Background Head and neck (H&N) cancers are a heterogeneous group of malignancies, affecting various sites, with different prognoses. The aims of this study are to analyse survival for patients with H&N cancers in relation to tumour location, to assess the change in survival between European countries, and to investigate whether survival improved over time. Methods…
Background: A large proportion of colorectal cancers (CRC) are thought to be associated with unhealthy dietary and lifestyle exposures, particularly energy excess, obesity, hyperinsulinemia and hyperglycemia. It has been suggested that these processes stimulate the production of toxic reactive carbonyls from sugars such as glyceraldehyde. Glyceraldehyde contributes to the production of a group of compounds…
Objetivo Analizar las desigualdades de género en investigación en salud pública y epidemiología en España, en el periodo 2007-2014. Método Estudio descriptivo según sexo de posiciones de liderazgo del Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red (CIBER), especialmente en el área temática de epidemiología y salud pública (CIBERESP) en 2014; de sociedades científicas de salud pública…
Background Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most prevalent form of liver cancer, is difficult to diagnose and has limited treatment options with a low survival rate. Aside from a few key risk factors, such as hepatitis, high alcohol consumption, smoking, obesity, and diabetes, there is incomplete etiologic understanding of the disease and little progress in identification…
Background Excess body weight, physical activity, smoking, alcohol consumption and certain dietary factors are individually related to colorectal cancer (CRC) risk; however, little is known about their joint effects. The aim of this study was to develop a healthy lifestyle index (HLI) composed of five potentially modifiable lifestyle factors ¿ healthy weight, physical activity, non-smoking,…
Acrylamide, classified in 1994 by IARC as ‘probably carcinogenic to humans’, was discovered in 2002 in some heat-treated, carbohydrate-rich foods. Four prospective studies have evaluated the association between dietary acrylamide intake and endometrial cancer (EC) risk with inconsistent results. The purpose of this nested case-control study, based on the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and…
STUDY QUESTION How does the estimated prevalence of infertility among 30- to 49-year-old women vary when using different approaches to its measurement? SUMMARY ANSWER The prevalence of women with difficulties in conceiving differed widely according to the measurement approach adopted. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Establishing the true magnitude of infertility as a public health problem…
Objetivo El objetivo del trabajo es recopilar y describir los estudios realizados en España sobre desigualdades sociales en salud infantil y adolescente, con especial énfasis en los determinantes sociales. Método En julio de 2012 se realizó una revisión sistemática en PubMed, MEDES, SCOPUS y COCHRANE. Se incluyeron estudios sobre desigualdades sociales en salud infantil y…
Objetivo El presente artículo reflexiona sobre la necesidad de apostar por la articulación de una estrategia de ética que incluya 2 de los pilares básicos que afectan al bienestar de las personas, la atención de los servicios sanitarios y de los servicios sociales. El objetivo es realizar un acercamiento a la percepción de profesionales de…
Objetivo El presente artículo reflexiona sobre la necesidad de apostar por la articulación de una estrategia de ética que incluya 2 de los pilares básicos que afectan al bienestar de las personas, la atención de los servicios sanitarios y de los servicios sociales. El objetivo es realizar un acercamiento a la percepción de profesionales de…
