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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Cardiovascular disease incidence rates: a study using routinely collected health data.
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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.
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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.
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Probert J. et al, (2023), JNCI Cancer Spectr, 7
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Breast cancer mortality in 500 000 women with early invasive breast cancer diagnosed in England, 1993-2015: population based observational cohort study.
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Taylor C. et al, (2023), BMJ, 381
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Temporal trends in the incidence of malignant and nonmalignant primary brain and central nervous system tumors by the method of diagnosis in England, 1993-2017.
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Ali UM. et al, (2023), Neuro Oncol, 25, 1177 - 1192