Professor Sarah Darby
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Sarah Darby
FMedSci FRS
Professor of Medical Statistics
Sarah is a medical statistician who works on the benefits and risks of cancer treatments. The objective of this work, which is funded by a Cancer Research UK Programme Grant, is to obtain quantitative information regarding long-term outcomes for people diagnosed with cancer.
Sarah gained a BSc in Mathematics at Imperial College London, followed by an MSc in Mathematical Statistics at the University of Birmingham and then a PhD in Medical Statistics at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Her first job was at St. Thomas’ Hospital Medical School, and she then worked for the National Radiological Protection Board, and the Radiation Effects Research Foundation in Hiroshima before moving to Oxford in 1984.
Recent publications
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Estimated Doses to the Heart, Lungs and Oesophagus and Risks From Typical UK Radiotherapy for Early Breast Cancer During 2015-2023.
Holt F. et al, (2024), Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol), 36, e322 - e332
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Invasive breast cancer and breast cancer death after non-screen detected ductal carcinoma in situ from 1990 to 2018 in England: population based cohort study.
Mannu GS. et al, (2024), BMJ, 384
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Cardiovascular disease incidence rates: a study using routinely collected health data.
Ramroth J. et al, (2023), Cardiooncology, 9
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Proton Beam Therapy for Early Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Clinical Outcomes.
Holt F. et al, (2023), Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 117, 869 - 882
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Ki67 and breast cancer mortality in women with invasive breast cancer.
Probert J. et al, (2023), JNCI Cancer Spectr, 7