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Sam Egger

University of Sydney · AU
Area of research
Physiology · Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Research interest
Research interests include Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology.
h-index
36
citations
4,149
works
139
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delays and disruptions in cancer care services: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Nature Cancer 2025cited by 23position: middledoi
Relationship of tobacco smoking to cause-specific mortality: contemporary estimates from Australia
BMC Medicine 2025cited by 12position: middledoi
Alcohol consumption, drinking patterns and cause-specific mortality in an Australian cohort of 181,607 participants aged 45 years and over
Public Health 2025cited by 7position: middledoi
Unreliable evidence from problematic risk of bias assessments: Comment on Begh <i>et al</i>., ‘Electronic cigarettes and subsequent cigarette smoking in young people: A systematic review’
Addiction 2025cited by 2position: firstdoi
Platinum chemotherapy for early triple-negative breast cancer
The Breast 2024cited by 26position: middledoi
The association between vaping and subsequent initiation of cigarette smoking in young Australians from age 12 to 17 years: a retrospective cohort analysis using cross-sectional recall data from 5114 adolescents
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2024cited by 23position: firstdoi
Platinum-based chemotherapy for early triple-negative breast cancer
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2023cited by 46position: middledoi
Parent’s awareness of, and influence on, their 14–17-year-old child’s vaping and smoking behaviours; an analysis of 3242 parent–child pairs in Australia
Addictive Behaviors 2023cited by 15position: firstdoi
Risk of <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 death for people with a pre‐existing cancer diagnosis prior to <scp>COVID</scp>‐19‐vaccination: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
International Journal of Cancer 2023cited by 12position: middledoi
Tobacco smoking changes during the first pre-vaccination phases of the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review and meta-analysis
EClinicalMedicine 2022cited by 198position: middledoi
Vaping product access and use among 14–17‐year‐olds in New South Wales: a cross‐sectional study
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2022cited by 71position: middledoi
Are patients with cancer at higher risk of COVID-19-related death? A systematic review and critical appraisal of the early evidence
Journal of Cancer Policy 2022cited by 16position: middledoi
The risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2 or developing COVID-19 for people with cancer: A systematic review of the early evidence
Journal of Cancer Policy 2022cited by 6position: middledoi
Systematic review and meta-analysis of residential radon and lung cancer in never-smokers
European Respiratory Review 2021cited by 71position: middledoi
Cancer incidence and cancer death in relation to tobacco smoking in a population‐based Australian cohort study
International Journal of Cancer 2021cited by 65position: middledoi
Systematic review of long-term chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) following adjuvant oxaliplatin for colorectal cancer
Supportive Care in Cancer 2021cited by 57position: middledoi
Menopausal hormone therapy: Characterising users in an Australian national cross-sectional study
PLoS ONE 2021cited by 23position: middledoi
Body weight management in overweight and obese breast cancer survivors
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2020cited by 116position: middledoi
Fifteen year quality of life outcomes in men with localised prostate cancer: population based Australian prospective study
BMJ 2020cited by 76position: middledoi
Alcohol consumption, drinking patterns and cancer incidence in an Australian cohort of 226,162 participants aged 45 years and over
British Journal of Cancer 2020cited by 48position: middledoi
A Prospective Study of Health Conditions Related to Alcohol Consumption Cessation Among 97,852 Drinkers Aged 45 and Over in Australia
Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research 2019cited by 86position: middledoi
A multidisciplinary team-oriented intervention to increase guideline recommended care for high-risk prostate cancer: A stepped-wedge cluster randomised implementation trial
Implementation Science 2018cited by 50position: middledoi
Platinum-containing regimens for metastatic breast cancer
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2017cited by 84position: firstdoi
New Challenges in Psycho-Oncology Research III: A systematic review of psychological interventions for prostate cancer survivors and their partners: clinical and research implications
Psycho-Oncology 2017cited by 70position: middledoi
Factors associated with participation in colorectal cancer screening in Australia: Results from the 45 and Up Study cohort
Preventive Medicine 2017cited by 51position: middledoi
Preanalytical Stability of Antibodies to Pathogenic Antigens
Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2017cited by 18position: middledoi
Tobacco smoking and all-cause mortality in a large Australian cohort study: findings from a mature epidemic with current low smoking prevalence
BMC Medicine 2015cited by 275position: middledoi
Mucosal alpha‐papillomaviruses are not associated with esophageal squamous cell carcinomas: Lack of mechanistic evidence from <scp>S</scp>outh <scp>A</scp>frica, <scp>C</scp>hina and <scp>I</scp>ran and from a world‐wide meta‐analysis
International Journal of Cancer 2015cited by 44position: middledoi
Smoking Cessation After Cancer
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2014cited by 65position: middledoi
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 2013cited by 63position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Karen Canfell · Sydney Local Health District11 papers (2012–2025)Marianne Weber · The University of Sydney10 papers (2014–2025)Dianne L. O’Connell · The University of Sydney9 papers (2012–2022)Emily Banks · Australian National University9 papers (2012–2025)Freddy Sitas · South African Medical Research Council7 papers (2012–2017)Peter Sarich · The University of Sydney6 papers (2019–2025)Grace Joshy · Australian National University6 papers (2015–2025)Paul Grogan · The University of Sydney6 papers (2020–2025)Suzanne Hughes · The University of Sydney5 papers (2017–2022)Sarsha Yap · The University of Sydney4 papers (2014–2022)Julia Steinberg · The University of Sydney4 papers (2021–2022)Michael Caruana · University of Sydney3 papers (2022–2022)Ophira Ginsburg · The George Institute for Global Health3 papers (2022–2022)David P. Smith · The University of Sydney3 papers (2017–2020)Melina L Willson · The University of Sydney3 papers (2017–2024)Margaret Urban · National Health Laboratory Service3 papers (2012–2015)Ellie Paige · Australian National University3 papers (2015–2025)Chelsea Carle · The University of Sydney3 papers (2022–2022) · 3 papers (2022–2024)Valerie Beral · University of Oxford3 papers (2012–2017)