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R. Saracci
Researcher at International Agency for Research on Cancer
Publications - 52
Citations - 5763
R. Saracci is an academic researcher from International Agency for Research on Cancer. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Tobacco smoke. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 52 publications receiving 5459 citations. Previous affiliations of R. Saracci include National Research Council.
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European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC): study populations and data collection
Elio Riboli,Kelly J. Hunt,Nadia Slimani,Pietro Ferrari,Teresa Norat,Michael T. Fahey,Charrondière Ur,Bertrand Hémon,Corinne Casagrande,Jérôme Vignat,Kim Overvad,Anne Tjønneland,Françoise Clavel-Chapelon,Anne C. M. Thiébaut,Jürgen Wahrendorf,Heiner Boeing,Dimitrios Trichopoulos,Dimitrios Trichopoulos,Antonia Trichopoulou,Paolo Vineis,Domenico Palli,H. B. Bueno-De-Mesquita,Petra H.M. Peeters,Eiliv Lund,Dagrun Engeset,Carlos A. González,Aurelio Barricarte,Göran Berglund,Göran Hallmans,Nicholas E. Day,Timothy J. Key,Rudolf Kaaks,R. Saracci +32 more
TL;DR: The present paper provides a description of theEPIC study, with the aim of simplifying reference to it in future papers reporting substantive or methodological studies carried out in the EPIC cohort.
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Postmenopausal serum androgens, oestrogens and breast cancer risk: the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition
Rudolph Kaaks,S. Rinaldi,Timothy J. Key,Franco Berrino,Petra H.M. Peeters,Carine Biessy,Laure Dossus,Annekatrin Lukanova,Annekatrin Lukanova,Sheila Bingham,K-T Khaw,Naomi E. Allen,H. B. Bueno-De-Mesquita,C. H. van Gils,Diederik E. Grobbee,H. Boeing,Petra H. Lahmann,Gabriele Nagel,Jenny Chang-Claude,F. Clavel-Chapelon,Agnès Fournier,Anne C. M. Thiébaut,Carlos A. González,J. R. Quirós,M. J. Tormo,E. Ardanaz,E. Ardanaz,Pilar Amiano,Vittorio Krogh,Domenico Palli,Salvatore Panico,R. Tumino,Paolo Vineis,Paolo Vineis,Antonia Trichopoulou,Victoria Kalapothaki,Dimitrios Trichopoulos,Pietro Ferrari,Teresa Norat,R. Saracci,Elio Riboli +40 more
TL;DR: The results have shown that, among postmenopausal women, not only elevated serum oestrogens but also serum androgens are associated with increased breast cancer risk, and caution against the use of DHEA(S), or other androgens, for post menopausal androgen replacement therapy.
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European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) calibration study: rationale, design and population characteristics
Nadia Slimani,Rudolph Kaaks,Pietro Ferrari,Corinne Casagrande,Françoise Clavel-Chapelon,G Lotze,Anja Kroke,Dimitrios Trichopoulos,Antonia Trichopoulou,C. Lauria,M Bellegotti,Marga C. Ocké,Petra H.M. Peeters,Dagrun Engeset,Eiliv Lund,Antonio Agudo,Nerea Larrañaga,Iréne Mattisson,Carin Andrén,Ingegerd Johansson,Gwyneth K. Davey,Ailsa A Welch,Kim Overvad,Anne Tjønneland,W.A. van Staveren,R. Saracci,Elio Riboli +26 more
TL;DR: The overall results suggest that, after adjustment for age, dietary intakes estimated from calibration samples can reasonably be interpreted as representative of the main cohorts in most of the EPIC centres.
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End-of-life decisions in neonatal intensive care: physicians' self-reported practices in seven European countries
Marina Cuttini,M Nadai,Monique Kaminski,Gesine Hansen,R. de Leeuw,S. Lenoir,Jan Persson,Marisa Rebagliato,Margaret Reid,U. De Vonderweid,H. G. Lenard,Marcello Orzalesi,R. Saracci +12 more
TL;DR: Age, length of professional experience, and the importance of religion in the physician's life affected the likelihood of reporting of non-treatment decisions, and type of decision-making varies among countries.
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Environmental tobacco smoke and risk of respiratory cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in former smokers and never smokers in the EPIC prospective study.
Paolo Vineis,Luisa Airoldi,Fabrizio Veglia,L Olgiati,Roberta Pastorelli,Herman Autrup,Alison M. Dunning,Seymour Garte,Emmanuelle Gormally,Pierre Hainaut,Christian Malaveille,Giuseppe Matullo,Marco Peluso,Kim Overvad,Anne Tjønneland,F. Clavel-Chapelon,H. Boeing,Krogh,D. Palli,Salvatore Panico,R. Tumino,B. Bueno-de-Mesquita,P. H. M. Peeters,Göran Berglund,Göran Hallmans,R. Saracci,Elio Riboli +26 more
TL;DR: This large prospective study confirms that environmental tobacco smoke is a risk factor for lung cancer and other respiratory diseases, particularly in ex-smokers.