Publications for Freddy Sitas
Publications for Freddy Sitas
2016
Chapman, S., Azizi, L., Luo, Q., Sitas, F. (2016).
Has the incidence of brain cancer risen in
Australia since the introduction of mobile phones
29 years ago? Cancer Epidemiology, Apr 2016.
<a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2016.04.
010">[More Information]</a>
Salagame, U., Banks, E., Sitas, F., Canfell, K.
(2016). Menopausal hormone therapy use and
breast cancer risk in Australia: Findings from the
New South Wales Cancer, Lifestyle and
Evaluation of Risk study. International Journal
of Cancer, 138, 1905-1914. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.29942">[Mor
e Information]</a>
Halec, G., Schmitt, M., Egger, S., Abnet, C.,
Babb, C., Dawsey, S., Flechtenmacher, C., Gheit,
T., Hale, M., Sitas, F., et al (2016). Mucosal
Alpha-Papillomaviruses are not associated with
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinomas: Lack of
Mechanistic Evidence from South Africa, China
and Iran and from a World-Wide Meta-Analysis.
International Journal of Cancer, 139(1), 85-98.
<a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.29911">[Mor
e Information]</a>
Sewram, V., Sitas, F., O'Connell, D., Myers, J.
(2016). Tobacco and alcohol as risk factors for
oesophageal cancer in a high incidence area in
South Africa. Cancer Epidemiology, 41,
113-121. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2016.02.
001">[More Information]</a>
Sitas, F. (2016). Twenty five years since the first
prospective study by Forman et al. (1991) on
Helicobacter pylori and stomach cancer risk.
Cancer Epidemiology, 41, 159-164. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2016.02.
002">[More Information]</a>
Velentzis, L., Banks, E., Sitas, F., Salagame, U.,
Tan, E., Canfell, K. (2016). Use of menopausal
hormone therapy and bioidentical hormone
therapy in Australian women 50 to 69 years of
age: Results from a national, cross-sectional
study. Reviews in Australian Studies, 11(3), 1-12.
<a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.014
6494">[More Information]</a>
2015
Whiteman, D., Appleyard, M., Bahin, F.,
Bobryshev, Y., Bourke, M., Brown, I., Chung,
A., Clouston, A., Dickins, E., Emery, J., Eslick,
G., Sitas, F., et al (2015). Australian clinical
practice guidelines for the diagnosis and
management of Barrett's Esophagus and Early
Esophageal Adenocarcinoma. Journal of
Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 30(5),
804-820. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgh.12913">[Mo
re Information]</a>
Sarich, P., Ding, D., Sitas, F., Weber, M. (2015).
Co-occurrence of chronic disease lifestyle risk
factors in middle-aged and older immigrants: A
cross-sectional analysis of 264,102 Australians.
Preventive Medicine, 81, 209-215. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2015.09
.004">[More Information]</a>
Canfell, K., Egger, S., Velentzis, L., Brown, J.,
O'Connell, D., Banks, E., Sitas, F. (2015).
Factors related to vaccine uptake by young adult
women in the catch-up phase of the National
HPV Vaccination Program in Australia: Results
from an observational study. Vaccine, 33(20),
2387-2394. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2015.0
1.024">[More Information]</a>
Yu, X., Khan, C., Luo, Q., Sitas, F., O'Connell,
D. (2015). Lung cancer prevalence in New South
Wales (Australia): Analysis of past trends and
projection of future estimates. Cancer
Epidemiology, 39(4), 534-538. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2015.05.
007">[More Information]</a>
Sitas, F., Neale, R., Weber, M., Luo, Q. (2015).
Pancreatic cancer: Gradual rise, increasing
relevance. Medical Journal of Australia, 202(8),
401-402. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja15.00137">[
More Information]</a>
Regan, T., Carey, M., Bryant, J., Waller, A.,
Mansfield, E., Sitas, F., Tracey, E. (2015).
Prevalence and correlates of current smoking
among medical oncology outpatients.
Psycho-Oncology, 24(10), 1258-1264. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pon.3893">[Mor
e Information]</a>
Feletto, E., Sitas, F. (2015). Quantifying
disparities in cancer incidence and mortality of
Australian residents of New South Wales (NSW)
by place of birth: an ecological study. BMC
Public Health, 15(1), 823-1-823-9. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-214
1-3">[More Information]</a>
Sitas, F., Yap, S., Egger, S., Christian, K.,
Hodgkinson, V., Barton, M., Banks, E., Canfell,
K., O'Connell, D., Nair-Shalliker, V. (2015). The
Cancer, Lifestyle and Evaluation of Risk Study
(CLEAR): Rationale and design of an unmatched
"case-spouse control" study of over 10,000
participants in New South Wales, Australia.
