Integrative Cancer Epidemiology Group
The Integrative Cancer Epidemiology Group uses epidemiological methods to better understand carcinogenic processes and improve risk assessment for precision prevention.
Professor Montse Garcia-Closas
Group Leader:
Integrative Cancer Epidemiology
Professor Montserrat García-Closas is physician epidemiologist expert in genetic susceptibility, etiologic heterogeneity, and risk prediction for breast cancer. She co-leads the Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Unit at ICR and Imperial College, and is a member and leader of several large international consortia in cancer epidemiology.
Researchers in this group
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Professor Montse Garcia-Closas's group have written 50 publications
Most recent new publication 10/2010
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Improved breast cancer risk tools on the horizon as major study reaches 20-year halfway point
Scientists are developing breast cancer risk tools that will help to identify women at high risk, even if they do not have a family history of the disease, thanks to one of the world’s largest and longest-running studies into the causes of breast cancer.
Largest study of its kind suggests physical activity reduces a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer before menopause
Regular leisure time physical activity may reduce the risk of breast cancer for women before menopause, according to new research funded by Breast Cancer Now.