Publications

Peer-reviewed journal articles were prepared to share the results of the ComPARe study. The main articles can be found as part of a special issue in Preventive Medicine with an editorial by guest editor Dr Salaheddin Mahmud. A full list of all journal articles related to the ComPARe study can be found below. Publications for the ComPARe study are only available in English.

 

Summary

The current and future burden of cancer attributable to modifiable risk factors in Canada: Summary of results

Abbey Poirier, Yibing Ruan, Karena Volesky, Will King, Dylan O’Sullivan, Priyanka Gogna, Stephen Walter, Paul Villeneuve, Christine Friedenreich and Darren Brenner on behalf of the ComPARe study team

Preventive Medicine, 2019

The future burden of cancer in Canada: Long-term cancer incidence projections 2013–2042

Abbey E. Poirier, Yibing Ruan, Stephen D. Walter, Eduardo L. Franco, Paul J. Villeneuve, Will D. King, Karena D. Volesky, Dylan E. O’Sullivan, Christine M. Friedenreich and Darren R. Brenner on behalf of the ComPARe study team

Cancer Epidemiology, 2019

Methods

A comparison of approaches for estimating combined population attributable risks for multiple risk factors

Yibing Ruan, Stephen D. Walter, Christine M. Friedenreich and Darren R. Brenner on behalf of the ComPARe study team

Epidemiologic Methods, 2019

The burden of cancer attributable to modifiable risk factors in Canada: Methods overview

Darren Brenner, Christine Friedenreich, Yibing Ruan, Abbey Poirier, Stephen Walter, Will King, Eduardo Franco, Paul Demers, Paul Villeneuve, Xin Grevers, Robert Nuttall, Leah Smith, Karena Volesky, Dylan O’Sullivan and Prithwish De on behalf of the ComPARe study team

Preventive Medicine, 2019

Estimating the current and future cancer burden in Canada: methodological framework of the Canadian population attributable risk of cancer (ComPARe) study

Darren R Brenner, Abbey E Poirier, Stephen D Walter, Will D King, Eduardo L Franco, Paul A Demers, Paul J Villeneuve, Yibing Ruan, Farah Khandwala, Xin Grevers, Robert Nuttall, Leah Smith, Prithwish De, Karena Volesky, Dylan O’Sullivan, Perry Hystad and Christine M Friedenreich on behalf of the ComPARe study group

BMJ Open, 2018

Preventable lifestyle risk factors

Estimates of the current and future burden of cancer attributable to active and passive tobacco smoking in Canada

Abbey Poirier, Yibing Ruan, Xin Grevers, Stephen Walter, Paul Villeneuve, Christine Friedenreich and Darren Brenner on behalf of the ComPARe study team

Preventive Medicine, 2019

Estimates of the current and future burden of cancer attributable to low fruit and vegetable consumption in Canada

Abbey Poirier, Yibing Ruan, Lauren Hebert, Xin Grevers, Stephen Walter, Paul Villeneuve, Darren Brenner and Christine Friedenreich on behalf of the ComPARe study team

Preventive Medicine, 2019

Estimates of the current and future burden of cancer attributable to alcohol consumption in Canada

Xin Grevers, Yibing Ruan, Abbey Poirier, Stephen Walter, Paul Villeneuve, Christine Friedenreich and Darren Brenner on behalf of the ComPARe study team

Preventive Medicine, 2019

Estimates of the current and future burden of cancer attributable to red and processed meat consumption in Canada

Yibing Ruan, Abbey Poirier, Lauren Hebert, Xin Grevers, Stephen Walter, Paul Villeneuve, Darren Brenner and Christine Friedenreich on behalf of the ComPARe study team

Preventive Medicine, 2019

Estimates of the current and future burden of cancer attributable to excess body weight and abdominal adiposity in Canada

Darren Brenner, Abbey Poirier, Yibing Ruan, Lauren Herbert, Xin Grevers, Stephen Walter, Paul Villeneuve and Christine Friedenreich on behalf of the ComPARe study team

