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  • Can CT screening for lung cancer in New Zealand be cost-effective?

    … There is now strong evidence that screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scans is effective at reducing lung cancer mortality. So why aren’t countries rushing to …
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  • Why are some preventable cancer deaths in Māori and Pacific peoples increasing?

    … Work we just published shows some adverse trends in cancer deaths by ethnic group, as well as some favourable … declined (based on cancer registrations). Also lung cancer rates appear to have peaked and are now falling … to ethnic inequalities in cancer in New Zealand. Lung cancer remained the major contributor to absolute …
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  • Urgent action needed to help eliminate cervical cancer in Aotearoa

    … (WHO) has set an ambitious goal to eliminate a cancer as a public health problem. Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) … is possible because almost all cases of cervical cancer are caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). We have the tools now to prevent cervical cancer through HPV vaccination, HPV primary screening and …
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  • The humility of being second to Australia in cancer mortality

    … showing that New Zealand has higher death rates from cancer than Australia that cannot be explained by higher … to the gap were colorectal cancer (by a clear margin), lung and breast. Moreover, mortality gaps were considerably … (e.g. for breast and colorectal cancers, but not so much lung and pancreatic cancer). Moreover, both New Zealand and …
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  • Is it time to pilot a test and treat programme for reducing the stomach cancer burden and inequalities in NZ?

    … We have just published a modelling study on stomach cancer prevention in the international journal  BMC … stomach, may be a cost-effective way to reduce the stomach cancer burden and ethnic inequalities in stomach cancer incidence and mortality in New Zealand.   The rate of …
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  • Public Health Solutions Series: Stemming the tide of cancer in Aotearoa New Zealand

    … This blog looks at solutions to reduce cancer : action on tobacco products; reducing infectious … cancers that have poorer outcomes than non-Māori, such as lung, liver and stomach .  Aside from the incalculable human … tobacco and tobacco-adjacent products , including vaping.  Lung cancer is by far the most common cause of cancer death …
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  • We need to talk about breast cancer screening (part 1)

    … Diana Sarfati consider the pros and cons of breast cancer screening, in light of the growing controversy (mostly … about the possibility that the benefits of breast cancer screening are (much) less than previously thought due … in an increase in subsequent deaths from heart disease and lung cancer (6). If a woman has been diagnosed with a breast …
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  • Advising men on prostate cancer screening – is the cart before the horse in terms of evidence?

    … Another review of the evidence for prostate cancer screening with prostate specific antigen (PSA) was … considers the key recent evidence relating to prostate cancer screening.  There remain many problematic issues with … (RCTs), with contradictory results. The US-based Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer screening trial …
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  • Casting a long shadow: Infection drives stomach cancer inequalities in Māori and Pacific peoples

    … Helicobacter pylori is the major driver of stomach cancer inequalities borne by Māori and Pacific peoples in NZ. … and Pacific people have 3 to 6 times the rates of stomach cancer as NZ Europeans. These are some of the starkest … disparity is particularly concerning given poor stomach cancer survival. In 2013 the Ministry of Health reported that …
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  • Bowel cancer screening – An interesting new US study and thoughts about the NZ situation

    … In this blog post we look at a new modelling study on bowel cancer screening, published in a top US journal (JAMA). We … screening and consider the current NZ context for bowel cancer screening.   The US health system is renowned for … marginal returns. One possible exception is colorectal cancer screening. A recent review of screening programmes , …
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