Breast screening for women in their 40s – what are we waiting for?
A friend of mine in her late 40s has just been diagnosed with breast cancer. Fortunately, she spotted it early and it sounds as if […]
prevention
Is mammography screening still worthwhile? The results of a review provide some answers…
Amanda Dibden is a statistician at Queen Mary University of London. Here she highlights the main results from her recently published worldwide review and meta-analysis […]
Does a ‘Cancer Prevention Diet’ really exist?
Traditionally, January and the New Year is a time for New Year’s resolutions. For many people, their New Year’s resolution revolves around the idea of […]
Can food supplements help prevent cancer?
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 […]
To tell or not to tell – what should we do?
The clinical director of the Irish national cervical screening programme Ireland, Dr Grainne Flannelly, resigned at the end of April. It was revealed that she […]