#cancer risk

The decrease is largely due to improved lung cancer treatment, but the impact of COVID-19 is not yet known.

Chronic conditions associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer have risen significantly between 2014 and 2018.

Having diabetes can put a person at greater risk for certain cancers and affect cancer treatment.

People within 30 miles of a refinery have higher rates of several cancers.

The study found that people who live in counties in the United States that experience persistent poverty are more likely to die from cancer

But not bearing children appears to do so.

A study by the University of California San Francisco focuses on the global impact of climate change for major cancers.

Some antioxidant supplements may offset the anticancer effects of chemotherapy.

Taking a combination of statins, metformin and aspirin may mean less lung cancer.

Experts at American Institute for Cancer Research discuss breast cancer risk factors and recommendations on how to lower the risk.

“People living with HIV shoulder an enormous burden of cancer,” said lead researcher Joseph Sparano, MD.

If you are overweight or obese, losing as little as 7% of your body weight may reduce cancer risk.

Smoking is on the decline, and Black lung cancer rates are the better for it.

People who inherit pathogenic mutations in either one of these genes have an increased risk of developing certain cancers.

People with severe periodontal disease are more likely to develop precancerous growths.

University of Colorado Cancer Center’s dietician Valaree Williams, MS, RD, discusses the new American Cancer Society alcohol guidelines.