Cancer Prevention Guidelines

Adopting a healthy lifestyle is an important key to preventing cancer. While it's true that genetics can play a role in the degree of your cancer risk, there are many things you can do to reduce that risk.

These are things you can control, choices that you can start making today. The good news is that by learning and living these habits, you can help prevent 65 to 85 percent of all cancers. So, read and study the guidelines below . This list features suggestions to help prevent specific types of cancer. Then, look for ways to apply these tips to your life. Practice them until they become habits, parts of your healthier lifestyle. Please also note the many cancer prevention and control research studies that are listed in the sidebar to the right. And, as always, if you have questions or need more information, we're here to help.

All information for this section was obtained from the National Cancer Institute's prevention site. For more information or if you wish to visit the NCI's site, please go to
NCI Prevention Site.

Cancer Guidelines (to view guidelines, click on title)

• Breast Cancer
• Cervical Cancer
• Colorectal Cancer
• Endometrial Cancer
• Esophageal Cancer
• Gastric (Stomach)Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Oral Cancer
• Ovarian Cancer
• Prostate Cancer
• Skin Cancer