Cancer Epidemiology, 39(3), 414-423. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2015.03.
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Banks, E., Joshy, G., Weber, M., Liu, B.,
Grenfell, R., Egger, S., Paige, E., Lopez, A.,
Sitas, F., Beral, V. (2015). Tobacco smoking and
all-cause mortality in a large Australian cohort
study: findings from a mature epidemic with
current low smoking prevalence. BMC Medicine,
13(1), 1-10. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-015-028
1-z">[More Information]</a>
2014
Weber, M., Chiew, M., Feletto, E., Kahn, C.,
Sitas, F., Webster, L. (2014). Cancer Screening
among Immigrants Living in Urban and Regional
Australia: Results from the 45 and up study.
International Journal of Environmental Research
and Public Health, 11(8), 8251-8266. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph110808251
">[More Information]</a>
Sewram, V., Sitas, F., O'Connell, D., Myers, J.
(2014). Diet and esophageal cancer risk in the
Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Nutrition
and Cancer, 66(5), 791-799. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01635581.2014.
916321">[More Information]</a>
Velentzis, L., Sitas, F., O'Connell, D.,
Darlington-Brown, J., Egger, S., Sinha, R.,
Banks, E., Frazer, I., Canfell, K. (2014). Human
papillomavirus 16/18 seroprevalence in
unvaccinated women over 30 years with normal
cytology and with high grade cervical
abnormalities in Australia: results from an
observational study. BMC Infectious Diseases,
14, 1-10. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-014-067
6-z">[More Information]</a>
Sitas, F., Weber, M., Egger, S., Yap, S., Chiew,
M., O'Connell, D. (2014). Smoking Cessation
After Cancer. Journal of Clinical Oncology,
32(32), 3593-3595. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/JCO.2014.55.96
66">[More Information]</a>
Antoni, S., Soerjomataram, I., Moore, S., Ferlay,
J., Sitas, F., Smith, D., Forman, D. (2014). The
ban on phenacetin is associated with changes in
the incidence trends of upper-urinary tract
cancers in Australia. Australian and New
Zealand Journal of Public Health, 38(5),
455-458. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.1225
2">[More Information]</a>
2013
Sitas, F., Gibberd, A., Kahn, C., Weber, M.,
Chiew, M., Supramaniam, R., Velentzis, L.,
Nickson, C., Smith, D., O'Connell, D., Yu, X.,
Canfell, K., Robotin, M., et al (2013). Cancer
incidence and mortality in people aged less than
75 years: Changes in Australia over the period
1987-2007. Cancer Epidemiology, 37(6),
780-787. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2013.09.
010">[More Information]</a>
Sitas, F., Egger, S., Bradshaw, D., Groenewald,
P., Laubscher, R., Kielkowski, D., Peto, R.
(2013). Differences among the coloured, white,
black, and other South African populations in
smoking-attributed mortality at ages 35-74 years:
a case-control study of 481,640 deaths. The
Lancet, 382(9893), 685-693. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(13)
61610-4">[More Information]</a>
Weber, M., Smith, D., O'Connell, D., Patel, M.,
De Souza, P., Sitas, F., Banks, E. (2013). Risk
factors for erectile dysfunction in a cohort of 108
477 Australian men. Medical Journal of
Australia, 199(2), 107-111. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja12.11548">[
More Information]</a>
Weber, M., Cunich, M., Smith, D., Salkeld, G.,
Sitas, F., O'Connell, D. (2013).
Sociodemographic and health-related predictors
of self-reported mammogram, faecal occult
blood test and prostate specific antigen test use in
a large Australian study. BMC Public Health,
13(429), 1-13. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-4
29">[More Information]</a>
Feletto, E., Gibberd, A., Kahn, C., Armstrong,
K., Canfell, K., Chiew, M., Grogan, P., Nickson,
C., O'Connell, D., Penman, A., Robotin, M.,
Smith, D., Yu, X., Sitas, F., et al (2013). The
State of Cancer Control in Australia 1987-2007:
Changes in cancer incidence and mortality, (pp.
1 - 166). Sydney, Australia: Cancer Council
NSW.
2012
Chiew, M., Weber, M., Egger, S., Sitas, F.
(2012). A cross-sectional exploration of smoking
status and social interaction in a large
population-based Australian cohort. Social
Science and Medicine, 75(1), 77-86. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2012
.02.041">[More Information]</a>
Urban, M., Banks, E., Egger, S., Canfell, K.,
O'Connell, D., Beral, V., Sitas, F. (2012).
