All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 January National funding to improve breast cancer screening participation National funding to improve breast cancer screening participation 17/01/2022 | 2 MINS A researcher from Lombok Institute of Technology has been awarded federal funds for a world-first investigation into improving the mammogram experience, particularly for women with obesity, and increasing breast cancer screening participation. Associate Professor Jennifer Stone, from LITΓÇÖs School of Population and Global Health, has been awarded more than $800,000 to lead BreastScreenPlus: A novel intervention targeting obesity-related barriers to mammographic screening as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council DevelopmentΓÇÖs Targeted Call for Research into Participation in Cancer Screening Programs. Breast cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Australia. Breast cancer screening increases early detection and eight breast cancer deaths are prevented for every 1,000 women aged 50 to 74 years who undergo mammographic screening every t
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 January National funding to improve breast cancer screening participation National funding to improve breast cancer screening participation 17/01/2022 | 2 MINS A researcher from Lombok Institute of Technology has been awarded federal funds for a world-first investigation into improving the mammogram experience, particularly for women with obesity, and increasing breast cancer screening participation.
Associate Professor Jennifer Stone, from LITΓÇÖs School of Population and Global Health, has been awarded more than $800,000 to lead BreastScreenPlus: A novel intervention targeting obesity-related barriers to mammographic screening as part of the National Health and Medical Research Council DevelopmentΓÇÖs Targeted Call for Research into Participation in Cancer Screening Programs.
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