Penelope M. Webb

Research interests

Publications

• Global epidemiology of epithelial ovarian cancer

  Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology · 2024 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41571-024-00881-3

• The D-Health Trial: a randomised controlled trial of the effect of vitamin D on mortality

  The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology · 2022 · 10.1016/s2213-8587(21)00345-4

• Association Between Breastfeeding and Ovarian Cancer Risk

  JAMA Oncology · 2020 · 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.0421

• Prognostic gene expression signature for high-grade serous ovarian cancer

  Annals of Oncology · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2020.05.019

• Methylation of all BRCA1 copies predicts response to the PARP inhibitor rucaparib in ovarian carcinoma

  Nature Communications · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05564-z

• How many cancer cases and deaths are potentially preventable? Estimates for Australia in 2013

  International Journal of Cancer · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.31088

• Epidemiology of epithelial ovarian cancer

  Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2016.08.006

• Aspirin, Nonaspirin Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug, and Acetaminophen Use and Risk of Invasive Epithelial Ovarian Cancer: A Pooled Analysis in the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium

  JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2014 · 10.1093/jnci/djt431

• Type I and II Endometrial Cancers: Have They Different Risk Factors?

  Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2012.48.2596

• Obesity and risk of ovarian cancer subtypes: evidence from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium

  Endocrine Related Cancer · 2013 · 10.1530/erc-12-0395

• Tumor Mismatch Repair Immunohistochemistry and DNA MLH1 Methylation Testing of Patients With Endometrial Cancer Diagnosed at Age Younger Than 60 Years Optimizes Triage for Population-Level Germline Mismatch Repair Gene Mutation Testing

  Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2013 · 10.1200/jco.2013.51.2129

• BRCA Mutation Frequency and Patterns of Treatment Response in BRCA Mutation–Positive Women With Ovarian Cancer: A Report From the Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group

  Journal of Clinical Oncology · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1200/jco.2011.39.8545

• Essential Epidemiology: An Introduction for Students and Health Professionals

  · 2012

• Association between endometriosis and risk of histological subtypes of ovarian cancer: a pooled analysis of case–control studies

  The Lancet Oncology · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1016/s1470-2045(11)70404-1

• Cohort profile: The QSkin Sun and Health Study

  International Journal of Epidemiology · 2012 · 10.1093/ije/dys107

• Cigarette Smoking and Adenocarcinomas of the Esophagus and Esophagogastric Junction: A Pooled Analysis From the International BEACON Consortium

  JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2010 · 10.1093/jnci/djq289

• A genome-wide association study identifies susceptibility loci for ovarian cancer at 2q31 and 8q24

  Nature Genetics · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.668

• A genome-wide association study identifies a new ovarian cancer susceptibility locus on 9p22.2

  Nature Genetics · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.424

• Rare, Evolutionarily Unlikely Missense Substitutions in ATM Confer Increased Risk of Breast Cancer

  The American Journal of Human Genetics · 2009 · 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.08.018

• Alcohol Consumption and the Risks of Adenocarcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus

  Gastroenterology · 2008 · 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.12.052

• Obesity and the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

  European Journal of Cancer · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2006.11.010

• Combined effects of obesity, acid reflux and smoking on the risk of adenocarcinomas of the oesophagus

  Gut · 2007 · 10.1136/gut.2007.131375

• Talcum powder, chronic pelvic inflammation and NSAIDs in relation to risk of epithelial ovarian cancer

  International Journal of Cancer · 2007 · 10.1002/ijc.23017

• Recreational and occupational field exposure to freshwater cyanobacteria – a review of anecdotal and case reports, epidemiological studies and the challenges for epidemiologic assessment

  Environmental Health · 2006 · 10.1186/1476-069x-5-6

• Ovulation and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer

  International Journal of Cancer · 2003 · 10.1002/ijc.10927

• FORAGING ECOLOGY OF NORTHERN ELEPHANT SEALS

  Ecological Monographs · 2000 · 10.1890/0012-9615(2000)070[0353:feones]2.0.co;2

• Relation between infection with Helicobacter pylori and living conditions in childhood: evidence for person to person transmission in early life

  BMJ · 1994 · 10.1136/bmj.308.6931.750

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