Preventive Medicine, 2019

Estimates of the current and future burden of cancer attributable to sedentary behavior in Canada

Christine Friedenreich, Joy Pader, Amanda Barberio, Yibing Ruan, Abbey Poirier, Xin Grevers, Stephen Walter, Paul Villeneuve and Darren Brenner on behalf of the ComPARe study team

Preventive Medicine, 2019

Estimates of the current and future burden of cancer attributable to lack of physical activity in Canada

Christine Friedenreich, Amanda Barberio, Joy Pader, Abbey Poirier, Yibing Ruan, Xin Grevers, Stephen Walter, Paul Villeneuve and Darren Brenner on behalf of the ComPARe study team

Preventive Medicine, 2019

Environmental risk factors

Estimates of the current and future burden of lung cancer attributable to residential radon exposure in Canada

Priyanka Gogna, Tasha Narain, Dylan O’Sullivan, Paul Villeneuve, Paul Demers, Perry Hystad, Darren Brenner, Christine Friedenreich and Will King on behalf of the ComPARe study team

Preventive Medicine, 2019

Estimates of the current and future burden of lung cancer attributable to PM2.5 in Canada

Priyanka Gogna, Tasha Narain, Dylan O’Sullivan, Paul Villeneuve, Paul Demers, Perry Hystad, Darren Brenner, Christine Friedenreich and Will King on behalf of the ComPARe study team

Preventive Medicine, 2019

Estimates of the current and future burden of melanoma attributable to ultraviolet radiation in Canada

Dylan O’Sullivan, Darren Brenner, Paul Villeneuve, Stephen Walter, Paul Demers, Christine Friedenreich and Will King on behalf of the ComPARe study team

Preventive Medicine, 2019

Indoor tanning and skin cancer in Canada: A meta-analysis and attributable burden estimation

Dylan E. O’Sullivan, Darren R. Brenner, Paul A. Demers, Paul J. Villeneuve, Christine M. Friedenreich and Will D. King on behalf of the ComPARe study group

Cancer Epidemiology, 2019

The current burden of non-melanoma skin cancer attributable to ultraviolet radiation and related risk behaviours in Canada

Dylan E. O’Sullivan, Darren R. Brenner, Paul J. Villeneuve, Stephen D. Walter, Paul A. Demers, Christine M. Friedenreich, Will D. King on behalf of the ComPARe Study Team

Cancer Causes & Control, 2021

Infectious agent risk factors

Cancers attributable to infections in Canada

Karena Volesky, Mariam El-Zein, Eduardo Franco, Darren Brenner, Christine Friedenreich and Yibing Ruan on behalf of the ComPARe study team

Preventive Medicine, 2019

Estimates of the future burden of cancer attributable to infections in Canada

Karena Volesky, Mariam El-Zein, Eduardo Franco, Darren Brenner, Christine Friedenreich and Yibing Ruan on behalf of the ComPARe study team

Preventive Medicine, 2019

Occupational risk factors

Estimates of the current burden of cancer attributable to occupational exposures in Canada

France Labrèche, Joanne Kim, Chaojie Song, Manisha Pahwa, Calvin Ge, Victoria Arrandale, Christopher McLeod, Cheryl Peters, Jérôme Lavoué, Hugh Davies, Anne-Marie Nicol and Paul Demers

Preventive Medicine, 2019

Knowledge translation

Maximizing research impacts on cancer prevention: An integrated knowledge translation approach used by the Canadian Population Attributable Risk of Cancer (ComPARe) study

Zeinab El-Masri, Prithwish De, Leah Smith, Elizabeth Holmes, Robert Nuttall, Darren Brenner and Christine Friedenreich on behalf of the ComPARe study team

Preventive Medicine, 2019

About the ComPARe study 

The Canadian Population Attributable Risk of Cancer (ComPARe) study estimates the number and percentage of cancer cases in Canada caused by preventable lifestyle, environmental and infectious agent risk factors. The ComPARe study also estimates how changes to these risk factors through prevention could affect the number of cancer cases in the future.