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RESEARCH & ADVOCACY
Toral is a nutrition and integrative oncology consultant for a variety of research projects and has contributed to grant proposals and research papers. She ensures that research trials are inclusive of marginalised groups and supports research groups to be more inclusive in their patient criteria.
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Toral is also co-founder of South Asian Supernovas, a not for profit organisation (n the process of becoming a charity) that alongside community, medical and oncology professionals, the pharmaceutical industry, healthcare and media to raise awareness and remedy inequalities in the breast cancer care of South Asians in the UK.
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I-Prehab
Supporting I-Prehab at the University of Cardiff: Inclusive Prehab
(I-Prehab) to address inequity in cancer outcomes: mixed-methods evaluation research to enhance access, acceptance and adherence.
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NIHR Committees
Toral has been part of the NIHR Nutrition and Cancer collaborative
for over 3 years, and shares her personal and professional experience of cancer, and working with patients. She is part of the Living with
and beyond cancer group and contributed to several studies, grant proposals and papers.
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South Asian breast cancer - awareness, diet & lifestyle research
In the UK, South Asians experiencer poorer outcomes and greater
risk of breast cancer at even after considering age and other confounders. The community has less awareness of self-checking, routine screening and modifiable risks so are often diagnosed at a later stage. Nutrition and lifestyle can make a huge impact on this risk but very little data has been collected and analysed in this population.
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Inequalities in cancer care
Ethnic minorities and other marginalised group face poorer outcomes in cancer in the UK, US and Europe. Education and understanding bias is important for creating change in cancer care, so supporting health care professionals to look at their own behaviour and process.
