There are several forms of prevention to be considered: primary, secondary and tertiary. Tertiary prevention is what we undertake in our clinical practises. We attempt to modify factors which ...

Targeted prevention is specifically effective for children from low-income families. For example, Sure Start Children’s Centres led to fewer hospitalisations during childhood and adolescence, ...

Traditionally, the NHS tends to undertake a lot of tertiary and secondary prevention, and may do less primordial prevention. Other actors, particularly local government and other government ...

Background High-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) cause all cervical cancer and the majority of vulvar, vaginal, anal, penile and oropharyngeal cancers. Although HPV is the most common sexually ...

Research by Cancer Council Victoria's Cancer Epidemiology Division published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of ...

According to the latest edition of The Cancer Atlas, lower-income nations are experiencing a rise in lung, colorectal and breast cancer incidence due to increasing adoption of behaviors associated ...

Progress towards The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery's 2030 targets has been too slow and too patchy, particularly in low ...

These findings highlight the dual roles of antioxidants in cancer. Their impact depends on cancer type, stage, and genetic ...

Some cancer prevention strategies are well known and government-funded; for example, stopping smoking, eating a healthy diet and undergoing a specific screening procedure, such as mammography.

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Cervical cancer prevention: HPV vaccination and screening Read information on human papilomavirus (HPV) primary testing and cervical screening coverage in the UK.