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  1. Santos-Silva AR, Esteves-Pereira TC, Lauby-Secretan B, Lopes MA, Sollecito TP (2026). The International Agency for Research on Cancer Handbook of Oral Cancer Prevention as a framework for future screening programs in Brazil. Rev Bras Cancerol. 72(3):5624. https://doi.org/10.32635/2176-9745.RBC.2026v72n3.5624EN
  2. Rumgay H, Colombet M, Ramos da Cunha A, Filho AM, Warnakulasuriya S, Conway DI, et al. (2026). Global incidence of lip, oral cavity, and pharyngeal cancers by subsite in 2022. CA Cancer J Clin. 76(1):caac.70048. https://doi.org/10.3322/caac.70048 PMID:41335400
  3. Parascandola M, Nethan ST, Siddiqi K (2026). Smokeless tobacco and oral cancer in global perspective. N Engl J Med. 394(3):209–11. https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp2500631 PMID:41534101
  4. Nethan ST, Pérez-de-Oliveira ME, Campbell F, Santos-Silva AR, Lauby-Secretan B (2026). Interventions for oral cancer prevention: an evidence and gap map. Int J Cancer. 159(1):188–97. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.70391 PMID:41730778
  5. Mariano LC, Warnakulasuriya S, Lauby-Secretan B, Monteiro L (2026). Investigating the association between oral hygiene and oral cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Oral Dis. 32(5):1291–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/odi.70201 PMID:41840681
  6. Hawkins ST, Mitchell HJ, Bennett D, Maso LD, Farré X, Giusti F, et al. (2026). European expert consensus on cancer recurrence and progression data collection by population based cancer registries. Cancer Epidemiol. 102:103067. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.canep.2026.103067 PMID:41946283
  7. Correia D, Neufeld M, Ferreira-Borges C, Lauby-Secretan B, Rumgay H, Soerjomataram I, et al. (2026). Quantifying the potential of alcohol policies for cancer prevention in the EU: a modelling study. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 67:101734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2026.101734 PMID:42375818
  8. Correia D, Neufeld M, Ferreira-Borges C, Lauby-Secretan B, Rehm J (2026). Alcohol policy modelling studies require realistic assumptions – authors’ reply. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 68:101819. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2026.101819 PMID:42621027
  9. Mehrotra R, Lauby-Secretan B (2025). Smokeless tobacco is a major risk factor for oral cancer in South and Southeast Asia. Oral Dis. 31(5):1473–8. https://doi.org/10.1111/odi.15241 PMID:39928051
  10. Lauby-Secretan B (2025). Response to the current perspective: evaluation of screening mammography effectiveness: the IARC recommendations of 2015 need revision. Eur J Cancer. 226:115658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2025.115658 PMID:40729841
  11. Gapstur S, Islami F, Lauby-Secretan B (2025). Alcohol. In: Jemal A, Sung H, Kelly K, Soerjomataram I, Bray F, editors. The cancer atlas. 4th ed. Atlanta (GA), USA: American Cancer Society; pp. 26–7.
  12. Dossus L, Gunter MJ, Gonzalez-Gil EM, Lauby-Secretan B, Ahmadi N, Mitrou P, et al. (2025). CUP global framework for the review of the biologic pathways linking diet, nutrition, body weight, and physical activity with cancer incidence – updated to version 2. Health Open Res. https://doi.org/10.21955/healthopenres.1115028.1
  13. Terry MB, English DR, Freudenheim JL, Lauby-Secretan B, Gapstur SM (2024). Alcohol cessation and breast cancer risk stratified by hormone receptor status. Breast Cancer Res. 26(1):179. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-024-01937-z PMID:39639353
  14. Sohi I, Rehm J, Saab M, Virmani L, Franklin A, Sánchez G, et al. (2024). Alcoholic beverage consumption and female breast cancer risk: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (Hoboken). 48(12):2222–41. https://doi.org/10.1111/acer.15493 PMID:39581746
  15. Rumgay H, Nethan ST, Shah R, Vignat J, Ayo-Yusuf O, Chaturvedi P, et al. (2024). Global burden of oral cancer in 2022 attributable to smokeless tobacco and areca nut consumption: a population attributable fraction analysis. Lancet Oncol. 25(11):1413–23. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00458-3 PMID:39393386
  16. Gonzalez-Gil EM, Lewis S, Croker H, Gordon-Dseagu V, Lauby-Secretan B, Gunter MJ, et al. (2024). Protocol for the systematic review of the biologic pathways linking diet, nutrition, and physical activity with cancer: World Cancer Research Fund Global Cancer Update Project. Proceedings. 91(1):406. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2023091406
  17. Berrington de González A, Masten SA, Bhatti P, Fortner RT, Peters S, Santonen T, et al. (2024). Advisory Group recommendations on priorities for the IARC Monographs. Lancet Oncol. 25(5):546–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1470-2045(24)00208-0 PMID:38621402
  18. Simms KT, Keane A, Nguyen DTN, Caruana M, Hall MT, Lui G, et al. (2023). Benefits, harms and cost-effectiveness of cervical screening, triage and treatment strategies for women in the general population. Nat Med. 29(12):3050–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02600-4 PMID:38087115
  19. Pedroso CM, Normando AGC, Siracusa CS, Lauby-Secretan B, Nethan ST, Tomasi RA, et al. (2023). Pan-American prevalence of smokeless tobacco use and association with oral potentially malignant disorders and head and neck cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 136(3):322–32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oooo.2023.02.019 PMID:37076380
  20. Mandrik O, Roitberg F, Lauby-Secretan B, Parak U, Ramadas K, Varenne B, et al. (2023). Perspective on oral cancer screening: time for implementation research and beyond. J Cancer Policy. 35:100381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpo.2022.100381 PMID:36599217
  21. Bresalier RS, Senore C, Young GP, Allison J, Benamouzig R, Benton S, et al.; Members of the World Endoscopy Colorectal Cancer Screening New Test Evaluation Expert Working Group (2023). An efficient strategy for evaluating new non-invasive screening tests for colorectal cancer: the guiding principles. Gut. 72(10):1904–18. https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2023-329701 PMID:37463757
  22. Singh D, Vignat J, Lorenzoni V, Eslahi M, Ginsburg O, Lauby-Secretan B, et al. (2023). Global estimates of incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in 2020: a baseline analysis of the WHO Global Cervical Cancer Elimination Initiative. Lancet Glob Health. 11(2):e197–206. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00501-0 PMID:36528031
  23. Paglioni MP, Khurram SA, Ruiz BII, Lauby-Secretan B, Normando AG, Ribeiro ACP, et al. (2022). Clinical predictors of malignant transformation and recurrence in oral potentially malignant disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 134(5):573–87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oooo.2022.07.006 PMID:36153299
  24. Straif K, Lauby-Secretan B (2019). Human carcinogens identified by the IARC Monographs Program. In: Jemal A, Torre L, Soerjomataram I, Bray F, editors. The cancer atlas. 3rd ed. Atlanta (GA), USA: American Cancer Society; p. 32.
  25. Lauby-Secretan B, Dossus L, Marant-Micallef C, His M (2019). [Obesity and cancer.] Bull Cancer. 106(7–8):635–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bulcan.2019.04.008 PMID:31227175 [French]
  26. Stewart BW, Bray F, Forman D, Ohgaki H, Straif K, Ullrich A, et al. (2016). Cancer prevention as part of precision medicine: ‘plenty to be done’. Carcinogenesis. 37(1):2–9. https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin/bgv166 PMID:26590901

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