Associate Professor Brian Cox

Sneyd, M. J., & Cox, B. (2011). Clinical and histologic factors associated with melanoma thickness in New Zealand Europeans, Maori, and Pacific Peoples. Cancer, 117(11), 2489-2498. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25795 Journal - Research Article

Sneyd, M. J., & Cox, B. (2011). Commentary: Decreasing response rates require investigators to quantify and report the impact of selection bias in case-control studies. International Journal of Epidemiology, 40(5), 1355-1357. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyr123 Journal - Research Other

Gandini, S., Boniol, M., Haukka, J., Byrnes, G., Cox, B., Sneyd, M. J., … Autier, P. (2011). Meta-analysis of observational studies of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and colorectal, breast and prostate cancer and colorectal adenoma. International Journal of Cancer, 128(6), 1414-1424. doi: 10.1002/ijc.25439 Journal - Research Article

Skegg, K., Firth, H., Gray, A., & Cox, B. (2010). Suicide by occupation: Does access to means increase the risk? Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 44(5), 429-434. doi: 10.3109/00048670903487191 Journal - Research Article

Beatty, S., Stevens, W., Stevens, G., Kolbe, J., & Cox, B. (2009). Lung cancer patients in New Zealand initially present to secondary care through the emergency department rather than by referral to a respiratory specialist. New Zealand Medical Journal, 122(1294). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/122-1294/3584/content.pdf Journal - Research Article

Sneyd, M. J., & Cox, B. (2009). Melanoma in Maori, Asian, and Pacific Peoples in New Zealand. Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 18(6), 1706-1713. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0682 Journal - Research Article

Cox, B., & Sneyd, M. J. (2009). PSA testing in asymptomatic men to diagnose prostate cancer remains experimental [Editorial]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 122(1296). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/122-1296/3640/content.pdf Journal - Research Other

Stevens, G., Stevens, W., Purchuri, S., Kolbe, J., & Cox, B. (2009). Radiotherapy utilisation in lung cancer in New Zealand: Disparities with optimal rates explained. New Zealand Medical Journal, 122(1306). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/122-1306/3885/content.pdf Journal - Research Article

Dachs, G. U., Currie, M. J., Mckenzie, F., Jeffreys, M., Cox, B., Foliaki, S., … Robinson, B. A. (2008). Cancer disparities in indigenous Polynesian populations: Māori, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific people. Lancet Oncology, 9(5), 473-484. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70127-X Journal - Research Article

Aldington, S., Harwood, M., Cox, B., Weatherall, M., Beckert, L., Hansell, A., … Beasley, R., for the Cannabis and Respiratory Disease Research Group. (2008). Cannabis use and cancer of the head and neck: Case-control study. Otolaryngology: Head & Neck Surgery, 138, 374-380. doi: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.12.002 Journal - Research Article

Aldington, S., Harwood, M., Cox, B., Weatherall, M., Beckert, L., Hansell, A., … Beasley, R., on behalf of the Cannabis and Respiratory Disease Research Group. (2008). Cannabis use and risk of lung cancer: A case-control study. European Respiratory Journal, 31(2), 280-286. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00065707 Journal - Research Article

Wright, C., Reeder, A. I., Gray, A., & Cox, B. (2008). Child sun protection: Sun-related attitudes mediate the association between children's knowledge and behaviours. Journal of Paediatrics & Child Health, 44(12), 692-698. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2008.01408.x Journal - Research Article

Stevens, W., Stevens, G., Kolbe, J., & Cox, B. (2008). Comparison of New Zealand Cancer Registry data with an independent lung cancer audit. New Zealand Medical Journal, 121(1276). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/121-1276/3119/content.pdf Journal - Research Article

Stevens, W., Stevens, G., Kolbe, J., & Cox, B. (2008). Ethnic differences in the management of lung cancer in New Zealand. Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 3(3), 237-244. doi: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e3181653d08 Journal - Research Article

Stevens, W., Stevens, G., Kolbe, J., & Cox, B. (2008). Management of stages I and II non-small-cell lung cancer in a New Zealand study: Divergence from international practice and recommendations. Internal Medicine Journal, 38(10), 758-768. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01523.x Journal - Research Article

Boyle, P., Anderson, B. O., Andersson, L. C., Ariyaratne, Y., Auleley, G.-R., Barbacid, M., … Cox, B., … Zheng, T. (2008). Need for global action for cancer control [Editorial]. Annals of Oncology, 19(9), 1519-1521. doi: 10.1093/ANNONC/MDN426 Journal - Research Other

Cox, B. (2008). The effect of service screening on breast cancer mortality rates. European Journal of Cancer Prevention, 17(4), 306-311. Journal - Research Article

