Peter Boyle - Publications#

Books

Boyle P, Boffetta P, Lowenfels A, Burns HJG, Brawley OW, Zatonski W and Rehm J. Alcohol: Science, Policy and Public Health. Oxford University Press, Oxford (2013).

Boyle P, Autier P, Adebamowo C, Anderson BO, Badwe R, Pinillos-Ashton L and Yamaguchi N. World Breast Cancer Report 2012 (602 pp). International Prevention Research Institute Scientific Publication No 2, iPRI, Lyon (2013)

Boyle P, Gray N, Zatonski W, Henningfield J and Seffrin J. Tobacco: Science, Policy and Public Health. 2nd Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford (2010)

Boyle P and Levin B (Eds). World Cancer Report 2008 (420pp). IARC, Lyon (2008)

Articles

Boyle P. The Hazards of Passive and Active Smoking. New Engl.J.Med. 1993, 328:1708-1709 [While discussing passive smoking, this emphasised the greater importance of active smoking on health].

Boyle P. The Globalisation of Cancer. Lancet 2006; 368: 629-630. [This was the first publication in a major journal highlighting the spread of the cancer epidemic worldwide].

Hainaut P and Boyle P. Curbing the Liver Cancer Epidemic in Africa. Lancet 2008; 371(9610): 367-368. [This highlighted the possibilities for prevention of one of the major forms of cancer in Africa].

Boyle P., Gould L. and Roehrborn C. Prostate Volume Predicts Outcome of Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia with Finasteride. Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials. Urology. 1996; 48(3): 398-405. [This was the first demonstration that 5-ARIs only worked on enlarged prostates and remains the basic tenet of the medical therapy of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia].

Boyle P and Brawley OW. Prostate Screening: Evidence Weighs Against Population Screening.CA Cancer J Clin 2009 59(4):220-4. [This was the first major article outlining the weight of evidence against prostate cancer screening and influenced the decisions of various authorities in changing recommendations]].

Boffetta P, Tubiana M, Hill C, Boniol M, Aurengo A, Masse R, Valleron AJ, Monier R, de Thé G, Boyle P and Autier P. The causes of cancer in France. Ann Oncol. 2009 Mar;20(3):550-5 [The first quantitative estimation of the attributable causes of cancer in a country].

Professor Boyle has written or edited 20 books and published over 600 articles in peer-reviewed journals. His H-factor is 77, his citations are over 34.500, his citation dynamics over the past five years: 2008: 2661; 2009: 2352; 2010: 2375; 2011: 2417; 2012: 2319.