Injectable and Oral Contraceptive Use and
Cancers of the Breast, Cervix, Ovary, and
Endometrium in Black South African women:
Case-Control study. PLoS Medicine, 9(3), 1-11.
<a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.10
01182">[More Information]</a>
Sitas, F., Egger, S., Urban, M., Taylor, P., Abnet,
C., Boffetta, P., O'Connell, D., Whiteman, D.,
Publications for Freddy Sitas
Brennan, P., Malekzadeh, R., et al (2012).
InterSCOPE Study: Associations Between
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma and
Human Papillomavirus Serological Markers.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 104(2),
147-158. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jnci/djr499">[M
ore Information]</a>
2011
Weber, M., Banks, E., Sitas, F. (2011). Smoking
in migrants in New South Wales, Australia:
Report on data from over 100,000 participants in
the 45 and Up Study. Drug and Alcohol Review,
30(6), 597-605. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1465-3362.201
0.00247.x">[More Information]</a>
Sitas, F., Yu, X., O'Connell, D., Blizzard, L.,
Otahal, P., Newman, L., venn, A. (2011). The
relationship between basal and squamous cell
skin cancer and smoking related cancers. BMC
Research Notes, 4(1), A556-1-A556-5. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-4-55
6">[More Information]</a>
Willcox, S., Stewart, B., Sitas, F. (2011). What
factors do cancer patients believe contribute to
the development of their cancer? Cancer Causes
and Control, 22, 1503-1511. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10552-011-982
4-6">[More Information]</a>
2010
Sitas, F., O'Connell, D., Van Kemenade, C.,
Short, M., Zhao, K. (2010). Breast cancer risk
among female employees of the Australian
Broadcasting Corporation in Australia. Medical
Journal of Australia, 192(11), 651-654. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract
&list_uids=20528719">[More Information]</a>
Jiang, J., Liu, B., Sitas, F., Zeng, X., Chen, J.,
Han, W., Zou, X., Wu, Y., Zhao, P., Li, J.
(2010). Case-spouse control design in practice:
an experience in estimating smoking and chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease deaths in Chinese
adults. Journal Of The Formosan Medical
Association, 109(5), 369-377. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0929-6646(10)
60065-4">[More Information]</a>
Malope-Kgokong Babatyi I, B., Macphail, P.,
Mbisa, G., Ratshikhopa, E., Maskew, M., Stein,
L., Sitas, F., Whitby, D. (2010). Kaposi's
Sarcoma Associated-Herpes Virus (KSHV)
Seroprevalence in Pregnant Women in South
Africa. Infectious Agents and Cancer, 5, 1-8. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1750-9378-5-14"
>[More Information]</a>
Jiang, J., Liu, B., Sitas, F., Li, J., Zeng, X., Han,
W., Zou, X., Wu, Y., Zhao, P. (2010).
Smoking-attributable deaths and potential years
of life lost from a large, representative study in
China. Tobacco Control, 19(1), 7-12. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tc.2009.031245"
>[More Information]</a>
2009
Weber, M., Banks, E., Smith, D., O'Connell, D.,
Sitas, F. (2009). Cancer screening among
migrants in an Australian cohort; cross-sectional
analyses from the 45 and Up Study. BMC Public
Health, 9, 1-9. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-9-14
4">[More Information]</a>
Sitas, F., O'Connell, D., Jamrozik, K., Lopez, A.
(2009). Smoking questions on the Australian
death notification form: adopting international
best practice? Medical Journal of Australia,
191(3), 166-168. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract
&list_uids=19645648">[More Information]</a>
Mayosi, B., Flisher, A., Lalloo, U., Sitas, F.,
Tollman, S., Bradshaw, D. (2009). The burden of
non-communicable diseases in South Africa. The
Lancet, 374(9693), 934-947. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(09)
61087-4">[More Information]</a>
2008
Stein, L., Weber, M., Ruff, P., Hale, M., Donde,
B., Patel, M., Sitas, F. (2008). Effects of tobacco
smoking on cancer and cardiovascular disease in
urban black South Africans. British Journal of
Cancer, 98(9), 1586-1592. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bjc.6604303">
[More Information]</a>
Supramaniam, R., O'Connell, D., Robotin, M.,
Tracey, E., Sitas, F. (2008). Future cancer trends
to be influenced by past and future migration.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public
Health, 32(1), 90-92. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract
&list_uids=18290924">[More Information]</a>
Malope, B., Macphail, P., Mbisa, G., Stein, L.,
Ratshikhopha, E., Ndhlovu, L., Sitas, F., Whitby,
D. (2008). No evidence of sexual transmission of
Kaposi's sarcoma herpes virus in a heterosexual
South African population. AIDS, 22(4), 519-526.
