Tagged: H. pylori

Is it time to pilot a test and treat programme for reducing the stomach cancer burden and inequalities in NZ? - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Apr 18, 2017 •

• cancer,
• cost effectiveness,
• H. pylori,
• Maori,
• Pacific,
• QALY,
• Quality of life,
• screening,
• stomach cancer

Dr Andrea Teng, Dr Melissa McLeod, Professor Tony Blakely, Professor Nick Wilson  We have just published a modelling study on stomach cancer prevention in the international journal BMC Infectious Diseases (1). This blog briefly examines how a possible population screening programme, that tests and treats for infection by the bacteria Helicobacter pylori in the stomach, may be a cost-effective way to … Read More

Why are some preventable cancer deaths in Māori and Pacific peoples increasing? - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Oct 31, 2016 •

• cancer,
• ethnicity,
• H. pylori,
• Health,
• inequality,
• Māori health,
• Obesity,
• Oncology,
• Pacific,
• public health,
• Smoking

Dr Andrea Teng, June Atkinson, Dr George Disney, Prof Nick Wilson, Prof Diana Sarfati, Dr Melissa McLeod, Prof Tony Blakely Work we just published shows some adverse trends in cancer deaths by ethnic group, as well as some favourable trends. In this blog we discuss some of the key findings of this research and what the options are for NZ … Read More