Richardson, A., Fletcher, L., Sneyd, M. J., Cox, B., & Reeder, A. I. (2008). The incidence and thickness of cutaneous malignant melanoma in New Zealand 1994-2004. New Zealand Medical Journal, 121(1279). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/121-1279/3189/content.pdf Journal - Research Article

Stevens, W., Stevens, G., Kolbe, J., & Cox, B. (2008). Varied routes of entry into secondary care and delays in the management of lung cancer in New Zealand. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 4(2), 98-106. doi: 10.1111/j.1743-7563.2008.00158.x Journal - Research Article

Firth, H., Gray, A., Carpenter, L. M., & Cox, B. (2007). Cancer mortality by occupation among New Zealand women: 1988-1997. New Zealand Medical Journal, 120(1266). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/120-1266/2833/content.pdf Journal - Research Article

Zhang, L. R., Morgenstern, H., Greenland, S., Chang, S.-C., Lazarus, P., Teare, M. D., … Cox, B., … Hung, R. J. (2015). Cannabis smoking and lung cancer risk: Pooled analysis in the International Lung Cancer Consortium. International Journal of Cancer, 136(4), 894-903. doi: 10.1002/ijc.29036 Journal - Research Article

Cox, B., Liu, C.-W., Sneyd, M. J., & Cameron, C. M. (2014). Epidemic of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in New Zealand remains unexplained. Journal of Cancer Epidemiology, 2014, 315378. doi: 10.1155/2014/315378 Journal - Research Article

Gavidi, R. O., Cox, B., King, T., & Rich, A. M. (2014). Epidemiological differences in oral squamous cell carcinoma in New Zealand and Fiji. Pathology, 46(Suppl. 1), (pp. S9). doi: 10.1097/01.PAT.0000443429.70369.cb Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Sneyd, M. J., Cameron, C., & Cox, B. (2014). Individual risk of cutaneous melanoma in New Zealand: Developing a clinical prediction aid. BMC Cancer, 14, 359. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-359 Journal - Research Article

Coffey, S., Cox, B., & Williams, M. J. A. (2014). Lack of progress in valvular heart disease in the pre—transcatheter aortic valve replacement era: Increasing deaths and minimal change in mortality rate over the past three decades. American Heart Journal, 167(4), 562-567. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2013.12.030 Journal - Research Article

Coffey, S., Cox, B., & Williams, M. J. A. (2014). The prevalence, incidence, progression, and risks of aortic valve sclerosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis. JACC, 63(25), 2852-2861. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.04.018 Journal - Research Article

Sneyd, M. J., Cameron, C., & Cox, B. (2013). [Letter to the editor]. Australasian Journal of Dermatology, 54(4), e97. doi: 10.1111/ajd.12084 Journal - Research Other

Sneyd, M. J., & Cox, B. (2013). A comparison of trends in melanoma mortality in New Zealand and Australia: The two countries with the highest melanoma incidence and mortality in the world. BMC Cancer, 13, 372. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-372 Journal - Research Article

Cox, B., & Sneyd, M. J. (2013). Bias in breast cancer research in the screening era. Breast, 22(6), 1041-1045. doi: 10.1016/j.breast.2013.07.046 Journal - Research Article

Gavidi, R., Rich, A., Cox, B., & King, T. (2013). Comparing the prevalence of oral cancer in Fiji and New Zealand (2000-2010). In C. Matthewson, M. Taumoepeau, G. Burnett & I. Iati (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices X. (pp. 25). Dunedin, New Zealand: Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. [Abstract] Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Coffey, S., Williams, M. J. A., & Cox, B. (2013). Letter by Coffey et al regarding article, Estimating deaths from cardiovascular disease: A review of global methodologies of mortality measurement. Circulation, 128(6), e84. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.002123 Journal - Research Other

McBride, D., Cox, B., Broughton, J., & Tong, D. (2013). The mortality and cancer experience of New Zealand Vietnam war veterans: A cohort study. BMJ Open, 3, e003379. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003379 Journal - Research Article

Gavidi, R. O., Rich, A., Firth, N., & Cox, B. (2012). Oral cancer: A silent killer amongst the Pacific Island community living in New Zealand. In C. Matthewson, M. Taumoepeau, G. Burnett & I. Iati (Eds.), Proceedings of the Pacific Postgraduate Symposium: Pacific Voices IX. (pp. 19). Dunedin, New Zealand: Pacific Islands Centre, University of Otago. [Abstract] Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Coffey, S., Cox, B., & Williams, M. J. A. (2012). The increasing mortality of valvular heart disease. European Heart Journal, 33, (pp. 526). doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs282 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Coffey, S., Cox, B., & Williams, M. J. A. (2012). Valvular heart disease mortality in New Zealand 1988 to 2007. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 21(8), (pp. 484). doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2012.03.027 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Cox, B., & Sneyd, M. J. (2011). A regional non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) collection as part of the National Cancer Registry [Letter]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 124(1346). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/124-1346/4981/content.pdf Journal - Research Other

