Alejandra Castanon

[Cancer Screening, Prevention & Early Diagnosis @QMUL_WIPH_CPDD]

Check out our #CancerPrevention #blog newsletter and catch up on the latest posts ...

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📢The blog will be moving to QMUL in the New Year, watch this space!

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[Alejandra Castanon @DrAlex_Castanon]

@CRUKresearch @petersasieni @CancerPrev_KCL @QMUL_WIPH @CanaryCenter @OHSUKnight Congratulations @petersasieni well deserved!

[Jo Waller @Jo_WallerPhD]

Join our team! Funded PhD in cancer behavioural science on a @CRUKresearch oesophageal cancer screening study with me and @elidington
Please RT @UKSBM @divhealthpsych @QMUL_WIPH @RFitzgerald_lab @HeartburnCancer @CancerPrev_KCL @HelenColemanQUB @DakshaTrivedi @ActionHeartburn

[Centre for Public Health & Policy (CPHP) @CphpQmul]

NEW ARTICLE: Inequalities & behavioural disease risk factors by Lola Oyebode &co.

While risk factors (smoking, drinking, insufficient fruit & veg, & exercise) decreased betw 2003-2019, the reduction = inconsistent across socioeconomic groups.

https://t.co/3HUa3BhBuD @QMUL_WIPH

[Alejandra Castanon @DrAlex_Castanon]

@Jo_WallerKCL @Suzanne_Scott_ @davidfrenchx @Katriina01 @CancerPrev_KCL @Charlot68880634 @KCLcancer_pharm @kingsmedicine Congratulations Charlotte

[The ICR @ICR_London]

🩸👨‍🔬Prof Nick Turner helped pioneer and develop a new type of personalised blood test assessing how likely #BreastCancer patients are to relapse, which contributed to him winning the ESMO Award for #TranslationalResearch recently (@myESMO).

Read more⬇️
https://t.co/6SqVHSU4Lm

[stuart mcdonald @ActuaryByDay]

Despite moving beyond the pandemic’s acute phase, the ability of the NHS to deliver essential stroke-related care appears compromised.

New @LCP_Actuaries research from @Luisamandasa assesses the quality of care for acute stroke patients in NHS hospitals.

https://t.co/oLAaebB2mo

[Lady Mayor of the City of London @citylordmayor]

It was great to feature on the @LCP_Actuaries Investment Uncut podcast last week discussing the #MansionHouseCompact and how pension reform can boost growth for UK businesses and provide better returns for savers. Listen to the discussion below:

https://t.co/9yEJQLcryQ

[Sarah Blagden @sarah_blagden]

Oxford to launch UK’s first trials unit dedicated to precision-prevention and early detection studies | University of Oxford https://t.co/02u0xmB8LN

[Alejandra Castanon @DrAlex_Castanon]

@Suzanne_Scott_ @Jo_WallerKCL @KingsCollegeLon @petersasieni @CancerPrev_KCL @KCLcancer_pharm @kingsmedicine Congratulations Jo! Very much deserved.

[National Screening Service @NSShse]

Panel Discussion at #CervScreen project report launch - @petersasieni @IARCWHO a definition of interval cancer is needed. We are recommending that countries adopt the definition in the best practice recommendations. https://t.co/lqtpolAS8e

[Shaun Lintern @ShaunLintern]

Wow. UK's National Cancer Research Institute is to closedown after more than 20 years over concerns about its funding. I am told this infrastructure is vital to cancer clinical trials across UK.

Letter today from NCRI chair:

[Alejandra Castanon @DrAlex_Castanon]

Really interesting findings in @beccalandy latest research

[IPVS - International Papillomavirus Society @IPVSociety]

Modeling suggests most HPV-positive oropharyngeal cancers in US men are caused by oral HPV16 infections acquired by age 26, underscoring limited benefit of #HPV vaccination for men aged 27-45.
@NCIEpiTraining #hpvvaccine
📖 https://t.co/j0hW6dTVI7
Listen 👇 @beccalandy discuss

[Queen Mary University of London @QMUL]

Queen Mary has honoured leading vaccine scientist Professor Arturo Reyes-Sandoval, Director General (Rector) of Mexico's National Polytechnic Institute (@IPN_MX), with an honorary Doctor of Science (DSc) degree https://t.co/HUm4geKBIy

[Alejandra Castanon @DrAlex_Castanon]

@implausibleblog @frogyuk Kumb

[Ali Mowbray 💙 @ali_mowbray]

So powerful.

[Dr Megan Smith @ms_miff]

Now only one dose of the HPV vaccine required in Australia and free catch-up vaccination will be extended to those aged 20-25 years (already available up to age 19).
https://t.co/lt8EY0SRm0

[Alejandra Castanon @DrAlex_Castanon]

On occasion of world cancer day.

[Alejandra Castanon @DrAlex_Castanon]

Although I’ve moved away from my cervical cancer work I’m still thinking about it. Have a read https://t.co/gWmG6b3klR

[Alejandra Castanon @DrAlex_Castanon]

@JamieaaustiN Go Jamie! You’re almost there!!

[Alejandra Castanon @DrAlex_Castanon]

@JamieaaustiN We’ll done Jamie! Super impressive. Keep it up!