#risk factors

More Than 40 Percent of Cancers Are Caused By Factors We Can Control

Brain fog can have many causes including cancer itself and different types of treatment.

Both medical and psychosocial risk factors can increase a person’s likelihood of experiencing complications after cancer surgery.

Up to 20 percent of those who die of lung cancer have never puffed on cigarettes.

Researchers studied older women with breast cancer to discover why some people are particularly susceptible to “chemo brain.”

Fast facts, common myths and misconceptions

Firefighters are diagnosed with cancer at higher rates but aren’t guaranteed health coverage.

Researchers concluded that “increased awareness and better early detection may improve endometrial cancer mortality going forward.”

Researchers call the association of circulating tumor cells in blood with late recurrence of breast cancer “a really important observation.”

Study shows increased risk of multiple myeloma among NYC firefighters who worked during the World Trade Center attack.