While lifestyle factors like inactivity, smoking, obesity, high alcohol intake, and diets high in processed meats and low in fruits and vegetables increase risk, a healthy, high-fiber diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, calcium, and dairy is linked to lower risk.... Read More
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How Stress Impacts Cancer Risk
Stress changes the body, the tumor, and the cancer microenvironment.... Read More
Breast Cancer Screening in Your 40s
Screening mammograms miss about one in eight breast cancers. Women with dense breasts are more likely to get false-negative results.... Read More
AI to Determine Cancer Prognosis
Genomic tests (assays) examine a cancer tissue sample to determine certain genes' activity.... Read More
A Mouthwash to Detect Cancer?
About 1.2 percent of men and women will develop oral cavity or pharynx (throat) cancer at some point in their lifetime.... Read More
A Cancer-Fighting Secret
The study showed a clear link: the more vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity people did each day, the lower their risk of getting cancer. ... Read More