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R. Kaaks

German Cancer Research Center · DE
Area of research
Oncology · Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Research interest
Research interests include Cancer Risks and Factors, Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors, Nutritional Studies and Diet, and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer.
h-index
35
citations
5,310
works
62
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Exogenous Hormones, Tumor Intrinsic Subtypes, and Breast Cancer
JAMA Network Open 2025cited by 8position: middledoi
Risk-adapted Prostate Cancer Screening Achieves Mammography-like Benefits: Evidence and Implications for Europe
European Urology 2025cited by 3position: middledoi
Active Surveillance in a Prostate Cancer Screening Trial in Young Men: Interim Results from the PROBASE Trial
EMJ Urology 2025cited by 1position: middledoi
Association between pre-diagnostic circulating lipid metabolites and colorectal cancer risk: a nested case–control study in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)
EBioMedicine 2024cited by 20position: middledoi
Associations of milk, dairy products, calcium and vitamin D intake with risk of developing Parkinson´s disease within the EPIC4ND cohort
European Journal of Epidemiology 2024cited by 6position: middledoi
Pre-diagnostic C-reactive protein concentrations, CRP genetic variation and mortality among individuals with colorectal cancer in Western European populations
BMC Cancer 2022cited by 12position: middledoi
No association of alcohol use and the risk of ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease: data from a European Prospective cohort study (EPIC)
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2017cited by 71position: middledoi
Healthy lifestyle index and risk of gastric adenocarcinoma in the EPIC cohort study
International Journal of Cancer 2014cited by 132position: middledoi
Axonal guidance signaling pathway interacting with smoking in modifying the risk of pancreatic cancer: a gene- and pathway-based interaction analysis of GWAS data
Carcinogenesis 2014cited by 48position: middledoi
Insulin-like growth factor I and risk of epithelial invasive ovarian cancer by tumour characteristics: results from the EPIC cohort
British Journal of Cancer 2014cited by 23position: lastdoi
Diabetes mellitus, insulin treatment, diabetes duration, and risk of biliary tract cancer and hepatocellular carcinoma in a European cohort
Annals of Oncology 2013cited by 140position: middledoi
Hemochromatosis (HFE) gene mutations and risk of gastric cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study
Carcinogenesis 2013cited by 33position: middledoi
Lower educational level is a predictor of incident type 2 diabetes in European countries: The EPIC-InterAct study
International Journal of Epidemiology 2012cited by 199position: middledoi
Impact of Cigarette Smoking on Cancer Risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Study
Journal of Clinical Oncology 2012cited by 159position: middledoi
Smoking and the risk of prostate cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
British Journal of Cancer 2012cited by 74position: middledoi

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Frequent collaborators

Glen Kristiansen · Roche (Switzerland)2 papers (2025–2025)Rouvier Al‐Monajjed · Heidelberg University2 papers (2025–2025)Agnė Krilavičiūtė · German Cancer Research Center2 papers (2025–2025)Giovanna Masala · Utrecht University2 papers (2017–2024)Jürgen E. Gschwend · Institut für Arbeitsmarkt und Berufsforschung2 papers (2025–2025)Verena Katzke · Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS2 papers (2017–2024)Petra Seibold · German Cancer Research Center2 papers (2025–2025)Anne Tjønneland · Danish National Institute of Public Health2 papers (2014–2017)Lars Schimmöller · University Hospitals of the Ruhr-University of Bochum2 papers (2025–2025)Jürgen Debus · Zimmer Biomet (Netherlands)2 papers (2025–2025)Markus A. Kuczyk · Medizinische Hochschule Hannover2 papers (2025–2025)Nikolaus Becker · German Cancer Research Center2 papers (2025–2025)F van Schaik · National Institute for Public Health and the Environment1 papers (2017–2017)Heinz-Peter Schlemmer · German Cancer Research Center1 papers (2025–2025)Susan Peters · National Institute of Occupational Health1 papers (2024–2024)Mareike Gröninger · Heidelberg University1 papers (2024–2024)Christoph A. Grott · German Cancer Research Center1 papers (2025–2025)Kim Overvad · Aarhus University1 papers (2017–2017) · 1 papers (2025–2025)Robert R. McWilliams · Mayo Clinic1 papers (2014–2014)