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How Exercise Reduces Your Cancer Risk

Regular physical activity is linked to reduced risk for at least 13 cancer types. Here is what the research shows and how to build habits that actually protect you.

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Prevention

Does Alcohol Increase Cancer Risk? What the Evidence Shows

Alcohol is classified as a Group 1 carcinogen linked to at least seven cancer types. Here is what the evidence says and how reducing your intake can lower your risk.

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Prostate Cancer Screening: When to Get a PSA Test and What to Expect

The PSA test is one of the most important tools in prostate cancer detection. Here's when to get screened, what the results mean, and how to act on them.

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Emerging Science

Does Sleep Affect Your Cancer Risk?

Your nightly sleep affects immunity, DNA repair, and cancer risk. Here's what the science says and how to take action.

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Bladder Cancer: Risk Factors, Causes and Screening

Bladder cancer accounts for 4% of US diagnoses. Learn the symptoms, screening options, and prevention strategies to reduce your risk.

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Should I always get screened if I have elevated risk?

Catch screening recommendations are informed by near-term risk. Although your lifetime risk for a particular cancer may be elevated, that doesn't mean that near-term screening is always the right decision.

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Emerging Science
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The widespread health risks of endocrine-disrupting chemicals

Endocrine disrupting chemicals interfere with many basic body functions and have been linked to multiple types of cancer as well as other health problems. They are present in plastics, personal products, textiles, and even drinking water, but there are ways to reduce your exposure.

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The health risks of radiation (and what you can do to avoid it)

Ionizing and non-ionizing radiation exposure can increase the risk of several types of cancers. Some sources, like cell phones, are still under study.

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Reducing your cancer risk starts here

1 in 2 Americans will get cancer during their lifetime and 1 in 6 will die from it. We’re on a mission to change that.

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