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Category: Cancer Risk

Hope for preventing deaths from breast cancer
March 15, 2022 Cancer Risk

What is Breast Cancer Prevention?

An effective breast cancer prevention strategy needs to include much more than individual lifestyle changes.

Two young women of color sharing knowledge about breast cancer
July 16, 2020 Cancer Risk

What Do Young Women and Men Need to Know About Breast Cancer?

Young women and men will feel the most impact from policy changes that could affect everything from their risk of getting breast cancer to their ability to access potential life-saving treatments.

Toxic exposures leading to development of breast cancer
January 16, 2020 Cancer Risk

Toxic Exposures and Cancer Risk: Findings From Two Recent Studies

Findings from two recent studies about exposures to endocrine disrupters and the potential impact on our health.

Understanding the impact of environmental carcinogens on breast cancer risk
May 22, 2019 Cancer Risk

Making Breast Cancer Prevention a Priority

A recent competition called on researchers and advocates to propose their best, bold ideas for how to prevent breast cancer.

Undergoing genetic testing for cancer risk
November 16, 2017 Cancer Risk

Genetic Testing for Cancer Risk: My Experience and What I Learned

What my experience with genetic testing was like and some of the helpful things I learned in the process.

Cancer causing mutations arising from exposures to environmental carcinogens
January 19, 2016 Cancer Risk

Cancer Risk and the Environment

Recent research shows that external or environmental factors contribute 70 to 90 percent of the risk of cancer developing during a person’s lifetime. What does this mean for public policy?

June 25, 2015 Cancer Risk

Camp Lejeune, Environmental Toxins And Breast Cancer Risk

A study examining the possible link between contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune and male breast cancer could provide insights about breast cancer causes.

January 12, 2015 Cancer Risk

Cancer Risk and “Bad Luck”

A recent study claims that most cancer cases are mainly the result of “bad luck”. Is it really time to reconsider our understanding of cancer and its causes?

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