Dr Laura Woods BA (Oxon) MSc PhD
- CR UK Cancer Survival, NCDEU, 254
- LSHTM
- Keppel Street
- London
- WC1E 7HT
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Laura completed her undergraduate degree in Human Sciences at Oxford University in 1999. After a year as a Political Research Assistant she enrolled at the School and completed her Master's degree in Medical Demography in 2001. She worked for a year with the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at the Institute of Education, London, before joining Michel Coleman's Cancer Survival Group at the School in September 2002 as a research assistant. Subsequently, she was awarded a 3-year MRC doctoral studentship. Laura completed her PhD in September 2006.
Affiliation
Teaching
Laura is joint Organiser on the Fundamentals of Epidemiology module by Distance Learning: one of the core study units undertaken by students enrolled in Distance Learning MSc Epidemiology. Laura is co-supervising one PhD student who is examining long-term predictions of survival, and supervising another examining long-term breast cancer survival in Geneva, Switzerland. Laura has also taught on the in-house courses Statistical Methods for EPH; Research, Design and Analysis; and Demographic Methods. Additionally she lectures each year on the "Cancer Survival: Principles, Methods and Applications" short course.
Research
In Laura's first year with the Cancer Survival Group she worked on the demographic aspects of "Trends and Socio-Economic Inequalities in Cancer Survival up to 2001", a twelve month research project on national data from England and Wales, and its extension project that expanded the analysis to the whole of the United Kingdom. Her thesis topic, an international comparative study of breast cancer survival, built upon survival work already underway in the Unit, and included 12 months research study leave at the Cancer Epidemiology Research Unit, The Cancer Council NSW, Sydney. Laura is now funded by a personal postdoctoral fellowship awarded by Cancer Research UK which seeks to examine the determinants of low survival amongst women with breast cancer in England in comparison to Australia, and in poorer women in comparison to richer women in the United Kingdom. She is also PI on a NAEDI-funded grant examining the role of screening in relation to survival differentials in the UK.
Research areas
- Health inequalities
- International comparisons
- Public health
Disciplines
- Demography
- Epidemiology
- Statistics
Disease and Health Conditions
- Cancer
Regions
- OECD members
Countries
- Australia
- United Kingdom
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Selected publications
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Full dates (day, month, year) should be used in population-based cancer survival studies.
Woods, L.M. ; Rachet, B. ; Ellis, L. ; Coleman, M.P. ;
Int J Cancer, 2012;
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Evidence against the proposition that "UK cancer survival statistics are misleading": simulation study with National Cancer Registry data.
Woods, L.M. ; Coleman, M.P. ; Lawrence, G. ; Rashbass, J. ; Berrino, F. ; Rachet, B. ;
BMJ, 2011; 342:d3399
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Screening mammography and socioeconomic inequalities in breast cancer survival.
Woods, L.M. ; Sasieni, P. ; Rachet, B. ;
Ann Oncol, 2011;
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Differences in breast cancer incidence in Australia and England by age, extent of disease and deprivation status: women diagnosed 1980–2002
Woods, L.M.; Rachet, B.; O'Connell, D.L.; Lawrence, G.; Tracey, E.; Willmore, A.; Coleman, M.P.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 2010; 34(2):206-213
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Population-based cancer survival trends in England and Wales up to 2007: an assessment of the NHS cancer plan for England.
Rachet, B.; Maringe, C.; Nur, U.; Quaresma, M.; Shah, A.; Woods, L.M.; Ellis, L.; Walters, S.; Forman, D.; Steward, J.; Coleman, M.P.;
Lancet Oncol, 2009; 10(4):351-69
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'Cure' from breast cancer among two populations of women followed for 23 years after diagnosis.
Woods, L.M.; Rachet, B.; Lambert, P.C.; Coleman, M.P.;
Ann Oncol, 2009; 20(8):1331-6
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Large differences in patterns of breast cancer survival between Australia and England: A comparative study using cancer registry data.
Woods, L.M.; Rachet, B.; O'Connell, D.; Lawrence, G.; Tracey, E.; Willmore, A.; Coleman, M.P.;
Int J Cancer, 2008; 124(10):2391-9
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Origins of socio-economic inequalities in cancer survival: a review.
Woods, L.M.; Rachet, B.; Coleman, M.P.;
Ann Oncol, 2005; 17(1):5-19
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