Cox, B. (2011, March). Have melanoma prevention programmes caused some melanomas? Verbal presentation at the New Zealand Melanoma Summit, Wellington, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Cox, B. (2011, August-September). The implications for health promotion of the rapidly changing epidemiology of colorectal cancer in New Zealand. Verbal presentation at the Public Health Association of New Zealand (PHA) Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Cox, B., Sneyd, M. J., Sarfati, D., Blakely, T., Edwards, R., & Wilson, N. (2009). Submission on the early detection and treatment of prostate cancer. Submission to the Health Select Committee, New Zealand. [Government Submission]. Other Research Output

Sneyd, M. J., Cox, B., Reeder, A., & Richardson, A. (2008). European melanoma incidence: A response to Professor Shaw's melanoma editorial. New Zealand Medical Journal, 121(1285). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/121-1285/3359/content.pdf Journal - Research Other

World Cancer Research Fund / American Institute for Cancer Research Expert Panel, including Mann, J., Cox, B., Herbison, P., McCredie, M., & Paul, C. (2007). Food, nutrition, physical activity, and the prevention of cancer: A global perspective. Washington, DC: AICR. 517p. Commissioned Report for External Body

Stevens, W., Stevens, G., Kolbe, J., & Cox, B. (2007). Lung cancer in New Zealand: Patterns of secondary care and implications for survival. Journal of Thoracic Oncology, 2(6), 481-493. Journal - Research Article

Wright, C. Y., Reeder, A. I., Gray, A., & Cox, B. (2007). Solar ultraviolet radiation exposure of New Zealand schoolchildren. Cancer Society of New Zealand Inc. Dunedin, New Zealand: Department of Preventive & Social Medicine, University of Otago. 123p. Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

Wright, C. Y., Reeder, A. I., Bodeker, G. E., Gray, A., & Cox, B. (2007). Solar UVR exposure, concurrent activities and sun-protective practices among primary schoolchildren. Photochemistry & Photobiology, 83(3), 749-758. Journal - Research Article

Cox, B. (2007). Trading PREDICTions [Editorial]. New Zealand Medical Journal, 120(1261). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/120-1261/2707/content.pdf Journal - Research Other

Blair, V., Martin, I., Shaw, D., Winship, I., Kerr, D., Arnold, J., … Cox, B., Humar, B., More, H., & Guilford, P. (2006). Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer: Diagnosis and management. Clinical Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 4, 262-275. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2005.12.003 Journal - Research Article

Sneyd, M. J., & Cox, B. (2006). The control of melanoma in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 119(1242). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/119-1242/2169/content.pdf Journal - Research Article

Wright, C., Reeder, T., Bodeker, G., Allen, M., Gray, A., McKenzie, R., & Cox, B. (2005, September). Linking real-time solar UV exposure of school children with their concurrent activities, knowledge, attitudes, behaviour, and social and physical environment. Poster session presented at the 6th World Congress on Melanoma, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Conference Contribution - Poster Presentation (not in published proceedings)

Cox, B., & Sneyd, M. (2005). Prospects for cancer control: Colorectal cancer. New Zealand Medical Journal, 118(1221). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/118-1221/1632/content.pdf Journal - Research Article

Richardson, A., Cox, B., Brown, T., & Smale, P. (2005). The impact of breast cancer screening on breast cancer registrations in New Zealand. New Zealand Medical Journal, 118(1209). Retrieved from http://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/118-1209/1291/content.pdf Journal - Research Article

Cox, B., Coppell, K., & Independent Monitoring Group of the National Cervical Screening Programme. (2004). Annual Monitoring Report 2001: National Cervical Screening Programme [Technical Report No.51]. Dunedin, New Zealand: Hugh Adam Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Otago. 114p. Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

Richardson, A., Graham, P., Brown, T., Smale, P., & Cox, B. (2004). Breast cancer detection rates, and standardised detection ratios for prevalence screening in the New Zealand breast cancer screening programme. Journal of Medical Screening, 11(2), 65-69. Journal - Research Article

Richardson, A. K., Cox, B., McCredie, M. R. E., Dite, G. S., Chang, J. H., Gertig, D. M., … Hopper, J. L. (2004). Cytomegalovirus, Epstein-Barr virus and risk of breast cancer before age 40 years: A case-control study. British Journal of Cancer, 90, 2149-2152. Journal - Research Article