While tobacco use remains one of the leading causes, there is growing evidence that environmental and genetic factors are ...

Modifiable risk factors such as alcohol consumption, BMI, dietary patterns and smoking could shift cancer risk as much as 60% ...

Choices you make every day, including when you choose to get screened for cancer, can have a meaningful impact on your risk.

Smoking is one of the main risk factors for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Other factors include exposure to radon or asbestos and a family history of lung cancer. You can take steps to manage ...

It's not just your heart that marriage may be protecting.

Of the 3 primary breast cancer subtypes (estrogen receptor [ER]–positive, HER2-positive, and triple negative), the recent ...

Most women have a sense that alcohol is “bad for breast cancer risk.” What is far less understood are the actual numbers—and ...

Risk factors are things that raise your chances of getting a disease. For each person, there’s a mix of genetic, biological and lifestyle factors that play a part in colon cancer risk. Aging, more ...

Certain conditions, lifestyle habits, and other factors may increase your risk of colorectal cancer. Managing your risk factors can help lower your chances of developing this cancer and get the ...

Colorectal cancer stands as the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in US men and the fourth leading cause in US women, according to the American Cancer Society. This year, over 150,000 ...

Dr. Manoj Sharma, a Professor of Social and Behavioral Health and Internal Medicine and President of Health for All, Inc., ...