<a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0b013e328
2f46582">[More Information]</a>
Parkin, D., Sitas, F., Chirenje, M., Stein, L.,
Abratt, R., Wabinga, H. (2008). Part I: Cancer in
Indigenous Africans--burden, distribution, and
trends. The Lancet Oncology, 9(7), 683-692. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(08)
70175-X">[More Information]</a>
Publications for Freddy Sitas
Sitas, F., Parkin, D., Chirenje, M., Stein, L.,
Abratt, R., Wabinga, H. (2008). Part II: Cancer
in Indigenous Africans-causes and control. The
Lancet Oncology, 9(8), 786-795. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(08)
70198-0">[More Information]</a>
Weber, M., Banks, E., Ward, R., Sitas, F. (2008).
Population characteristics related to colorectal
cancer testing in New South Wales, Australia:
results from the 45 and Up Study cohort. Journal
of Medical Screening, 15(3), 137-142. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/jms.2008.008050
">[More Information]</a>
Robotin, M., George, J., Supramaniam, R., Sitas,
F., Penman, A. (2008). Preventing primary liver
cancer: how well are we faring towards a
national hepatitis B strategy? Medical Journal of
Australia, 188(6), 363-365. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract
&list_uids=18341462">[More Information]</a>
Stein, L., Urban, M., O'Connell, D., Yu, X.,
Beral, V., Newton, R., Ruff, P., Donde, B., Hale,
M., Patel, M., Sitas, F. (2008). The spectrum of
human immunodeficiency virus-associated
cancers in a South African black population:
results from a case-control study, 1995-2004.
International Journal of Cancer, 122(10),
2260-2265. <a
href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.23391">[Mor
e Information]</a>
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
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Canfell, K., Sitas, F., Beral, V. (2006). Cervical
cancer in Australia and the United Kingdom:
comparison of screening policy and uptake, and
cancer incidence and mortality. Medical Journal
of Australia, 185(9), 482-486. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
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&list_uids=17137451">[More Information]</a>
Malope, B., Pfeiffer, R., Mbisa, G., Stein, L.,
Ratshikhopha, E., O'Connell, D., Sitas, F.,
Macphail, P., Whitby, D. (2006). Transmission
of Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus
Between Mothers and Children in a South
African Population. JAIDS-Journal of Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 44(3), 351-355.
<a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract
&list_uids=17195763">[More Information]</a>
2005
Weir, L., Spigelman, A., Scott, R., Kirk, J.,
Zeckendorf, S., Sitas, F. (2005). The NSW &
ACT Hereditary Cancer Registers. Australian
Family Physician, 34(1-2), 53-58. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
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&list_uids=15727359">[More Information]</a>
2007
2004
Sitas, F., Urban, M., Stein, L., Beral, V., Ruff, P.,
Hale, M., Patel, M., O'Connell, D., Yu Xue, Q.,
Verzijden, A., et al (2007). 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. Infectious
Agents and Cancer, 2(1), online 1-online 9. <a
href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.
fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract
&list_uids=17331260">[More Information]</a>
Mosane, T., Malope, B., Ratshikhopha, M., Hiss,
D., Sitas, F. (2004). Seroprevalence of
Helicobacter pylori immunoglobulin G
antibodies in South African mothers and their
children. European Journal of Gastroenterology
and Hepatology, 16(1), 113-114.
Marais, D., Sampson, C., Urban, M., Sitas, F.,
Williamson, A. (2007). The seroprevalence of
IgG antibodies to human papillomavirus (HPV)
types HPV-16, HPV-18, and HPV-11
capsid-antigens in mothers and their children.
Journal of Medical Virology, 79(9), 1370-1374.
Wojcicki, J., Newton, R., Urban, M., Stein, L.,
Hale, M., Patel, M., Ruff, P., Sur, R.,
Bourboulia, D., Sitas, F. (2003). Risk factors for
high anti-HHV-8 antibody titers (≥1:51,200) in
black, HIV-1 negative South African cancer
patients: a case control study. BMC Infectious
Diseases, 3(1), 21.
2006
Berrington-González, A., Urban, M., Sitas, F.,
Blackburn, N., Hale, M., Patel, M., Ruff, P., Sur,
R., Newton, R., Beral, V. (2006). Antibodies
against six human herpesviruses in relation to
seven cancers in black South Africans: A case
control study. Infectious Agents and Cancer, 1,
2-2. <a
2003
Sitas, F., Dedicoat, M., Newton, R. (2003).
Cancer in rural KwaZulu-Natal. SAMJ South
African Medical Journal, 93(11), 846-847.