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Introduction

The way we live can add to our risk of getting cancer.
Did you know that tobacco causes at least 30% of all cancer deaths?
Did you know that what you eat can put you at risk of getting cancer?

What can you do to take charge of your health?

  • Eat a healthy diet.

  • Don't smoke or chew tobacco.

  • Go to the doctor for regular check-ups.

  • Women should get regular Pap tests and mammograms.

  • Spread the word about cancer – help yourself and others stay healthy.

Do you want to know more about what causes cancer?
Do you want to know more about how to reduce your cancer risk and detect it early?

Click on a Web site below:

  1. Smoking and Cancer (National Cancer Institute)
  2. Quitting Smoking: Why To Quit and How To Get Help (Fact Sheet, National Cancer Institute)
  3. Cigarette Smoking and Cancer: Questions and Answers (Fact Sheet, National Cancer Institute)
  4. What You Need to Know About™ Cancer - An Overview (National Cancer Institute)
  5. Eat a Variety of Fruits & Vegetables Every Day (National Cancer Institute)
  6. The Pap Test: Questions and Answers (Fact Sheet, National Cancer Institute)
  7. Mammography Today: Questions and Answers for Patients on Being Informed Consumers (Food and Drug Administration) PDF*
  8. Get a Mammogram: Do It for Yourself, Do It for Your Family (National Cancer Institute)
  9. Cancer and the Environment: What You Need to Know, What You Can Do (National Cancer Institute) PDF*
  10. Cancer Risk: Understanding the Puzzle (National Cancer Institute)

Others:

  1. Prevention, Genetics, Causes (National Cancer Institute)
  2. PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Screening/Detection (Testing for Cancer) (National Cancer Institute)
  3. PDQ® Cancer Information Summaries: Prevention (National Cancer Institute)
  4. Skin Cancer: Preventing America’s Most Common Cancer (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) PDF*
  5. Smoking - The Facts - tutorial (MedlinePlus, National Library of Medicine)

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