Cancer Genes, Environment and Behaviour Program Professor Bruce Armstrong School of Public Health

Cancer Genes, Environment and Behaviour Program - Present research areas Cancer causes and prevention –Whether mobile phone use causes brain tumours –The interactions between folate and genetic factors in causing childhood leukaemia and brain tumours –The interactions between sun exposure and genetic factors in causing melanoma –Whether disinfection by-products in water are associated with higher bowel cancer risk

Cancer Genes, Environment and Behaviour Program - Present research areas Cancer causes and prevention –The interactions between sun exposure, vitamin D and genetic factors in causing lymphoma –Whether micronutrient supplementation can reduce DNA damage in adults –Effects of sun exposure and vitamin D on levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA) in the blood of older men

Cancer Genes, Environment and Behaviour Program - Present research areas Cancer care and survival –Whether sun exposure and vitamin D reduce recurrence and improve survival after a diagnosis of melanoma or prostate cancer –Type of treatment, quality of life and survival in men with prostate cancer –Patterns and quality of care for people with melanoma