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Prevention
Other than quitting smoking and controlling your weight, reducing your risk of cancer is not as straightforward as preventing, say, cardiovascular disease. But there are steps you can take to cut your risk, such as avoiding risk factors and undergoing appropriate screening tests. From these articles, you will learn about some accepted and innovative ways to reduce your risk of cancer, and the credibility of some "urban legends" about cancer risk.
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Screening and Early Detection
- Animals and your health: dogs as disease detectors
- Cancer tests that can save your life
- Don't be afraid of colorectal cancer screening
- FDA approves HPV vaccine: may prevent cervical cancer
- Fibrocystic breast changes: lumps that are normal
- Health screening for men: when you should go to the doctor and why
- Health screenings for women
- HPV DNA testing approved for cervical cancer screening
- Keeping skin cancer at bay
- Men’s health matters
- Practical prevention: testicular cancer strikes young
- Preventive measures—at any age?
- Skin self-exam (SSE)
- Testicular cancer: curing the most common young men's cancer
- Testicular self-exam
- The latest in breast cancer screening: computer-aided mammography
- Your health may be "all in the family"