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Research Today, Cancer Prevention Tomorrow

Articles by Alejandra Castanon

Cervical cancer screening for women aged 65 and older: is it justified?

June 18, 2021 Alejandra Castanon 0

A couple of years ago we wrote a blog piece explaining why in most countries women aged 65 and over do not receive invitations for […]

Over 99.5% of young women survive following a diagnosis of IA cervical cancer

September 4, 2020 Alejandra Castanon 0

The earliest stage of cervical cancer (known as micro-invasive or stage IA) is treated with minimally-invasive fertility-preserving surgery, often as an outpatient. In fact, very […]

Who tackles cancer prevention? Five key vocations you may not know about!

April 3, 2020 Alejandra Castanon 0

When most people think of who tackles cancer in our society the first thing that comes to mind is the doctor. This may be the […]

Structural racism – a root cause of health inequities?

October 25, 2019 Alejandra Castanon 1

We have all heard how cancer outcomes are poorer for people in low socioeconomic groups and those from ethnic minority backgrounds. Although I knew that […]

35 cancer prevention and screening blogs

May 24, 2019 Alejandra Castanon 1

When we launched this blog last year, we were not aware of other similar blogs. To celebrate our one-year anniversary we have compiled a list […]

10 must read papers from the last year

May 17, 2019 Alejandra Castanon 0

We are celebrating our first-year anniversary! We hope you have enjoyed our blog thus far. To celebrate we thought we would highlight ten (18 but […]

From theory to practice: HPV testing in cervical screening really does work!

February 7, 2019 Alejandra Castanon 4

After months of eager anticipation, the results from the English HPV implementation pilot have been published. Compared to current screening HPV testing detected 50% more […]

Can food supplements help prevent cancer?

October 12, 2018 Alejandra Castanon 1

When it comes to health, prevention is better than cure. Over the last 50 years the use of statins, B-blockers and aspirin has prevented half […]

Why aren’t we seeing the effect of vaccination against HPV 16/18 on cervical cancer registration in England?

July 6, 2018 Alejandra Castanon 5

Photo by @NAO A vaccination programme against the HPV virus was introduced in England in 2008 for girls aged 12-13 along with catch-up programme for […]

Rates of cervical cancer in women aged 20-24 in England seen to double – should we be worried?

June 8, 2018 Alejandra Castanon 2

The HPV virus causes most cases of cervical cancer. This is why an HPV vaccination programme for girls aged 12 to 13 started in 2008. […]

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