reproductive/menstrual factors.ConclusionsThe physical activity, anthropometry, and smoking relationships with colorectal cancer risk differed by subsite, supporting the hypothesis that tumors in different anatomical regions may have distinct etiologies.
AU - Murphy,N
AU - Ward,HA
AU - Jenab,M
AU - Rothwell,JA
AU - Boutron-Ruault,M-C
AU - Carbonnel,F
AU - Kvaskoff,M
AU - Kaaks,R
AU - Kuhn,T
AU - Boeing,H
AU - Aleksandrova,K
AU - Weiderpass,E
AU - Skeie,G
AU - Borch,KB
AU - Tjønneland,A
AU - Kyrø,C
AU - Overvad,K
AU - Dahm,CC
AU - Jakszyn,P
AU - Sanchez,M-JS
AU - Gil,L
AU - Huerta,JM
AU - Barricarte,A
AU - Quiros,JR
AU - Khaw,K-T
AU - Wareham,N
AU - Bradbury,KE
AU - Trichopoulou,A
AU - La,Vecchia C
AU - Karakatsani,A
AU - Palli,D
AU - Grioni,S
AU - Tumino,R
AU - Fasanelli,F
AU - Panico,S
AU - Bueno-de-Mesquita,B
AU - Peeters,PH
AU - Gylling,B
AU - Myte,R
AU - Jirstrom,K
AU - Berntsson,J
AU - Xue,X
AU - Riboli,E
AU - Cross,AJ
AU - Gunter,MJ
DO - 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.07.030
EP - 1331
PY - 2019///
SN - 1542-3565
SP - 1323
TI - Heterogeneity of colorectal cancer risk factors by anatomical subsite in 10 European countries: a multinational cohort study
T2 - Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2018.07.030
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1542356518307560?via%3Dihub
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/62329
VL - 17
ER -