Articles About Cancer Risk Factors

1. Breast Cancer Risks

   Article - Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among older women. Here's how to assess risk factors for breast cancer.

2. 10 Colorectal Cancer Risks

   Article - Some risk factors for colorectal cancer may come as a surprise. Learn the most common colorectal cancer risk factors.

3. Genetics and Cancer - The Genetics of Lung Cancer

   Article - The majority of lung cancers (90 percent) are due to cigarette smoking. A number of diverse genetic abnormalities have been identified in lung cancer cells. Some of these genetic abnormalities may be causal (i.e., responsible for initiating the development of cancer), while others may instead indicate the progression of the cancer...

4. What Can I Do if I'm at Risk for Prostate Cancer?

   Article - If you have any of the factors that put you at risk for prostate cancer, what can you do? The best thing is to try to avoid the risks that you can. There are also lifestyle changes you can make that may help reduce your risk. The role these factors play in helping to prevent prostate cancer is still being studied...

5. Risk Factors for Prostate Cancer

   Article - A risk factor is anything that may increase a person's chance of developing a disease. It may be an activity, such as smoking, diet, family history, or many other things. Different diseases, including cancers, have different risk factors.

6. 13 Surprising Clues to Skin Cancer Risk

   Article - Skin cancer is on the rise, making in the most common cancer in the U.S. Learn your risk, plus what to do to protect yourself from skin cancer.

7. Screening for Prostate Cancer

   Article - More men die each year of prostate cancer (an estimated 27,000 annually) than of any other cancer except lung cancer. But not every man who has this disease (about 192,000 annually) is in danger of dying of it. And sometimes the treatment can produce side effects that may be more troublesome than the cancer...

8. Genetics and Cancer - The Genetics of Prostate Cancer

   Article - According to the National Cancer Institute, one in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. The risk is even higher in African-American men.

9. Am I At Risk for Prostate Cancer?

10. Smoking and Respiratory Diseases

    Article - Diseases caused by smoking kill more than 440,000 people in the US each year. In fact, smoking is directly responsible for almost ninety percent of lung cancer and COPD deaths. Even with anti-smoking campaigns and medical health disclaimers in place, many people continue to smoke or start to smoke every year...

11. 5 Surprising Signs of Breast Cancer

    Article - Most women know to check for breast lumps that may signal cancer. But other signs may be even earlier clues to breast cancer. Know what to look for.

12. Am I At Risk for Lung Cancer?

    Article - There is no sure way to know if you’re going to get lung cancer. Certain factors can make you more likely to get lung cancer than another person. These are called risk factors. However, just because you have one or more risk factors does not necessarily mean you will get lung cancer. In fact, you cacan have many risk factors and still not get lung cancer...

13. Am I At Risk for Liver Cancer?

14. How Does My Doctor Know I Have Lung Cancer?

    Article - If you’re having lung-cancer-like symptoms, your doctor will want to know why. Your doctor is likely to ask you questions about your: