Find out how staying active, making healthy food choices and avoiding known risk factors can reduce your risk of getting cancer.
Smoking & Tobacco
Tobacco use is accountable for at least 30% of all cancer deaths, and smoking causes nearly 90% of all lung cancers. People who live with smokers are more likely to develop lung cancer and even limited exposure to secondhand smoke can raise your heart disease risk.
Diet
Making the right food choices is a powerful cancer prevention tool.
Find out how to fight cancer with proper nutrition.
Body Weight
Maintaining a healthy body weight lowers your risk for more than 10 types of cancer. Find out if you are healthy weight and learn three steps to help you get there.
Physical Activity
Being physically active reduces your risk for many cancers. In addition, it can help you maintain a healthy weight.
Skin Safety
The best way to protect yourself from skin cancer is to limit your exposure to UV rays from the sun and tanning beds.
HPV
The HPV vaccine is the best protection against HPV and related cancers. All boys and girls between the ages of 11 and 12 should complete the HPV vaccine series.
Hepatitis
Hepatitis B and C can cause long-term illness that leads to liver damage and liver cancer. Hepatitis C also can cause non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
