The SCPN Newsletter: Latest Articles
Park SY et al. Alcohol Intake and Colorectal Cancer Risk in the Multiethnic Cohort Study. Am J Epidemiol. (2018) Sep 15 DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwy208 https://thescpn.org/2CrDtb7 The WCRF reported ...
By Miss Susan Moug, Consultant Surgeon, RAH | Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, University of Glasgow Note from the Editor: Miss Moug presented at the 2019 SCPN conference on this topic. ...
By Andrew Deas, Information Services Division, NHS National Services Scotland In 2016, 31,331 people were diagnosed with cancer in Scotland (16,084 women and 15,247 men). This was an ...
By Dr Christine Campbell, University of Edinburgh, Christine.Campbell@ed.ac.uk Thankfully, the number of women diagnosed with, and dying from, cervical cancer has fallen dramatically since ...
GBD 2016 Alcohol Collaborators (2018) Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016. Lancet; 392: ...
Has anyone seen the Touch Look Check campaign from Breast Cancer Now which is running throughout October to mark Breast Cancer Awareness month? The great graphics show how easy it is to ...
Due to strong scientific evidence that all types of alcoholic drinks are a cause of several types of cancer (Breast, Bowel, Liver, Mouth and throat, Oesophagus (squamous cell carcinoma) ...
A new 6 week Detect Cancer Early campaign, ‘Survivors’, launched across TV, radio and social media last month. It aims to reduce the fear that still exists around cancer and empower ...
By Dr Elaine Bannerman, Lifelong netball enthusiast Fancy getting involved in something fun, sociable which also has health benefits…? What’s not to like! Sport can be intimidating for ...
By Sheila Duffy, Chief Executive ASH Scotland As the year turns to autumn, October has increasingly become a focus for encouraging people to follow through on their resolutions to quit ...